Flag T (Tango)
ICS · T code word: Tango pronounced: TANG-GO Morse: −
In short: Keep clear of me; I am engaged in pair trawling.
Single-letter meaning (Pub 102)
Keep clear of me; I am engaged in pair trawling.
In plain English
A fishing vessel is pair trawling with another: there is a net stretched between them. Never pass between such vessels.
Where you will really see it
Pair trawling (two vessels towing one trawl). For the navigator the signal says: go around the pair, do not cut between them.
Careful with sound
Signal T 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).