A hoist of signal flags on the yard arm of the Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna to ...

Accession Number 001070/36
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Cranstone, Edward Lefevre (Ted)
Place made Australia: Victoria, Port Phillip Bay
Date made c February 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A hoist of signal flags on the yard arm of the Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna to convey instructions to an incoming ship seeking to enter port. Additional instructions to 'hoist xag' are also displayed on a blackboard.

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