• 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...
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    is the International Code of Signals. Various navies have flag systems with additional flags and codes, and other flags are used in special uses, or have...
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    visual signals with hand-held flags, rods, disks, paddles, or occasionally bare or gloved hands. Information is encoded by the position of the flags; it...
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  • International Code of Signals (whether by flaghoist, semaphore, signal lamp, or other means), which specifies a standard set of flags and codes. Naval vessels...
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    variety of maritime flag signalling systems. The International Code of Signals was preceded by a variety of naval signals and private signals, most notably...
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  • famous flag signal). Maritime flag signalling Semaphore Signal lamp International Code of Signals Russian Navy Code of Signals Japanese Navy Signal Flags Thucydides...
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    historical form of flag signaling that passes messages by waving a single flag. It differs from flag semaphore in that it uses one flag rather than two,...
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    at sea, resulting in various systems of flag signals; see, International maritime signal flags. Use of flags beyond a military or naval context began...
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    operation. Red flags are used for various signals in team sailing races (see Racing Rules of Sailing). A red flag warning is a signal of high wildfire...
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    international maritime signal flags, part of the International Code of Signals, the Z flag stands for the letter Z ("Zulu" in the NATO Alphabet) when used in...
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    when orders were given by flag signals. The flag denotes the ship which must be watched for signals designating orders. Such flags are also worn when leaders...
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  • A distress signal, also known as a distress call, is an internationally recognized means for obtaining help. Distress signals are communicated by transmitting...
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  • International Code of Signals, a standard for sending signals by displaying flags Maritime flag signalling, generally flaghoist signalling, by which ships communicate...
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    Telegraph troops Military hand and arm signals Morse code Flag semaphore Flag signals Naval flag signalling Signal lamp Heliograph Radio communications...
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  • "Talking the Fish". An email was transmitted using SMTP over Semaphore Flag Signals. IP over Avian Carriers, a similar humorous proposal Semaphore, for other...
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    Typically, the starter, sometimes the grand marshal of a race, waves the flags atop a flag stand near the start-finish line. Track marshals are also stationed...
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    of flag are in use. Internationally, the code flag alfa/alpha, which is white and blue, is used to signal that the vessel has a diver down and other vessels...
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    Racing Rules of Sailing (category Signal flags)
    are governed with flags and sound signals to indicate flag changes. The flags used are taken from the International maritime signal flag set. During a race...
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    A flag is a distinctive piece of fabric used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. While the origin of flags is unknown, flag-like symbols...
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    method of communication was by line signals, but this has been superseded by voice communication, and line signals are now used in emergencies when voice...
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    The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red...
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  • cartoons International maritime signal flags, one system of flag signals representing individual letters of the alphabet in signals to or from ships Semafor...
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    SOS (redirect from SOS signal)
    distress signals, using such things as semaphore flags, signal flares, bells, and foghorns. However, cooperation in standardizing radio distress signals was...
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    traditional nautical symbol in European waters prior to the invention of flag signal codes to signify an intention to give battle and that 'no quarter would...
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  • The Russian Navy Code of Signals is a collection of flaghoist signals, which is used together with semaphore alphabet for the transmission of information...
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    flag of the American state of Ohio, as well as of some burgees, private signals and pennants of the International Code of Signals (ICS). State flag of...
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    19th century. They were the second generation of signalling in the Royal Navy, after the flag signals most famously used to spread Nelson's rallying-cry...
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    and non-respect of flag signals. The #87 FK Performance Motorsport received a 5-place grid penalty for non-respect of flag signals. The #68 Dörr Motorsport...
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    Fairfax's stuff.co.nz. "Let's fly a new flag with pride". NZ Herald. 2024-01-04. Retrieved 2024-01-04. "Flag signals". North & South (New Zealand magazine)...
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    numeric flag code known as the "Telegraphic Signals of Marine Vocabulary". Although there was much confusion surrounding the precise wording of the signal in...
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