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  • distress flag

    any flag flown by a vessel to show that it is in distress, as an ensign flown at half-mast or upside down.

  • pilot flag

    the flag symbolizing the letter G in the International Code of Signals, flown by itself to request a pilot from a pilot service: a flag of three yellow and three blue vertical stripes.

  • quarantine flag

    a yellow flag, designating the letter Q in the International Code of Signals: flown by itself to signify that a ship has no disease on board and requests a pratique, or flown with another flag to signify that there is disease on board ship.

  • answering pennant

    one of the flags of the International Code of Signals, a pennant of three red and two white vertical stripes, flown at the dip while a message is being interpreted and close up when it is understood.

  • blue peter

    a signal flag of blue with a white square at the centre, displayed by a vessel about to leave port

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