International Code of Signals Q
Spoken Quebec
Meaning My vessel is healthy and I request free practique. The solid yellow flag was used to indicate quarantine before it was made the flag for Q. Also, it's worth noting that display of the yellow Q flag today means that the ship does not have disease aboard; it signifies "I request free pratique," which means I ask that the authorities in the port give me a clean bill of health.
Since 1870 the ICS or International Code of Signals has been used by merchant vessels and warships as the basis for an international language by mariners. In 1965, management of the ICS was taken over by the United Nations' International Maritime Organization. Each major seafaring country still publishes the ICS for the use of its mariners. In the US Navy it is Hydrographic Office publication #102.
Acquired with a lot of signal flags
ZFC 3169 Ireland
ZFC3170 ICS Q
ZFC3171 ICS G
ZFC3172 ICS P
ZFC3173 ICS J
ZFC3174 ICS M
ZFC3175 ICS Q
ZFC3176 ICS V
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