1. Yellow cross on blue ground. 2. Blue and yellow quarterly. 3. Blue cross on yellow. 4. Yellow. 5. Blue and yellow chequered. 6. White and red in two vertical stripes. 7. Red, white, and red in three vertical stripes. 8. Yellow and blue in two vertical stripes. 9. White cross on red. 10. Red and white chequered. 11. Red and white in two horizontal stripes. 12. Red and white quarterly. 13. Blue and yellow in two horizontal stripes. 14. Red. 15. Blue, yellow, blue, in three vertical stripes. 16. Yellow, blue, yellow, in three horizontal stripes. The signals for "private" ships were mostly on the old plan of single flags in particular positions. To express numbers, as in the number of ships seen, depth of water, latitude and longitude, a "table" of 10 squares each side was employed. The flags of this were as follows: 1. Union. 2. Red. 3. White. 4. Blue. 5. Red and white. 6. Blue and yellow. 7. Red, white, and blue. 8. Red pendant. 9. Yellow pendant. 10. Red, white, and blue pendant, and a blue pendant to represent 100 for use in numbers from 101 upwards. It will be noted that three of the most unsuitable of Rodney's flags, the quarterly red and blue, striped red and blue, and the red with blue cross, each of which would look like purple at a distance, had disappeared. About the same date Kempenfelt produced his own numerary code. He tells Lord Barham, in a letter dated March, 1781[383], that the plan he followed was not that he most approved of. That which I would have adopted--though most evidently the best--I could not get any of the Admirals or Officers of note to approve and countenance. I therefore followed in a great measure Lord Howe's mode, he being a popular character. In this code the transition from the old to the new method is well seen, for each signal has, besides a signal number for use after the new method, a flag and position for use after the old, e.g.: "Engage the enemy" could be signalled as No. 224 or by means of a red flag at the fore topmast head. "Prepare for battle" by the same flag at the fore topmast shrouds, or as No. 226. "Come to closer engagement" by a red and white flag (two horizontal stripes) at the main topmast head, or as No. 171. A special signal was provided to denote that the numerary signals were going to be used for practice, when every ship was to note down the significations. Kempenfelt improved upon Howe in that he did not separate out the "Private ship" signals, but included all in one series of more than 400 numbers. The flags for signalling by the old method were mostly the same as those already in use. His "table" for the new method was of 10 squares a side, as follows: