SAFETY AT SEA.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1521, 17 August 1912, Page 5

SAFETY AT SEA.

LESSON OF THE TITANICBOARD OF TRADE ON THE BOAT QUESTION. SHORTAGE MINIMISEDBy Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (Keo. August IC, 9.15 p.m.) London, August 16. The Merchant Shipping Advisory C<immlfcco to the Board of Trade in its report on tho Titanic disaster, says it is important to remember that the Titanic belonged to a special limited class of vessel. The disaster demonstrated tho extraordinary difficulty, even in calm weather, of using to tho full extent the availablo boat accommodation. The committee emphasises the primary importance of taking every precaution to provide for stability and seaworthiness and also tho buoyancy of a vessel after a casualty, ,the provision of efficient means of communication, and the adoption of tho principle that the carrying capacity of tho boats provided bo on a tonnage scale, and that additional collapsible and approved lifo rafts be supplied sufficient to accommodate all on board. The report recommends that two efficient hands be available for each boat, and that an adequate provision. of life jackets be made. Moderate speed at night time in the vicinity of ice is recommended. Tho report makes no recommendation as to the provision of searchlights, or of binoculars for tho use of the look-out men.