A Tragedy At Sea - Conveyed using the international code of signals for flags and pennants.
Posted Mar 13, 2016, 11:54 PM UTC
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You should cross post this to r/vexilology, they need some out-of-the-box content.
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Thanks for this. Actually, you can even type the flags in comments on that sub.
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I thought you might enjoy this postcard I received recently.
Are there any international signals for multiple flags? I've only seen them for individual flags.
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Check out the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's publication 102, "International Code of Signals". All of these are listed, aside from the last, which is actually "I have seen icebergs"
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artist is tom gauld, original here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomgauld/4857047706
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Hmm. I was going to say that "I am on fire" is more easily described by the single Juliet flag, but technically, Juliet translates to "I am on fire AND I am carrying dangerous cargo, please keep clear."
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Strange how these combine.
Now, most of those I can confirm are real signals, which lends some credibility to the rest.
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Rather than "combining" they are separate signals, single flags were considered to be the more important/most used.
O is man overboard, a situation where
Came here to check authenticity of this comic, was not disappointed. Thanks for clearing things up!