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Signal flags

Read a hoist of flags, or find the flags for what you want to say, with the International Code of Signals.

Click a flag or type letters and digits. Backspace takes down the last flag; Esc lowers the whole hoist.

Alphabetical flags

Numeral pennants

Substitutes and answering pennant

Opening the signal book…

Meanings from the International Code of Signals, Pub. 102 (1969 edition, revised 2003), published without copyright by the U.S. National Imagery and Mapping Agency. The medical code follows the 2020 edition, published by its successor, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. For learning and curiosity. At sea, rely on the current official edition of the Code.