🔍 Key Concepts

• SOLAS Lifesaving Signals used on board for boat drills and emergencies • Difference between signals for abandon ship / boat stations and signals for lowering boats • How sound signals are often grouped: short vs. long blasts for different actions

💭 Think About

• Think about what signal would be used after people are already at the lifeboats and ready to be lowered—would it be a simple, easily distinguished pattern? • Which type of blast (short or long) is generally used to indicate a specific maneuver or action, rather than a prolonged general alarm? • Consider standard practices during abandon-ship drills: what does the crew expect to hear just before lifeboats actually start to go down?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify in your training materials which pattern on the ship’s whistle specifically orders lowering the lifeboats, not just mustering at stations. • Double-check that you are not confusing it with the general emergency alarm (bells + whistle) used to call everyone to boat stations. • Confirm whether the correct pattern involves short blasts grouped together or long blasts, and how many are in that group.