SCHEDULE 3CARVING AND MARKING

3

Subject to any exemption in respect of that class of ship, a ship other than:—

a

a fishing vessel,

b

a pleasure vessel which is under 24 metres,

is to be marked as follows:

i

its name shall be marked on each of its bows, and its name and its port of choice must be marked on its stern;

ii

the marking is to be on a dark ground in white or yellow letters, or on a light ground in black letters, the letters being not less than 10 centimetres high and of proportional breadth; and

iii

its official number and the number denoting its registered tonnage shall be cut on its main beam or if that is not possible, marked or fixed thereon in the manner prescribed in paragraph 4(a) below.