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Which SOLAS chapter and regulation and MGN details the carriage requirements for ships compass?

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SOLAS chapter V, regulation 19 and MGN 610

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What gross tonnage vessels are required to carry a gyro compass?

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More than 500gt

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When should the magnetic compass be adjusted? (5)

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When the ship is built
The ship undergoes structural repairs/modification that could affect compass
Electronic equipment is added/removed that could affect the compass
The compass becomes unreliable
Every 2 years except when regular compass errors are taken

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What is Variation?

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Difference between Magnetic North and True North (Earth’s magnetic field)

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What is Magnetic dip?

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The angle that the earths field makes with the horizontal

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What is Directive Force?

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The desire of the compass needle to align itself with the earth’s magnetic field

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What is Hard Iron (Permanent Magnetism)?

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Not readily magnetised but will be permanently magnetised after magnetism influence removed

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What is deviation?

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Difference between Compass North and Magnetic North (Magnetic influence of the ship’s structure)

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What is Soft Iron (Induced Magnetism)?

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Readily magnetised but will lose magnetism after magnetism influence removed

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What is Force P?

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The fore and aft component of the ship’s permanent magnetism

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What is Force Q?

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The athwartships component of the ship’s permanent magnetism

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What is Force R?

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The vertical component of the ships permanent magnetism

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What is the purpose of the binnacle?

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Houses the ship’s compass

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What is the binnacle made of?

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Non-magnetic materials that will not corrode, traditionally wood and brass although contemporary binnacles made of fibreglass

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Where is the binnacle located?

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The vessels centreline, clear of sources of interference

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Which way does the magnetic field run?

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Out of the red and into the blue

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What happens when two identical poles are offered up to one another?

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They repel

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What happens when two opposite poles are offered up to one another?

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They attract

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Where does the compass needle point to?

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Magnetic North

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What happens to H and Z at the magnetic equator?

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Z is at it’s smallest, H is at its largest

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What happens to H and Z at the magnetic poles?

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Z is at it’s largest, H is at it’s smallest

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What happens to directive force if H decreases?

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Directive force will decrease

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What happens to directive force if H increases?

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Directive force will increase

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What do we call it when directive force is weak?

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Sloppy

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Where is directive force the strongest and the compass therefore the steadiest?
Magnetic Equator
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What happens to deviation as Latitude increases?
Deviation also increases
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What is used to correct permanent magnetism (hard iron)?
Hard Iron Correctors (HIC) which are permanent magnets
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What is used to correct induced magnetism (soft iron)?
Flinders bar and Spheres
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How do you know if it is +P or -P?
+P is a blue bow, -P is a red bow
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How do you know if it is +Q or -Q?
+Q is a blue starboard side. -Q is a red starboard side
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When is a soft iron bar magnetised to its greatest extent?
When it lies North/South
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What are the three types of soft iron onboard?
Vertical Soft Iron (VSI) Fore & Aft Horizontal Soft Iron (HSI) Athwartships Horizontal Soft Iron (HSI)
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What component of the earth's magnetic field is VSI induced by?
Vertical component of earth's magnetic field (Z)
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What component of the earth's magnetic field is HSI induced by?
Horizontal component of earth's magnetic field (H)
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What is 'a rod'?
Lie fore/aft, act fore/aft
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What is 'c rod'?
Lie vertical, act fore/aft
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what is 'e rod'?
Lie athwartships, act athwartships
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What is 'k rod'?
Lie vertical, act vertically
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What causes coefficient B?
Force P and c rod
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What causes coefficient C?
Force Q and f rod
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What causes coefficient D?
a and e rod
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What can be used to correct coefficient B?
Fore/aft magnets and flinders bar
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What can be used to correct coefficient C?
Athwartships magnets and flinders bar
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What can be used to correct coefficient D?
Spheres
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On what heading would you correct Coefficient B?
East or West
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On what heading would you correct Coefficient C?
North or South
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On what heading would you correct Coefficient D?
Inter-cardinal headings
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When is Coefficient D +D?
When it results in an easterly deviation when heading North East
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When is Coefficient D -D?
When it results in an westerly deviation when heading North East
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What is Heeling Error?
The difference between a vessel's deviation when upright and when heeled on the same heading
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What is used to correct Heeling Error?
Permanent vertical magnets
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What is ship's multiplier?
Difference between directional force at the ship's position and the directional force ashore
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What headings is heeling error maximum on?
North / South
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What headings is heeling error zero on?
East / West
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What is gyroscopic inertia?
The gyroscope resists any attempt to move it, it remains fixed in the rotor and axel whilst the gimbal frame moves around the gyro
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What is azimuth?
The angle the axel makes with the meridian
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What is altitude?
The angle the axis makes with the horizon
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What is drift?
The change in azimuth, drifts east in northern hemisphere and west in southern hemisphere
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Where is drift maximum?
The poles
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Where is drift 0?
The equator
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What is tilt?
The change in altitude, tilts upwards in east and downwards in west
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What is tilt affected by?
Tilt is dependent on latitude, maximum at the equator, 0 at the poles. Tilt is also dependent on azimuth, maximum on E/W, 0 on N/S

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