Element 1-10 Distress Communications

Question 1

What information must be included in a Distress message

Answer 1

Name of vessel
Location’
Type of distress and specifics if help requested
all the above

Question 2

What are the highest priority of communications from ships at sea?

Answer 2

Distress calls are the highest followed by urgency and then safetyW

Question 3

What is a distress communication?

Answer 3

internationally recognized communication indicating that the sender is threatened by grave and immediate danger and requests immediate assistance

Question 4

What is the order of priority if radiotelephone communications in the maritime services?

Answer 4

Distress, Urgency, Safety

Question 5

Radiotelephone distress call and message consist of

Answer 5

mayday 3 times followed by the name of the vessel and the call sign in phonetics spoken 3 times
position
nature and kind of assitance
all the above

Question 6

What is distress traffic?

Answer 6

All messages relative to the immediate assistance required by a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle threatened