(a) The Communication organisation within Squadrons (acting in consultation with the Commander (Air) and Squadron Commander).
(b) The provision of information for the briefing of aircrews in all communication matters affecting ship/air communications.
(c) Orders to aircraft about communication security.
(d) The provision to aircrews, to ship’s Air Department and to aircraft direction personnel of all relevant codes, call sign and recognition signal.
(e) Advising on, and the provision of information for briefing aircrews in wireless beacon, and ESM organisation.
(f) Advising on electronic warfare policy affecting aircraft.
1512. Signal Exercise with Merchant Ships. (1) Subject to such instructions as may be given by the Chief of the Naval Staff, Indian Naval Ships during peace time shall take any suitable opportunity of carrying out signalling exercises with Indian merchant ships by day and night. These exercises should not be confined to the exchange of signals by light. The use of flags, when conditions permit, shall be encouraged.
(2) In harbour it is not always convenient for merchant ships to exercise VS.
However, every opportunity shall be taken to carry out such exercises in harbour when conditions are favourable. At sea, exercises should not be carried out when ships are in pilotage waters nor during the hours when merchant vessels are preparing to make their noon observations. If security conditions permit, Indian Naval Ships should make known their identity to merchant vessels participating in an exercise.
(3) The above instructions in no way restrict the custom of Indian Naval Ships communicating with foreign merchant ships.
CHAPTER 16 INSTRUCTIONS TO THE SPECIAL DUTIES (BOATSWAIN) OFFICER
1601. The Special Duties (Boatswain) officer shall frequently be on deck when the hands are employed. He shall see that sailors generally go quickly on deck when called and do their work well and with alacrity.
1602. Rigging. (1) He is responsible that the standing and running rigging, hawsers, boats’ falls, derrick purchases and all items detailed in his list of portable fittings and spare gear are in a thoroughly serviceable condition, taking care that they are refitted as necessary. He shall acquaint himself of their state by frequent examination, reporting the result to the Executive officer so that immediate steps may be taken to refit or replace whatever may require to be dealt with.
(2) He is also responsible for the provision, stowage and maintenance of all gear used for replenishment at sea except those items which are under the charge of the Engineer or Electrical officers.
(3) He shall take charge of the ship’s riging warrant and shall insert therein any alterations or additions, which arise during the commission.
1603. Anchors and Cables. (1) When the ship is commissioned he shall inspect all gear, except hull fittings, which is supplied for the working of anchors and cables to ensure that it is complete and correctly fitted. Thereafter, until the ship pays off, he is responsible that such gear is maintained in an efficient condition and ready for immediate use. See also regulations 4358 and 4359.
(2) When the ship proceeds to sea, he shall assist the officer detailed for cable duties in seeing that the anchors are secure, and again on returning to harbour that the anchors and cables are ready for immediate use.
1604. Sea Boats. He shall report to the Captain at 0800 and evening quarters when at sea that the sea boats are properly secured and ready for immediate service.
1605. Weather Decks. On the ship proceeding to sea and throughout the period at sea, he shall ensure that all booms, derricks and gear on the weather decks are properly secured. Similarly, he is responsible for the security against wind and weather of any stores carried on the weather decks.
1606. Canvas Gear. He shall examine any sail and all canvas gear received on board which are in his charge and shall take the proper steps to keep all such stores repaired and fir for use or replace if necessary by the dockyard; he is responsible that none of them suffer from damp or vermin, and that they are properly tallied and conveniently stowed in the appointed places so as to be at hand when wanted. He shall keep the Executive officer informed of these particulars.
1607. Portable Fittings and Spare Gear. He shall take charge of all gear detailed in the ship’s list of portable fittings and spare gear for the commissioned Boatswain. On the ship paying off he is responsible that these items are tallied and are returned to the custody of the dockyard.
1608. Periodical Examination and Testing of Gear Defects. (1) He shall ensure that all gear under his charge is periodically inspected and tested in accordance with the regulations and instructions.
(2) He shall keep an accurate account of al defects to the gear and fittings on his charge, and record the steps taken for test or repair either by the ships staff or by the dockyard when the ship is taken in hand for refit. When preparing the list of defects he shall be guided by the instructions contained in Chapter 44, Section I.
(3) He shall bring all defects in the hull fittings which may concern him to the notice of the Shipwright officer and shall obtain the latter’s assistance in the maintenance of the anchors and cables.
1609. Special Duties (Clearance Diving). The SD (Boatswain) officer (CD) when borne for diving duties shall be responsible for the duties laid down in Regulations 1205.
1610. Special Duties (PR) Officer. (1) The (SDPR) officer shall at all times attend to the directions of the Navigation Direction officer responsible for the ship’s Action Information Organisation (see regulation 1318), to whom he shall be responsible particularly for the organisation and training of sailors employed on Action Information and Warning Radar duties, and for the care and custody of stores in the ND Department other than those held by the Navigating officer for navigational use.
(2) In ships in which no Special Duties Boatswain officer is borne, the Special Duties (PR) officer shall be considered as available to undertake the other duties laid down in this Chapter. Where no Special Duties Boatswain/PR officer is available, the Commanding officer may nominate any Executive officer to carry out the duties of Boatswain officer.
CHAPTER 17 INSTRUCTIONS TO THE SHIPWRIGHT OFFICER
1701. On first appointment to a ship, the Shipwright officer is to inspect the state of her hull, masts, yards, derricks, davits, awning and guard stanchions, guard rails and ropes, fresh water, ventilation, air-conditioning system and sanitary systems;
he is responsible that they are kept in a thoroughly serviceable condition and is to inspect them frequently, reporting, the result to the Executive officer. He is also to thoroughly acquaint himself with the system of hull protection against corrosion and fouling.
1702. The Shipwright officer is to be regarded as the competent authority on all hull matters (concerning hull and its system) and is responsible for all repairs, modifications, alterations and additions, welding, burning, cutting or drilling connected with the hull structures, he is to be consulted when any of these are required and is to safeguard the strength of the ships structure and her water tight integrity and stability. In landing ships and landing crafts bow doors, ramps and associated fittings are part of the hull structure and its system.
Ship’s Structure
1703. He is to take care top kept every part of the ship’s structure in the highest possible state of efficiency and will be responsible for remedying all structural defects, reporting at once to the Captain through Executive officer, whenever he ism of the opinion, that any repairs should be taken in hand.
1704. He is to carry out a continual examination of the ships structure while the ship is in commission and a quarterly examination of any compartments in which water is liable to accumulate, recording full particulars of these examinations on Form IN 378. Hull maintenance schedules of ships and BR 3000 are to be consulted for guidance.
1705. He is responsible for the preservation, including the scraping, chipping and coating by both hand and mechanical methods, of such spaces as are not in the charge of the Engineer officer and is frequently to examine passages giving access to compartments, particularly those in the region of the waterline, to see that they are kept clear so that all parts of the ship accessible through them m ay be reached instantly if required. Particular attention is to be given to wet compartments, bathrooms, water-closets, compartments housing air treatment units, heat exchangers, the bilges in machinery rooms sonar compartments and in log and echo sounding compartments.
1706. When flooding occurs, either by intent or as a result of an accident or damage, the Shipwright officer is to attend personally whenever possible to see that action is taken to limit and prevent further flooding and to guard against undue stresses in the weakening of the ship’s structure, reporting frequently the state of flooding and damage to the officer of the watch and to the damage control headquarters, if manned.
1707. He is to ensure that fittings which are permanently attached to the hull and on which safety of life depends are examined periodically for flaws or defects and if there is any doubt, that they are removed, fire proved and tested. Results of examination are to be reported on form IN 305.
1708. He is responsible for the maintenance and periodical examination of the structure of derricks, davits and similar lifting appliances and that the periodical tests of such structures are carried out; he is to assist the Electrical officer as necessary in the maintenance and periodical examination and testing of structures of fitted electrical deck cranes.
1709. He is responsible for the water tightness, of barbettes and gun turrets and for the securing of gun pedestals where these are secured direct to the hull structures.
1710.He is responsible for the custody and care of all drawings of the hull structure and fittings, including the docking plan.
Water-tight Openings
1711. He is responsible for the repair and maintenance in efficient working order of all weather doors, hatches and skylights, all ports and side scuttles and all ventilating trunking above the weather deck and associated flaps, gratings, cowls and mushroom tops, except forced draught and fan ventilation trunking to and from boiler rooms and main engine rooms and its flaps and gratings when at sea. He is to arrange that those, which should be closed, are frequently inspected by himself or his staff to ensure that they are properly secured, their condition being reported during each watch to the Officer of the Watch and to the Damage Control Headquarters if manned.
1712. He is to be thoroughly acquainted with the air conditioning and ventilating system of the ship. He, or in his absence, the senior shipwright artificer borne, is to be included in the organised ventilation party.
Main and Domestic Services
1713. He is responsible for the sanitary services, from the reducing valve on the fire main, including any gravity tanks, sewage treatment tanks and fresh water services from the fresh water tank. He is responsible that all pipes, valves, cocks, drains, sinks, troughs and pumps and any manual pumps connected with these services are kept in efficient working order and that the tanks for main storage and distribution of fresh water are kept in a clean and efficient condition with the covers to their manholes properly secured. He is to take care that all necessary safety arrangements such as open ended supply pipes, open ended expansion pipes, closed expansion chambers, relief valves, etc., where fitted to electric water heater tanks and piping systems are kept efficient and in good order; he is at all times to report at once the absence of safety arrangements.
1714. He is to be thoroughly acquainted with the pumping, flooding and drainage systems of the ship and is to see that any manual pumps connected therewith are kept in efficient working order.
1715.He is responsible for the drainage system from the superstructure, weather and other decks, barbettes, heads, bathrooms, galleys and other spaces which drain by gravity through scuppers discharging near or above the light water line, including associated pipes, valves, cocks, sinks, troughs, sumps and storm valves.
1716. He is responsible for the repair and maintenance of galley ranges, cooking equipment and atmospheric hot-water boilers excepting oil-burning and electrical heating component parts.
Fire Precautions
1717. He is to see that any sheathing, insulation, logging and lining paints, furniture and furnishing fitted on board ships are of approved type of fire retardant material and are kept in good order. He is to ensure that, whenever any of his staff are engaged on welding or burning operations, the regulations for the prevention of fire are strictly observed.
1718. In the event of fire, he and his staff are to being attendance in order to render assistance.
Capstans, Anchors and Cables
1719. He is responsible that all capstans, cable-holders and windlasses, their connecting gear, brakes and deck glands, and all hull fittings associated with the anchors and cables are kept in efficient working order. He is to render all possible assistance in maintaining the anchors and cables in efficient and serviceable condition.
Docking
1720. He is responsible that the necessary item and other relevant information concerning the docking of the ship is included in the defect list, when appropriate.
1721. On each occasion of docking, he is to examine carefully the ship’s bottom, its hull protection system against corrosion and fouling. He is tio thoroughly acquaint himself with the type of paint system and the type of electro-chemical system for hull protection used against corrosion. He is to examine the quality of paint, the condition of sacrifical anodes/condition of cathodes of Impressed Current Cathodic Protection (ICCP) system installed on the ship. He is also to examine the condition of ships underwater fittings like rudder, passive stablisers, bilge keels, “A” brackets etc., any defects observed while examining the ship’s bottom and its fittings are to be made good while ship is in dry dock. He is to ensure that the ship’s bottom is properly treated against corrosion and fouling and is to se that the draught marks are correctly marked.
Boats and Fittings
1722. He is to keep the boats, life rafts, ladders, deck coverings and all fittings in as good condition as possible, always repairing any damage they may sustain as soon as he discovers it.
1723. (1) He is to see that all pulling and sailing boats when swamped positive buoyancy is maintained an amount equal to at least 10 per cent of the weight of the boat complete with all fittings and equipment. All such boats are to be tested by the ship’s staff every two years and the dates of all tests are to be marked on the inside of the transom or inside the stern abaft the backboard where no transom exists. Dockyard officer should only be called upon to test boats that are considered by the ship’s officers, after a preliminary swamping test and careful survey to be deficient in buoyancy, the ship’s staff assisting the dockyard as far as possible at the test so as to ensure that ship’s officers are satisfied with the final efficiency of each boat. Any boats, except launches and pinnaces, requiring additional buoyancy tanks are to be dealt with by the dockyard. Launches and pinnaces are to be brought up to the requisite standard by fitting casks or barricoes under the thwarts from ship’s resources. Where the buoyancy when swamped does not come up to the standard quoted above, such temporary measures as are possible are to be taken until the matter can be dealt with by the dockyard on the next visit of the vessel. A report stating the result of tests carried out by the ship’s officers should accompany the communication to the dockyard in all cases.
(2) He is to ensure that he maintains a kit for repairs to glass reinforced plastic (GRP) boats. In case the damage is extensive he is to seek dockyard help. After repairs he is to ensure that the water tight integrity of the boar is intact.
1724. Blank.