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•In this article we will learn what are SART and EPIRB and what
is their purpose of use on board ships. Both these devices are
used for marine safety of ships, boats and other marine vessels.

•SART is called search and rescue transponder. It is very

important equipment that is often found in a ship. This
equipment basically performs the job of a signal man. It helps in
finding out the location of the ship when it is lost. This gives the
exact location of the ship. The SART is a water proof component.
It is battery operated and the batteries are so powerful that
they can make it work for about hundred hours.
• EPIRB is also called emergency position indicating
radio beacon. As the name itself is sufficient to
explain, the device gets activated either manually or
automatically depending on its type and emits
emergency signals which are picked up by satellites.

• SART is used in life boats and life rafts too, whereas

EPIRB is used only in ships. With the help of EPIRB if
the sailor is lost in the sea he or she can be located
anytime.
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• This ensures that the worst night mare of the sailor does not
come true. SART is designed in such a way that they can stay
afloat in water for hours even if the ship or the craft they were
fitted to has drowned. The signals emitted by the SART can be
located in any radar instrument. The signals given out by a SART
are called homing signals. The radar captures these signals as
dots. The pattern is usually of twelve dots. There will be a
starting dot and it will follow by a twelve of them. These signals
come when the SART equipment spots another radar close by.
The vicinity limit is about one hundred meters. In most of the
cases the audio and the visual signals also play an important
role apart from the signals emitted by the SART.