signal yeoman

Citizen Admiral Dimitri accepted another cup of coffee from a signals yeoman.

"Splash," the signals yeoman said.

Directing his voice downwards he called 'Mr West, we will close the sloop under all plain sail, if you please; and let the signal yeoman stand by.

I once met the widow of the man who, as a young signal midshipman, had taken Nelson's famous message from the Signal Yeoman and communicated it to the ship's company.

But there wasn't . . . "Cruiser Iway under attack," the signals yeoman said tonelessly, translating the code as it came through the earphones in dots and dashes.