Mandatory signs
Start water spray in launch sequence
- IMO code
- MSS029
- ISO 7010 number
- M043
Where you will meet it
In a lifeboat fitted with a water spray system (ships carrying flammable cargoes).
What it means in practice
A launch sequence step: start the hull water spray, so the boat can pass through a burning layer on the water.
Legal basis
Annex to IMO resolution A.1116(30) (adopted 05.12.2017), table of mandatory signs. 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.
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Sign colours are normative. The file is public domain or CC0 (a Commons recreation of the symbol named by the IMO annex).