Editing SOLAS Convention (section)

=== Origin and early versions ===
The first version of SOLAS Treaty was passed in 1914 in response to the [[Sinking of the Titanic|sinking of RMS ''Titanic'']], which prescribed numbers of [[Lifeboat (shipboard)|lifeboats]] and other emergency equipment along with safety procedures, including continuous radio watches.<ref>{{citation | url = https://archive.org/details/textofconvention00inte | title = Text of the Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, Signed at London, January 20, 1914 [with Translation.] | publisher = His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons | location = London | year = 1914}}</ref> The 1914 treaty never entered into force due to the outbreak of the [[First World War]].

Further versions were adopted in 1929 and 1948.<ref name=IMO-1974/><ref>{{citation | url = http://www.imo.org/KnowledgeCentre/ReferencesAndArchives/HistoryofSOLAS/Documents/SOLAS%201948%20UK%20Treaty%20Series.pdf | title = International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1948, London, 10th June, 1948 | publisher = Her Majesty's Stationery Office | location = London | date = January 1953 | access-date = 8 December 2012 | archive-date = 12 April 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150412031150/http://www.imo.org/KnowledgeCentre/ReferencesAndArchives/HistoryofSOLAS/Documents/SOLAS%201948%20UK%20Treaty%20Series.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>