BSc Nautical Sciences SOT I Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This degree runs on the Choice Based Credit System throughout, items 4.69, 4.70 and 4.71 of the Academic Council of 23 July 2020, in force from the academic year 2020-21. The University’s earlier Credit Based Semester and Grading System syllabus is what her older third-year timetables name, so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.
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Syllabus for SOT I
Module I: Fire fighting appliances
- 1 Fire hydrants and hoses. Types of connections.
- 2 Types of nozzles.
- 3 International shore connection – Use & Standard dimensions
- 4 Description of portable fire extinguishers, various types and their suitability for different types of fires.
- 5 Principle of fire extinguishing used in each type.
- 6 Fireman’s outfit – as per FSS Code and self- contained breathing Apparatus (SCBA).
- 7 Fixed smothering system: carbon dioxide smothering system, inert gas system, Flue gas system, Foam smothering system for liquid fires,
- 8 Safety, care and maintenance of all fire fighting appliances. CODE OF SAFE WORKING PRACTICES
- 1 Precautions while using hand tools;
- 2 Safety precautions while painting;
Module II: ROPES AND WIRES
- 1 Use of various types of cordage, fibre and wire ropes used on the ship. Natural fibre rope, synthetic fibre rope, wire rope – construction, care and lay. Identify between right hand lay and left hand lay ropes. Plaited ropes.
- 2 Characteristics of different types of fibre ropes.
- 3 Comparison of strength and elasticity of different ropes.
- 4 Care and maintenance of fibre ropes.
- 5 Damage caused by surging.
- 6 Meaning of marline, spun yarn, oakum, tarred hemp, 3 ply and 5 ply twines, halyards, loglines, lead lines.
- 7 Grades of steel used for making wire ropes. Construction of wire ropes. Advantage of a fibre heart. Factors determining flexibility. Meaning of 6/12, 6/24, 6/37, types of wire ropes, plaited wire rope. Plastic covered wire rope – Advantages & Disadvantages. Non- rotating wire rope.
- 8 Care and maintenance of wire ropes.
- 9 Measuring sizes of ropes, wire and chains.
- 10 Breaking strength, Proof load and safe working load of ropes, wires and chains.
- 11 To calculate the size of rope or wire required for lifting a weight with a tackle CODE OF SAFE WORKING PRACTICES
- 1 Safety precautions while operating hatch covers;
- 2 Method of guarding of openings
Module III: DECK APPLIANCES
- 1 Description of the hand-lead line. Procedure for taking a cast.
- 2 Different types of logs - Patent log, impeller log, electromagnetic log, pitot log. Principles of their operation.
- 3 The electric telegraph, description and its operation.
- 4 Windlass & cargo winches – description and their operation.
- 5 Steering gear – Use, mode of operation– Auto/FU/NFU/Emergency
- 6 Deck fittings for mooring
- 7 Moorings arrangement. Doubling of lines, slip ropes, fire wire/rope CODE OF SAFE WORKING PRACTICES
- 1 Safety precautions while on mooring stations;
- 2 Safety precautions while rigging gangway and pilot ladder;
Module Practical
- 1. Cleaning and polishing of brass and copper.
- 2 Swinging out and lowering a lifeboat from gravity davits. Use of Tricing pendants & Bowsing - in Tackle
- 3 Handling of life boat under oars – coming alongside, getting away and picking up a man overboard.
- 4 Use of sea anchor and steering oar.
- 5 Starting the engine of a motor lifeboat.
- 6 Hoisting a lifeboat on davits. Checking the working of cut-off switches.
- 7 Boat and fire drill. Sounding emergency signal. Action on hearing the emergency signal.
- 8 Coiling ropes. Cutting wire ropes. Opening a new coil.
- 9 Reading of drafts marks (meter & feet)
Reference Books
- 1 Survival in Lifeboat and Liferaft Capt. S.K. Puri
- 2 Survival at Sea C.H. Wright
- 3 Theory and Practice of Seamanship Danton
- 4 Seamanship Notes Kemp & Young
- 5 Life saving Appliances Rules Govt. of India
- 6 Fire fighting Appliances Rules Govt. of India
- 7 SOLAS, 1974 as amended IMO
- 8 LSA Code IMO
- 9 FSS Code IMO
- 10 STCW 1978, as amended IMO
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Nautical Science) under the Choice Based Credit and Grading System, in force from the academic year 2020-21. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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