| CHAPTER | | PAGE | | I. | THE ORIGIN OF THE FLAG AND ITS DEVELOPMENT UP TO THE END OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY | 1 | | | | II. | EARLY ENGLISH, SCOTTISH AND IRISH FLAGS | | (i) England | 30 | | (ii) Scotland | 46 | | (iii) Ireland | 50 | | | | III. | THE UNION FLAGS AND JACKS | 54 | | | | IV. | FLAGS OF COMMAND | | (i) The Royal Standard | 74 | | (ii) The Admiralty Flag | 81 | | (iii) Admirals' Flags | 85 | | (iv) Pendants of Command | 102 | | | | V. | COLOURS OF DISTINCTION | | (i) Public Ships of War | 110 | | (ii) Private Men-of-War | 124 | | (iii) Public Ships for uses other than War | 126 | | (iv) Merchant Ships | 129 | | (v) Pleasure Craft | 136 | | | | VI. | FLAG SIGNALS | | (i) Early Signals | 140 | | (ii) The First English Codes | 161 | | (iii) The Invention of Numerary Signals | 166 | | (iv) The Vocabulary Signal Book | 175 | | (v) Commercial Codes | 183 | | | | VII. | CEREMONIAL AND OTHER USAGES | 189 | | | | INDEX | | 205 |
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