✨ Maritime Signal Codes
No. 7. Yellow Cross on a Red Ground—
Coastwise
No. 8. Yellow Square on a Blue Ground—
from England.
No. 9. Two Blue and Two Yellow Squares
alternately—from Scotland.
No. 0. Blue and Yellow (Chequered)—
from Ireland.
No. 10. from the United States
No. 13. ** Caledonia
No. 14. ** Society Islands
No. 15. ** Friendly Islands
No. 16. ** Pelee Islands
No. 17. ** New Caledonia
or New Hebrides
No. 18. ** New Zealand
No. 19. ** India
No. 20. ** Cape of Good Hope
No. 21. Has Troops on board
No. 23. Quarantine
No. 24. Government Vessel
No. 24a. There is disease on board...
No. 25. A French Man-of-War
No. 26. A Merchant Vessel
No. 27. An American Man-of-War
Merchant Vessel
No. 28. **
No. 29. A Whaler
No. 30. A Foreign Vessel
The Ball shall be hauled down to half-mast when required.
few feets call attention to any of the fore-going communications.
When the Ball is hauled down from the mast-head, the signal indicated is made the North Head; one or more of the following signals will be made, viz:
Number against the Name has gone
to sea.
A Ball prepared against the Yard-arm... The Vessel has put into
Port William.
A Blue Pendant... She has anchored.
Two Pendants... She has passed out of the Heads.
Union Jack... The Governor is on board.
Two Pendants... A Vessel put back.
It is intended to have a short arm on the signal-mast below the cross-tree, for the purpose of indicating distances viz:
One ball in sight... Off the Heads
Projecting horizontally... Beyond The Tiri
(tally.)
As length of 26ft... Off Tiri inside
As length of 20ft... Inside the reef of Rangitoto Island
When drawn up to the cross-tree...
Demands for Pilots will be responded by hoisting of a Tricoloured Flag on a pole 40 feet above the water on the Signal Station, and signals made to the steamers or vessels requiring to be boarded on the same.
David Rough,
Harbour-Master.
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New Ulster Gazette 1849, No 23
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- David Rough, Harbour-Master