The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A hoist of signal flags on the yard arm of the Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna to convey instructions to an incoming ship seeking to enter port. Additional instructions to haul your name down are also displayed on a blackboard.
A hoist of signal flags on the yard arm of the Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna to convey instructions to an incoming ship seeking to enter port. Additional instructions to 'hoist xag' are
A hoist of multi-coloured flags at the yard-arm of a Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna convey instructions to an incoming ship seeking to enter port. Additional instructions are also display
A hoist of multi-coloured flags at the yard-arm of a Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna convey instructions to an incoming ship seeking to enter port. Additional instructions to 'hoist xag' a
Working from close quarters, RAN ratings on the Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna, display a RAN blackboard containing instructions asking for the name of the incoming vessel. The sign reads
Semaphore flags being used by RAN ratings on the Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna to communicate instructions to a ship seeking to enter port.
A Naval Examination Service officer (left) sets out in a cutter to board an incoming ship seeking to enter port. The port examination vessel HMAS Akuna is in the background.
