Flag I (India)
ICS · I code word: India pronounced: IN-DEE-AH Morse: ··
In short: I am altering my course to port.
Single-letter meaning (Pub 102)
I am altering my course to port.
In plain English
Information about a turn to port: the ship is altering her course to the left.
Where you will really see it
The same sense as two short blasts on the whistle under the COLREGs: I am altering my course to port. Also used in icebreaker communications.
Common mix-up
The pair E and I gets mixed up: I is a turn to port, E is a turn to starboard.
Careful with sound
Signal I belongs to the group marked with an asterisk in the code: when made by SOUND it may only be made in compliance with the collision regulations (COLREGs). By flag or light there is no such restriction.
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The single-letter meanings are quoted 1:1 from Pub 102 International Code of Signals (NGA, public domain); the plain-English explanations are our own. Flag graphics: signal-flag-images (Unlicense).