Notes, transcripts and cuttings relating to the history of flags and signalling

Includes flags of the RNLI & foreign societies, a Jack for the British Merchant Navy, memo about merchant service ensign, 1674 - 1879, flags on church towers, form of prayer to be used at sea, 1661, sledge flags re: DISCOVERY and Scott's expedition, Warspite training ship, the art of signalling, church pendant, blue peter, early Boer flags, pirate flags, the King's flag afloat (HMS REPULSE), the flag proper for churches, fortifications at Portsmouth, a flag for divine service, shrapnell shell, Welsh church flags of St. Davids, first tidings of Trafalgar, merchant flags, DISCOVERY house flag, sledge flags of Austen and Kellet.

Record Details

Item reference: REC/47/1; REC/47/1-3 MS1982/138
Catalogue Section: Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 volume
Date made: 1930-01-01 - ?; 1930
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London