The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Semaphore Signals

Sea Terms

An upright post on which arms are hinged, their elevation or depression from the horizontal forming certain signals. (See engravings.)

Stoppers on the cable; distance signals and semaphore signals
Stoppers on the cable; distance signals and semaphore signals
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