Life-saving appliances
Emergency position indicating radio beacon
- IMO code
- LSS017
- ISO 7010 number
- E052
- The crew says
- EPIRB
Where you will meet it
On the bridge wing or the monkey island, in its hydrostatic release.
What it means in practice
EPIRB: the emergency position indicating radio beacon. Activated (by hand, or automatically after sinking) it transmits the ship’s position and identity to rescue services via satellite.
Legal basis
Annex to IMO resolution A.1116(30) (adopted 05.12.2017), table of life-saving appliance markings. Mandatory on ships built from 01.01.2019; older ships may carry signs per resolution A.760(18). Requirements for the equipment itself: SOLAS chapter III and the LSA Code. Graphic pattern of the symbol: ISO 7010.
This is not a legal text: in any doubt the current wording of the resolution and regulations decides.
Download
Sign colours are normative. The file is public domain or CC0 (a Commons recreation of the symbol named by the IMO annex).