Hi all. I have seen a lot of instances of quotes similar to this: “Board of Trade regulations require that ships over 10,000 tons have no fewer than 16 lifeboats.” I believe that the regulation in question is the Merchant Shipping Act 1894. So I want to know what the lifeboat requirements were for ships below 10,000 tons. Also, in my research, I have seen mention of a table of tonnage and lifeboats requirements. If anyone could link me this table, I would be very grateful. Thanks in advance.
Answered Lifeboat requirements on smaller ships pre-Titanic
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I hope this is legible. It's from the Board of Trade regulations. There are all sorts of extra rules and details.
Thank you very much, this is exactly what I’m looking for. Where did you find this, might I ask?
In around 2000 the British archives issued a CD full of Titanic material. Even if you can get one, it won' run properly on modern operating systems. There's another pile on CD from an outfit called Paperless Archives, but that has the same problem. I don't know of anything more modern.
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Sorry about your auto cad problems. That sucks. I'm staying with Win 7. Tried Win 8 and 10. Can't stand them. So much so that I wiped the hard drive on my new laptop and installed 7. Windows Defender and Security essentials still update for it so thats all I care about. When its time I'll just go to Linux. Win 7 was the best O.S. Microsoft ever made. Maybe Win 11 will be better. Good luck with 10. Hope it works out better for you than it did for me.
The trouble with the British archive CD is that the files can only be read by hunting about. When installed on Windows 95 the disc is quite easy to navigate.
By the way, the Paperless Archive CDs include j J Astor's science fiction novel.
By the way, the Paperless Archive CDs include j J Astor's science fiction novel.
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