Section 127Part 6 — PREVENTION OF COLLISIONS AND SAFETY OF NAVIGATION
Definitions in Part 6
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127. (1) In this Part — “collision” includes allision; and “UKHO” means United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, an executive agency sponsored by the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom.
In the Collision Convention — “date of entry into force of these Regulations” in Rule 38 of that Convention means, in the case of a vessel registered outside the Islands, the date of entry into force of that Convention for the State whose flag the vessel is entitled to fly; and “high speed craft” means a craft capable of a maximum speed in metres per second (m/s) equal to or exceeding: 3.7∇ 0.1667 where ∇ = volume of displacement corresponding to the design waterline (m3), excluding craft the hull of which is supported clear above the water surface in non-displacement mode by aerodynamic forces generated by ground effect.
The reference to the International Code of Signals in paragraph 3 of Annex IV to the Collision Convention is a reference to the International Code of Signals
published by the Organization and the reference to the Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual in that paragraph is a reference to the manual of that name published in 1986 by the Organization; and such references include references to any document amending or replacing either of those publications.