The accuracy of time measurement plays a vital role on sailing ships. It is important for communication with shore services, crew and watch schedules, and for navigational and astronomical tasks.
The so-called time service is the responsibility of the third mate. He is to ensure the proper technical operation of the timepieces, receive exact radio time signals, make calculations and necessary corrections, record the information on them in the logbook, wind up deck clocks, chronometers, ship’s clocks, stopwatches, and perform some other tasks. It is the duty of the chief officer or captain to direct and supervise the time service.
The nautical timepieces must be accurate within 0.5 minutes. When determining coordinates using the celestial navigation method, tenths of a second matter. The naval stopwatch is part of navigational equipment and is used during shipboard works.
The stopwatch presented at the exhibition was used on board the ship EMERCOM-85. The search and rescue service of the East Siberian region has operated since October 21, 1992; one of its subdivisions is the Dudinka Arctic search and rescue team. Its goals are to promptly respond to and cope with emergencies of various nature. The aims of the rescuers are to save people’s lives and health, preserve objects of the material world as much as possible, and to reduce environmental damage.
A specially trained search and rescue service is responsible for safety, detection, and rescue of people who are at risk or already in distress on the water. During specially organized expeditions the staff of the Dudinka detachment of the Ministry of Emergency Situations performs diving operations and checks the state of the equipment in the Arctic regions of the Northern Sea Route (rescue, navigation, hydrographic and logistical support).
Rescue services are to be provided with the necessary equipment, devices, and tools so that they can come to the rescue around the clock at any time of the year.
The so-called time service is the responsibility of the third mate. He is to ensure the proper technical operation of the timepieces, receive exact radio time signals, make calculations and necessary corrections, record the information on them in the logbook, wind up deck clocks, chronometers, ship’s clocks, stopwatches, and perform some other tasks. It is the duty of the chief officer or captain to direct and supervise the time service.
The nautical timepieces must be accurate within 0.5 minutes. When determining coordinates using the celestial navigation method, tenths of a second matter. The naval stopwatch is part of navigational equipment and is used during shipboard works.
The stopwatch presented at the exhibition was used on board the ship EMERCOM-85. The search and rescue service of the East Siberian region has operated since October 21, 1992; one of its subdivisions is the Dudinka Arctic search and rescue team. Its goals are to promptly respond to and cope with emergencies of various nature. The aims of the rescuers are to save people’s lives and health, preserve objects of the material world as much as possible, and to reduce environmental damage.
A specially trained search and rescue service is responsible for safety, detection, and rescue of people who are at risk or already in distress on the water. During specially organized expeditions the staff of the Dudinka detachment of the Ministry of Emergency Situations performs diving operations and checks the state of the equipment in the Arctic regions of the Northern Sea Route (rescue, navigation, hydrographic and logistical support).
Rescue services are to be provided with the necessary equipment, devices, and tools so that they can come to the rescue around the clock at any time of the year.
