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Inland · Rule 33

Equipment for Sound Signals

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12 m+: whistle. 20 m+: whistle + bell. 100 m+: whistle + bell + gong (gong of different tone from bell). Smaller vessels are not obliged to carry these but must have some efficient sound signal.

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