SMCP phrase
A2/3.2.12.1
Syntax of the SMCP phrase
The (manoeuvring) speed at full / half / slow / dead slow ahead is ... knots.
Examples of the SMCP phrase
- The speed at full ahead is twenty knots.
- The speed at half ahead is ten knots.
- The speed at slow ahead is seven knots.
- The speed at dead slow ahead is two knots.
- The manoeuvring speed at full ahead is eighteen knots.
- The manoeuvring speed at half ahead is nine knots.
- The manoeuvring speed at slow ahead is six knots.
- The manoeuvring speed at dead slow ahead is two knots.