International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea signed in London
Thirteen maritime states signed the first SOLAS convention: lifeboat capacity for every person carried, regular drills, subdivision standards, a continuous radio watch at sea, and an ice patrol for the North Atlantic. War prevented its formal entry into force, but its substance passed into national law and into the 1929 convention, and SOLAS governs shipping safety to this day.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1914 · international convention · not located
- Board of Trade Life-Saving Appliances Rules (1894) · regulation · not located
- Marconi wireless telegraphy at sea · technology system · not located
- Titanic's lifeboat complement · equipment configuration · not located
Evidence
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International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
Required lifeboat and raft capacity for all persons carried, lifeboat drills, watertight subdivision standards, a continuous radio watch at sea, and the establishment of a North Atlantic ice patrol; entry into force was overtaken by the First World War and its substance carried into SOLAS 1929.
London Conference signatory states · 1914-01-20 · Verified
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, concluded at London, 20 January 1914
Recorded on International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1914
- Baltic's ice warning handed to Ismay and pocketed
- Mesaba reports heavy pack ice and bergs directly ahead
- Californian's ice message cut off — 'keep out, I am busy'
- First distress call transmitted — CQD, later SOS
- First lifeboat lowered; first distress rocket fired
- Last boat launched from the davits
- British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry opens in London
- US Senate report submitted
- Mersey report published
- International Ice Patrol established
- International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea signed in London
Related
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- International Ice Patrol established · 1914
- Mersey report published · 1912-07-30
- US Senate report submitted · 1912-05-28
- British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry opens in London · 1912-05-02
- First distress call transmitted — CQD, later SOS · 1912-04-15 00:15
- First lifeboat lowered; first distress rocket fired · 1912-04-15 00:45
- Last boat launched from the davits · 1912-04-15 02:05
- Baltic's ice warning handed to Ismay and pocketed · 1912-04-14 13:42