Although there are only eighteen flags j 3 used in .he International Code of Signals, ' which is used by warships and merohant | . ships all over the world, they can be made j ■ to represent no fewer than 20,000 distinct | signals, and by its use something like 50,000 1 'ships can be designated. \ I
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6282, 13 September 1898, Page 2
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53Untitled Star (Christchurch), Issue 6282, 13 September 1898, Page 2
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