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  2. International maritime signal flags - Wikipedia

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    International maritime signal flags are various flags used to communicate with ships. The principal system of flags and associated codes is the International Code of Signals . [ 1 ] Various navies have flag systems with additional flags and codes, and other flags are used in special uses, or have historical significance.

  3. International Code of Signals - Wikipedia

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    At first it was used concurrently with the old system until 1 January 1902, and then used exclusively after 1 January 1903. In this new edition, the number of flags was increased from 18 flags plus a code pennant to 26 flags and a code pennant. The eight new flags represented the vowels A E I O U and the letters X Y Z. [2]

  4. Lists of naval flags - Wikipedia

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    Ireland - List of flags of Ireland § Naval service; Japan - List of Japanese flags § Self-Defense Force and Imperial Army/Navy; Latvia - List of Latvian flags § Military flags; Norway - List of Norwegian flags § Flags of the Navy; Poland - List of Polish naval and maritime flags, List of Polish flags § Navy; Russia - List of Russian navy flags

  5. Naval flag signalling - Wikipedia

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    Naval flag signalling undoubtedly developed in antiquity in order to coordinate naval action of multiple vessels. In the Peloponnesian War (431 – 401 BCE) squadrons of Athenian galleys were described by Thucydides as engaging in coordinated maneuvers which would have required some kind of communication; [1] there is no record of how such communication was done but flags would have been the ...

  6. Maritime flag - Wikipedia

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    The rank flag or distinguishing flag is the flag worn by a superior officer on their flagship or headquarters (hence the term flagship). The origins of this are from the era before radiotelegraphy and radiotelephony, when orders were given by flag signals. The flag denotes the ship which must be watched for signals designating orders. Such ...

  7. Maritime flag signalling - Wikipedia

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    Maritime flag signalling, generally flaghoist signalling, is the principal means other than radio by which ships communicate to each other or to shore (distinguished from flags showing nationality, ownership, or (for naval vessels) organizational status).

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