F flag quarterly yellow & black = L of Internat^l Code G flag divided vertically white, black, white H flag, yellow with black ball = I " " " I flag, blue with yellow saltire = Numeral 7 of 1790 J pendant, divided vertically white & red K flag, divided horizontally yellow & blue L flag, white with red saltire = V of Intern^l Code M pendant, divided horizontally red, yellow, red N pendant, divided horizontally yellow, blue, yellow O flag, divided diagonally red & yellow = O " " " P pendant, blue with white cross Q pendant, red R pendant, yellow with red cross S pendant, divided vertically blue & yellow T pendant, blue with white ball = D " " " U burgee, divided vertically white & blue = A " " " V flag, white pierced blue = S " " " W flag, yellow = Q " " " X pendant, striped vertically black & yellow Y pendant, white with red border Z flag, chequered blue & white = N " " " Affirmative } Preparative } as in 1790 (see Plate XIII) Negative flag, white with 5 black crosses (2) A series of numeral flags:-- 1 as No. 5 in 1790 2 " 2 " 3 flag, chequered yellow & blue 4 as No. 9 in 1790 5 flag, divided horizontally red & white 6 as No. 8 in 1790 7 " " 8 flag divided vertically red, white, blue 9 as "Dissent" in 1790 0 as No. 0 in 1790 (3) A series of numbered and special pendants:-- 1 divided vertically red, white, blue 2 " horizontally " " 3 white with red cross 4 striped vertically white & red (16 stripes) 6 white with 2 black crosses 7 divided quarterly white, black, yellow, red 8 red 9 white with red ball 0 divided vertically yellow & blue Interrogative divided quarterly red & white Answering " vertically " " Guard, red with white cross Numeral, chequered blue & yellow Church, as No. 2 but with St. George's Cross in chief. These pendants are all of a different shape from those employed in the alphabetical series, being more narrow and elongated, and cut off square at the end, whereas the former are almost equilateral and might perhaps be more correctly designated as "triangular flags." The "substitutes" used are as follows: 1st. (repeating the 1st. flag or pendant of a "series") the Affirmative flag 2nd. ( " 2nd. " " " ) Answering pendant 3rd. ( " 3rd. " " " ) No. 2 pendant 4th. ( " 4th. " " " ) No. 0 " 1st. (when using the numbered pendants) Interrogative pendant 2nd. ( " " " ) Answering "