🔍 Key Concepts

• SOLAS muster and drill signals (International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea) • Difference between abandon ship signal and muster/boat drill signal • Role of the general alarm and ship’s whistle for different emergencies

💭 Think About

• First, recall which alarm pattern is specifically used to call everyone to the lifeboat/boat stations during drills or musters, not necessarily to abandon ship immediately. • Ask yourself: which of these options looks like the standard abandon ship signal, and which looks like a more general muster/boat station signal? • Compare the time durations and patterns: are SOLAS life-saving signals usually defined by a specific pattern of short and long blasts, or mainly by the length of a continuous signal?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify from SOLAS that the abandon ship signal is a very distinctive pattern intended to be unmistakable. • Check which option describes an alarm that is clearly labeled as ‘a succession of more than 6 short blasts followed by 1 long blast’ – identify what that pattern is normally associated with. • Confirm that the correct boat drill/boat station alarm will involve both the ship’s whistle and the general alarm bells and note how long they must sound.