Division .1 Each survival craft shall be stowed:F1

so that neither the survival craft nor its stowage arrangements will interfere with other survival craft launching operations;

as near to the water surface as is safe and practicable; for a davit-launched survival craft the height of the davit head, with the survival craft in embarkation position, shall, as far as practicable, not exceed 15 metres to the waterline when the ship is in its lightest seagoing condition, and the position of a davit launched survival craft in the embarkation position shall be such that it stays clear of the waterline with the ship in the fully loaded condition under all conditions of trim of up to 10° and listed up to 20° either way for new ships, respectively up to at least 15° either way for existing ships, or to the angle at which the ship’s weatherdeck becomes submerged, whichever is less;

in a state of continuous readiness so that two crew members can prepare it for embarkation and launching within 5 minutes;

as far forward of the propeller as is practicable; and

fully equipped, as required by the relevant SOLAS Regulations, except that the life-rafts, as defined in note 1(a) or 1(b) to the table of Regulation III/2, may be exempted from some of the SOLAS requirements for equipment as mentioned in this note;