
This yellow `Q` pennant is flown when first entering a country, indicating that the ship and crew are healthy and request permission to land.
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a yellow flag, designating the letter Q in the International Code of Signals: flown by itself to signify that a ship has no disease on board and requests a pratique, or flown with another flag to signify that there is disease on board ship. Also called
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