SOLAS Convention of 1914 (Safety of Life at Sea)
Convenio SOLAS de 1914 (seguridad de la vida humana en el mar)
- Date
- 1914 · confidence high
- Place
- London, England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- London international conference, after the sinking of Titanic
- Field
- Movement
What it is
The first international maritime safety convention: lifeboats for all, constant radio watch, compartmentation and an ice patrol. It never came into force because of the war, but set the model for later SOLAS.
Adopted in January 1914, it never took effect because of the outbreak of war; the first in force was SOLAS 1929.
What it led to
- SOLAS 1929, 1948, 1960 and 1974
- the International Ice Patrol
- continuous radio watch aboard