STEERING COMMANDS
Adoption of Simpler Rule
.JJELLICOE IS IN FAVOUR
(Rec. June ,19, 9 p,m.) , : London, June 18. In the House of Lords, during a discussion on the new International Safety-at-Sea Convention; Lord Inchcape strongly, opposed the proposal to ' alter the steering commands. The convention proposed that the ’ command “starboard” or “right” should be given only when the head of the ship was to move to the right, and. a ■ similar command In regard to “port” or “left”; whereas how the command, “Port your helm,” meant that the danger was on the port, side and that the ship must be steered to starboard, or vice versa. ■ No fewer than 8590 British officers and pilots had opposed the change, which was contrary to the present practice and therefore likely to lead to accidents. .. . Lord Jellicoe, on the other hand, supported the change. He said he had so often seen the helm put the wrong way under the present system that in every ship he commanded he had had a hole cut in the compass platform in order that the officer could see that the helmsman was carryln;, out the command jorrectly. He was coni dent that officers would soon become familiar with the conventions of the new and simpler system. The House ratified the convention.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 226, 20 June 1931, Page 7
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214STEERING COMMANDS Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 226, 20 June 1931, Page 7
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