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- Name of Tile Set - NAUTICAL.TIL
- Subject - Marine flags
- Created by - Norm Trudeau
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- In the days before radio, mariners used a system of alphabetical
- flags to communicate with each other and shore based establishments. Each
- letter of the alphabet was represented by a flag. Messages were passed by
- either spelling out the entire message letter by letter, or by using a two,
- three, or four flag letter code system . If you wish to have more information
- on this subject, the publication "INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SIGNALS" covers it
- in detail. As well, each letter flag "FLYING" by itself means something
- - ie "B" - I am carrying a dangerous cargo, "O" - man overboard, and
- "Z" - I require a tug, or just three examples.
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- Each flag is identified by using the accepted "phonetical" pronoun-
- ciation of each letter. As you can imagine, in days when radio was first
- used, static often made communication difficult. When this occured, words
- were spelled out using this system to get their message across. Example,
- the word MAHJONGG would be pronounced - Mike Alpha Hotel Juliette Oscar
- November Gulf Gulf
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- DESCRIPTION
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- Since this set is based on the ALPHABET, it is difficult to follow
- the original tile set format for MAHJONGG. There are two wild card sets
- and the 26 letters of the Alphabet, plus eight other flags that are marine
- oriented.
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- tiles 1 to 8 - Flags of various organizations who provide assistance to
- the mariner.
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- tiles 9 to 34 - Alphabetical letter flags - a to z
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- tiles 35 to 38 - examples of multiple flag hoists
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- tiles 39 to 42 - Officer Shoulder Markings of numerous non military marine
- Services. ie British Merchant Marine
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- NORM TRUDEAU, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA
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