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International maritime signal flags. 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 ...
The International Code of Signals ( INTERCO) is an international system of signals and codes for use by vessels to communicate important messages regarding safety of navigation and related matters. Signals can be sent by flaghoist, signal lamp ("blinker"), flag semaphore, radiotelegraphy, and radiotelephony. The International Code is the most ...
Flag signals can mean any of various methods of using flags or pennants to send signals. Flags may have individual significance as signals, or two or more flags may be manipulated so that their relative positions convey symbols. Flag signals allowed communication at a distance before the invention of radio and are still used especially in ...
A maritime flag is a flag designated for use on ships, boats, and other watercraft. Naval flags are considered important at sea and the rules and regulations for the flying of flags are strictly enforced. The flag flown is related to the country of registration: so much so that the word "flag" is often used symbolically as a metonym for ...
A US Navy crewman signals the letter 'U' using flag semaphore during an underway replenishment exercise (2005). Flag semaphore (from the Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma) 'sign' and - φέρω (-phero) '-bearer' [1]) is a semaphore system conveying information at a distance by means of visual signals with hand-held flags, rods, disks, paddles, or occasionally bare or gloved hands.
A light blue square with the Coat of arms of the Princess in the center. A version of the flag with gold fringing is known as the guidon and serves as the command sign or positional flag for military use. 1975/ 1977–present (Legal regulation) [1] Standard of King Juan Carlos: A dark blue square with the Coat of arms of King Juan Carlos in the ...
Design. A royal blue field with two red narrow horizontal stripes along the top and the bottom edges and the large white disk in the centre bearing the National Coat of Arms. Belize flag being raised. The flag of Belize was adopted on 21 September 1981, the day Belize became independent. It consists of the coat of arms of Belize on a blue field ...
A horizontal triband of light blue (top and bottom) and white (center). Designed by. Manuel Belgrano. The national flag of the Argentine Republic, often referred to as the Argentine flag ( Spanish: bandera argentina ), is a triband, composed of three equally wide horizontal bands coloured light blue and white. There are multiple interpretations ...