Quarantine Flags (Britain) (original) (raw)


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[ [British quarantine flag]](../images/g/gb%5Fquar.gif)image provided by Jan Mertens, 10 April 2008

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Found on a page of �Brown�s Signal Reminder� some (British) quarantine flags. The image shows not only the traditional yellow flag but also a yellow pennant with blue? border (not at the hoist) meaning �Suspect� and a flag divided quarterly yellow and black? meaning �Infected�. These two are used in combination with the well-known 'Q' flag, hoisted below them in fact.
Jan Mertens, 10 April 2008

I believe these are from the Commercial Code of Signals (introduced in 1857 and subsequently updated), with 'Quebec' over 'Lima' (showing the original blue and yellow quarterly rather than the post-1899 black and yellow), and 'Quebec' over the '1st Substitute pennant' (still the same in the current code), unfortunately however, I don't have a copy of the previous signal book in order to confirm my guess?
Christopher Southworth, 10 April 2008