Two minutes later, the convoy guide sounded the alarm by whistle and flag hoist.

The signalmen ran up the warning flag hoist.

Communications at sea were conducted by flag hoist, on land by messengers or hand signals.

"Flight Deck Olympics," featuring a relay race and a signal flag hoist.

Today, the bugle calls are primarily used for ceremonial functions such as flag hoist/lowering, change of commands, military burials, religious service, etc.

With Lion's electric generators now out of commission, Beatty could only signal using flag hoists, and both these signals were flown at the same time.

He heard the slatting as the flag hoist was hauled up on its halyard, and he repeated to himself the answer, picturing the colours on the flags.

Sunday, noon to 3 p.m., Flight Deck Olympics in honor of Father's Day, including uniform relay, ring toss, walk the plank and signal flag hoist.

Mr. Ferris, he said crisply, "please send up a flag hoist under Huron's nAme and make the following "I am sending a boarding party to you. ""

He then engages in a joust to get the Bulls' flag back which was to get a page up the Bulls' castle flag hoist, in which is used as a substitute flag.

The unfortunate Rear-Admiral Moore was quietly replaced, but Beatty's flag lieutenant - responsible for hoisting Beatty's two commands on one flag hoist, thereby allowing them to be read as one - remained.

For example, "BA" might mean "You have permission to . . . (do whatever the rest of the flashing light, flag hoist or radio transmission says) "BZ" happens to be the last item of the governing groups table.

If he decides that this is the case, he must order the flag to be cut into separate pieces (separating the red, white and blue colours) and the pieces to be burned on the parade ground before the next flag hoist.

The Naval Institute in Annapolis, to which I had turned for guidance in this, came sailing back with this added thought from Capt. Jim Barber, its executive director: "B-Z is one of the two-letter designators for specific flag hoist/flashing light signals."

Chithirai Festival begins with Flag Hoist and Car riding on the day of Hastha Nakshthra and ends in the day of Chithra Nakshathra with Holy bathing in the river at morning and dehoisting the flag the evening.