Coll Regs - what does this signify?

[alant]

Power driven vessel, probably more than 50 metres, displaying nav lights + steaming lights (fore & aft mast) + 2 red horizontal lights just abaft stern steaming light (not all around) & only seen in astern sector.

 

[Elessar]

the only non white rear sector only lights I can think of are yellow, and then not in pairs.

Perhaps he had a car on deck

 

[Cruiser2B]

How far were the red lights astern of the stern-light? Could it have been a tow, or were they definitely part of the vessel? If part of the vessel, I'd assume they were deck lights.

 

[VicS]

How far were the red lights astern of the stern-light

Abaft the masthead (steaming) light, not the stern light.

I reckon LSR has it . Ferry with a vehicle on deck with its tail lights, brake lights or rear fog lights still on still .

 

[Cruiser2B]

I took "stern steaming light" to mean sternlight - clarification please?

 

[alant]

I took "stern steaming light" to mean sternlight - clarification please?

No, 'stern mast steaming light'.

Not "deck lights" or "vehicle on ferry", red lights were just above steaming light.

Seen off Plymouth @ about 0500 hrs on Friday, if that helps.

 

[VicS]

Oh off Plymouth! Aircraft warning lights. On a warship So that a helicopter approaching the landing pad from astern does not crash into the mast.

 

[BlueSkyNick]

Anybody off Plymouth at 0500 in early February needs a lot more help than working out nav lights !!

 

[alant]

Anybody off Plymouth at 0500 in early February needs a lot more help than working out nav lights !!

You don't know what your missing!

Presumably you'd prefer to be under a duvet, with something warm, cuddly & appreciative, of the opposite gender!









































Hang on, what the f--k was I doing there?

 

[alant]

Oh off Plymouth! Aircraft warning lights. On a warship So that a helicopter approaching the landing pad from astern does not crash into the mast.

Well done that man!

We watched live firing earlier that night, from a warship called 'Borg', whichever Navy thats from.
Pleasant female, firing her words at superfast speed, warning 'all ships' about the exercise.

 

[VicS]

Borg?
Pleasant female?

Seven of nine ??

What you been on??

Seven of nine

 

[Cruiser2B]

Oh off Plymouth! Aircraft warning lights. On a warship So that a helicopter approaching the landing pad from astern does not crash into the mast.

Aircraft warning lights are normally all-round -I suppose they could have been sectored for some reason. OTOH, perhaps they were some sort of VASI.