1. Need of Assistance The following signals, used or exhibited either together or separately, indicate distress and need of assistance:(a) a gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a minute;(b) a continuous sounding with any fog-signalling apparatus;(c) rockets or shells, throwing red stars fired one at a time at short intervals;(d) a signal made by any signalling method consisting of the group ... --- ... (SOS) in the Morse Code;(e) a signal sent by radiotelephony consisting of the spoken word "Mayday";(f) the International Code Signal of distress … [Read more...]