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![[Signal flag 0]](../images/q/qs~su_0.gif)
image by Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 19 October 2005
Codename: Nolâ (ноль);
Four colors divided per saltire consisting of (clockwise from top)
yellow/blue/red/black (which is the ICS "Zulu"
flag
Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 19 October 2005
![[Signal flag 1]](../images/q/qs~su_1.gif)
image by Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 19 October 2005
Codename: Yedinitsa (единица);
White beside blue vertical swallowtail bicolor.
Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 19 October 2005
Identical to ICS "Alpha"
(latin letter) flag.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 October 2005
![[Signal flag 2]](../images/q/qs~su_2.gif)
image by Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 19 October 2005
Codename: Dvoyka (двойка);
Blue triangular pennant with white roundel
Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 19 October 2005
![[Signal flag 3]](../images/q/qs~su_3.gif)
image by Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 19 October 2005
Codename: Troyka (тройка)
(whence the English word "troika" is derived); Triangular triband
pennant divided vertically into red/white/blue.
Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 19 October 2005
![[Signal flag 4]](../images/q/qs~su_4.gif)
image by Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 19 October 2005
Codename: Chetvyorka (четверка);
Red pennant with white Scandinavian cross.
Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 19 October 2005
![[Signal flag 5]](../images/q/qs~su_5.gif)
image by Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 19 October 2005
Codename: Pyatyorka (пятерка);
Triangular bicolor pennant divided vertically into yellow beside blue.
Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 19 October 2005
![[Signal flag 6]](../images/q/qs~su_6.gif)
image by Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 19 October 2005
Codename: Shiestyorka (шестерка);
Red over yellow divided per bend dexter (from top-left to bottom-right)
Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 19 October 2005
![[Signal flag 7]](../images/q/qs~su_7.gif)
image by Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 21 October 2005
Codename: Siemyorka (семерка);
Red/white/blue vertical triband square flag (The ISCF "Tango"
flag, a reversed French Tricolore
Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 19 October 2005
![[Signal flag 8]](../images/q/qs~su_8.gif)
image by Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 19 October 2005
Codename: Vos`myorka (восьмерка);
White/red counterchanged quarters per cross (White/Red on top, Red/White on
bottom)
Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 19 October 2005
![[Signal flag 9]](../images/q/qs~su_9.gif)
image by Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 19 October 2005
Codename: Dievyatka (девятка).
White with blue cross
Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 19 October 2005
![[Functional flag 01]](../images/q/qs~su_sig01.gif)
image by Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 22 October 2005
Codename: Gaz (Газ); Black with a
white-fimbriated red fly triangle.
Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 22 October 2005
Gaz - the warning of use of poison gases being used
by the enemy.
Mikhail Revnivtsev, 26 October 2005
![[Functional flag 03]](../images/q/qs~su_sig02.gif)
image by Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 22 October 2005
Codename: Dym (Дым); White over
black over white horizontal triband pennant.
Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 22 October 2005
A signal for the initiation of camouflage smokes,
smoke screen.
Mikhail Revnivtsev, 26 October 2005
![[Functional flag 03]](../images/q/qs~su_sig03.gif)
image by Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 22 October 2005
Codename: Tyelyegrafnyii (Телеграфный);
Yellow/blue/yellow/blue/yellow/blue vertical bars (same as the ICS "Golf"
flag).
Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 22 October 2005
Telegraph - to send messages only by
telegraph
Mikhail Revnivtsev, 26 October 2005
Are you sure this doesn't mean that the message is
coming in spelled out form using the letter flags, rather than as a pre-set code
from the signal book? That's the meaning of the "telegraph" flag in
non-Russian signaling systems. For example, if preceded by a
"telegraph" signal, the ICS flags IT spell the simple English word
"it." If not, the IT combination would mean "I am on fire."
Joe McMillan, 26 October 2005
![[Functional flag 04]](../images/q/qs~su_sig04.gif)
image by Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 22 October 2005
Codename: Shlyupochnyii (Шлюпочный);
Blue field with white center square panel (ICS's Papa"
flag)
Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 22 October 2005
Boats on water! To lower to float boats!
Mikhail Revnivtsev, 26 October 2005
![[Functional flag 05]](../images/q/qs~su_sig05.gif)
image by Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 22 October 2005
Codename: Vozdushnyii (Воздушный):
White field with blue center square panel (makes it the "White
Sierra", the ICS "Sierra"
flag--the reverse of its "Papa" flag).
Air - warning of an air attack.
Mikhail Revnivtsev, 26 October 2005
|
Note: These next four flags are signal flags apparently
referring to compass directions. Naval use has special words for these,
not the usual Russian language names. The numbering seems to be only the
order by which these flags show in the source. |
![[Functional flag 06]](../images/q/qs~su_sig06.gif)
image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 October 2005
Codename: Nord (Норд);
White field with a red chief triangle (upside-down--base at top, points down to
bottom).
Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 24 October 2005
Meaning "north"; regular Russian word
"север" ("sever"). The
triangle touches the bottom edge of the flag; I guess we could say "a
triangle throughout".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 October 2005
![[Functional flag 07]](../images/q/qs~su_sig07.gif)
image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 October 2005
Codename: Zyuyd (Зюйд);
White field with a black base triangle (upright--points upwards).
Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 24 October 2005
Meaning "south"; regular Russian word
"юг" ("űg"). Russian naval jargon: "зюйд"
("zűĭd"). The triangle touches the top edge of the flag.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 October 2005
![[Functional flag 08]](../images/q/qs~su_sig08.gif)
image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 October 2005
Codename: Ost (Ост); White field
with a giant black diamond lozenge spread throughout.
Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 24 October 2005
Meaning "east"; regular Russian word "восток" ("vostok"). Russian naval jargon: "ост" ("ost").>br /? António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 October 2005
![[Functional flag 09]](../images/q/qs~su_sig09.gif)
image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 25 October 2005
Codename: Vyest (Вест);
Red/white quarters divided per saltire (red at top and bottom, white on left and
right sides).
Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 24 October 2005
Russian naval jargon: "Вест"
("vest").
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 October 2005
![[Functional flag 10]](../images/q/qs~su_sig10.gif)
image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 25 October 2005
Codename: Voprositelhnyĭ (Вопросительный)
Yellow/blue/yellow horizontal triband.
Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 25 October 2005
Means "interrogation" or
"question", as in "question mark", "вопросительный
знак" ("voprositelhnyĭ znak").
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 October 2005
![[Functional flag 11]](../images/q/qs~su_sig11.gif)
image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 25 October 2005
Codename: Otvyetnyii (Ответный);
Red truncated burgee field with white roundel
Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 30 October 2005
![[Functional flag 12]](../images/q/qs~su_sig12.gif)
image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 25 October 2005
Codename: Ispolnityelâ'nyii (Исполнительный)
White beside red vertical bicolor flag (ICS "Hotel"
signal).
Robert Lloyd Wheelock, 30 October 2005