SURVEY OF THE USE OF FLASHING LIGHTS FOR MARINE SIGNALLING

Flashing lights are most frequently used as aids to marine navigation, both on inland and sea waterways. They are used in the form of lighthouse beacons and other lights on land and on water, light buoys and light ships. They serve the purposes of navigation, including the marking of shallows, reefs, wrecks etc. With the exception of the Morse code lights, flashing lights used on board of sea-going vessels are designed to identify certain types of craft or to indicate possible dangers. Flashing lights used on board inland waterway craft serve the purposes of navigation and also indicate certain dangers.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Perception and Application of Flashing Lights, International Symposium, Imperial College, London, England, April 19-22, 1971.
• Corporate Authors:

  Imperial College London

  London,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • JAINSKI, P
• Conference:
  • Perception and Application of Flashing Lights, International Symposium, Imperial College, London, England, April 19-22, 1971.
• Publication Date: 1971-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 133-143

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beacons; Lightships; Marine safety; Navigation lights; Navigational aids
• Old TRIS Terms: Marine beacons; Navigational lights
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047654
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1973 12:00AM