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who were condemned by a Court Martial as being concerned in the mutiny on board the Hermione. The signal being repeated, the yellow flag was hoisted on board the Puissant at Spithead, and the Braakel in the harbour, on board which ships they were executed, boats from all the ships at Spithead, manned and armed with marines, attended the Puissant as those in the Harbour did the Braakel.
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The Yellow Jack was also used to signify the time of execution of 2 Royal Navy Sailors condemned by a Court Martial. On the 7 Aug 1800 Portsmouth, at nine o'clock, a gun was fired on board the Royal William, at Spithead, and the yellow flag hoisted as a signal for executing J. Watson and J. Allen,
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is granted, the vessel may lower the Quebec(s), raise the national ensign of the port, and do business there. In the event that, for health reasons, the vessel is not granted free pratique, it continues to fly the Quebec, in effect indicating that it is in quarantine until such time as any health
100:, plain yellow flags are commonly used to mark a recent death, regardless of cause. They are placed in intersections leading to the home of the recently deceased as direction markers for mourners, and to mark the 75:, plain yellow, green, and black flags have been used to symbolize disease in ships and ports. The color yellow has a longer history. It was used to mark houses of infection prior to its maritime use. 56:") signal flag, is a plain yellow banner that was historically used to signify a vessel was, or might be, harboring a dangerous disease and needed to be 89:
The plain yellow flag ("Q" or "Quebec" in international maritime signal flags), may derive its letter symbol from its initial use in "quarantine".
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A ship flying two Quebecs ("QQ"), or "Double Quebec", is signaling: "I require health clearance." In both cases, if and when free
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A "Double Quebec" flying from a ship would signal "I require health clearance."
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Maritime flag communicating presence or absence of disease on-board
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Mackowiak, Philip A.; Sehdev, Paul S. (November 2002).
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A yellow square, outlined in black
A yellow square, outlined in black
quarantined
pratique
international maritime signal flags
yellow fever
Cholera
Indonesian
Jakarta
funeral convoy
right of way
"The Origin of Quarantine"
doi
10.1086/344062
ISSN
1058-4838
PMID
12398064
"Quarantine Flag"
"Yellow flag in Jakarta, powerful and unstoppable"
The Yellow Flag of Quarantine
Categories
International flags
Maritime flags
Quarantine facilities
Signal flags
Yellow symbols

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