Date: 6/08/2026 23:28:42
From: captain_spalding
ID: 2417642
Subject: re: Chat August 2026

AussieDJ said:


AussieDJ said:

captain_spalding said:

The picture puzzles me.

The signal flag flying is V-Victor, which inn the International (i.e. civilian) Code means, ‘i require assistance’.

In the Allied Tactical Signal Code it means: STREAMING/RECOVERING TOWED ACOUSTIC DEVICES, NOT INCLUDING MINESWEEPING EQUIPMENT

Neither of which would seem likely to apply to what we see in the pic (it never HAD ‘towed acoustic devices’).

Patrol Boat – S02E02 – Tango Victor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m_AWL_Y6Xg

Don’t know why the quoting/format didn’t work … but this is the episode quoting the signal flag:

Patrol Boat – S02E02 – Tango Victor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m_AWL_Y6Xg

That’s the second series, where they used HMAS Launceston.

What do they say about ‘Tango Victor’, DJ? There’s no TV signal in the Tac. Sigs book. Lots of TA (tactical) signals, but no TV.

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