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Inland · Rule 37

Distress Signals

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Annex IV lists the distress signals: SOS, MAYDAY voice, NC flag hoist, square-flag-and-ball, continuous fog horn, gun fired at one-minute intervals, red star rockets, parachute red flare, hand red flare, orange smoke, slow-and-repeated arm raise/lower, EPIRB, DSC alert.

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