scope:

The scope of additional class notation NAUT(Navy) adds a level of safety related to bridge design, including design and arrangement of navigational equipment and systems. The rules in this section provide requirements and guidelines for compliance with the principles and aims of SOLAS Ch. V - "Safety of Navigation", the HSC Code Ch.13 - "Shipborne Navigational systems and equipment and voyage data recorders", and HSC Code Ch. 15 - "Operating compartment layout". The aim of SOLAS Ch. V Regulation 15, regarding principles related to bridge design, design and arrangement of navigational systems and equipment and bridge procedures have, as far as practicable for naval vessels, been applied as recommended in IMO MSC/Circ.982.