Flag M (Mike)

ICS · M code word: Mike pronounced: MIKE Morse: −−

In short: My vessel is stopped and making no way through the water.

Flag M (Mike)

Single-letter meaning (Pub 102)

My vessel is stopped and making no way through the water.

Morse sign

−−

Dot = short sound, dash = long (three times longer). Hear it in the Morse translator.

In plain English

The ship is stopped: no movement through the water (which does not mean she is at anchor).

Where you will really see it

For example while waiting for a pilot, or in icebreaker communications when the ship has stopped in an ice channel.

Related flags

Check yourself

What does flag M (Mike) mean?

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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).