Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: ames!ultra!norm@uunet.UU.NET (Norm Finn) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Request for pointers Keywords: naval history signals navy Message-ID: <11919@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 4 Dec 89 01:42:29 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: Ultra Network Technologies Lines: 21 Approved: military@att.att.com From: ames!ultra!norm@uunet.UU.NET (Norm Finn) For the purpose of interactive simulation [all right, game playing :-)] I would like to find the repertoire of easily transmissible signals available to naval fleet commanders in the period 1600-1920. The primary medium would, of course, be flag hoists. I'm familiar with the types of signals, "follow me line ahead," "simultaneous turn 3 points to starboard," etc., but I want the whole list in detail. Ideally, someone could point me to a library or book dealer who has a copy of one or more actual signal books from this era. Another possibility would be a pointer to some naval equivalents of the type of commercially printed manuals common for army training throughout this period. Even a specific reference to a secondary source would be much appreciated. -- Thanks in advance (reply directly to me, of course) Norm Finn domain: norm@ultra.com Ultra Network Technologies Internet: ultra!norm@ames.arc.nasa.gov 101 Daggett Dr. uucp: ...ames!ultra!norm San Jose, CA 95134 (408) 922-0100 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com