THE INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SIGNALS 655
2. Call (Answer) from GDVE (from G D V R) (GMQN)
GMQN Break sign (Break sign) Did (T) you (T) sight (D derelict
(T) Ending (Eeceived)
3. Call (Answer) Break sign (Break sign) Yes (T) dismasted (T)
and (T) decks (T) awash (T) fifty (T) miles (T) south (T) from
(T) Cape (T) Clear (J) Ending (Received)
4. Call (Answer) from GBF Y (from G B F Y) (GTRM)
GTEM Break sign (Break sign) P R B (P R B) Correct QBE
(QBE) CoiTeciAAL (AAL) Correct WC (WC) Correct Ending
(Received)
NOTE.—Refer to pages 548-551 and decode the above International
Code groups as follows:
P R B International Code of Signals
QBE Take station
AAL On port quarter
W 0 You should proceed at your utmost speed
5. Call (Answer) Break sign (Break sign) Rendezvous (T) P 23 19
' (P 23° 19')
' P 78 45 (P 78° 45') 6 30 (T) PM (T) Ending (Received)
6. Call (Answer) Break sign (Break sign) Have (T) you (T) the
(T) latest (T} Notice (T) to (T) Mariners (T) on (T) board (T)
Ending (Received).
7. Call (Answer) Break sign (Break sign) My (T) latest (T) copy
VT) is (T) July (T) nineteen (T) thirty-two (T) Ending (Received)
8. Block Test,
GLPSE KGBXK YXWSO
UEMYT PLHOY AZCEF
ZVINR TQMIP ' DBGXP
FAWJO VURNJ
SIGNALLING BY SOUND.
Caution,—The misuse of sound signalling being of a nature to create
serious confusion in the highways at sea, the captains of ships should
use these signals with the utmost discretion. Owing to the nature
of the apparatus used (whistle, siren, foghorn, etc.) sound signalling is
necessarily slow, and it is for this reason that it is necessary for ships
to reduce the length of their signals as much as possible.