SEMESTER-II

UG11T3201 SEAMANSHIP, ELEMENTARY 54

NAVIGATION AND SURVIVAL AT SEA HRS

OBJECTIVE: To make students familiar with the duties of A seaman,

various types of ropes and knots, knowledge of Bridge equipments
and about life Saving Appliances.

Seamen & their duties: Ship’s Department, General ship knowledge

and nautical terms like Poop-Deck, Forecastle, Bridge, Monkey Island etc.
Bridge equipment arrangement, Engine Room
- 4 hrs

Navigational Lights and Signals : Navigational lights, Colours and

Location and Arc of visibility. Look out, Precautions and Bad weather,
Heavy weather precaution (check list), Flags used on ships, Flag
etiquette, Morse and Semaphore signaling, Sound signaling appliances.
- 5 hrs

Rope Knots and Moorings : Types of knots. Practice of knot formation,

Materials of ropes, Strength, Care and maintenance, use of mooring line,
heaving line, Rat guards, Canvas and its use.
- 4 hrs

Anchors : Different type of anchor. Their use, Dropping and Weighing

anchor, Cable stopper, Expalin “Let Go Anchor & Anchor Weight”
- 3 hrs

Navigation : General knowledge of principal Stars. Sextant, Navigation

Compasses, Echo Sounder, Log, and uses, barometer and its basic uses,
weather classification, G.M.T. and Zonal time, wireless Navigational
Instruments, radar, GPS and their basic uses satellite-Navigation.
- 6 hrs

Life boats & Life rafts: Construction, equipment carried carrying

capacity. Davits and their operation, Launching of Life rafts (Inflatable
type). Embarkation into lifeboat and Life raft. Survival pack, Stowage
and securing arrangement. Rescue boat, immersion suit, Thermal
Protective Aid
- 8 hrs

Abandon Ship: Manning of lifeboat and life raft. Muster list, Radio and
Alarm signals as per muster list, Distress signal (S.O.S.), Distress signal
as COLREG Anx IV 1972 Distress Calls time and Radio frequency. Pyro-
techniques. – 3 hrs
Survival at Sea: Survival difficulties and factors, equipment available, in
survival craft, equipment available Duties of crew members, Initial action
on boarding, Maintaining the craft. - 3 hrs

Introduction of:
MARPOL Convention and its annexes, Regulatory Control towards
environmental pollution at sea. Familiarisation with SOLAS, STCW
conventions , ISPS code and other maritime codes & conventions, ill
effects of cargo on human and environment.
- 8 hrs

Practical : Knots, bends and hitches, Ropes splice, Donning of Life

jackets, Life boat drills. Lowering & hoisting of Life boats (model).

- 8 hrs

Rescue: Method of helicopter rescue, evacuation

-2hrs

REFERENCES :

1. Seamanship : J. Dinger
2. Seamanship : Capt.Parakal
3. Seamanship : J. Dinger
4. Survival in Life Boat : : Capt S.K.Puri
5. SOLAS : IMO
6. MARPOL : IMO
7. International light, shape & sound signals : W. Moore
8. Electronic navigation aids : G. Sonnenberg
9. Search and Rescue Manual : I.M.O. Publication
10. Mariner’s Hand Book : H.M.S.O.

Green: Topics to be added in the revision

 Minutes of the Meeting

1000: opening meeting

1010: Introduction by Director & HoD, IMU-MPC

1030: Discussed IMU syllabus for B.Tech ME. Semester II

1300: Various amendments as per the topic discussion suggested,

written, drawn.

1300 to 1330: Lunch

1330 to 1400: comments and discussion on question paper pattern

Question Paper Template

Part-A: Uniform Distribution of Syllabus (10X3=30)

Part-B: Minimum two sub division questions (2X7=14)

Questions from all the units.