Signal flag

Tufnell signalling instruction box. Wooden box containing approximately 157 metal flags (Naval and International Codes), and 15 brass masts and spars. There are two compartments in the lid containing small brass ships. On a label: On label: 'Borrowed from HMS Flying Fox, date - 31 July 1939'.

Object Details

ID: EQA0193
Collection: Ship equipment; Communications and signalling
Type: Signal flag
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Tufnell, L. G.
Vessels: Flying Fox 1918 [RNVR]
Date made: 1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 109 mm x 810 mm x 353 mm