Merchant Shipping: Signal Books And Signals
This category consists of two East India Company signal books. The first is a printed signal book of 1783 entitle 'A Collection of Signals for the use of the ships in the Service of the United East India Company'; a sheet of coloured flags has been loosely inserted, but the book was not issued. There is also a manuscript volume of signals issued by Captain Alexander Montgomerie (q.v.) to the fleet under his command, St Helena to England, 1794.
Object Details
| ID: | SIG/E |
|---|---|
| Type: | Manuscript |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 2 vols |
| Parts: |
Signals Collection (Manuscript)
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