mlthomas
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On the way from Troon to Bangor we past one of HM finest and as we proudly fly the ensign we dipped it as we passed - nothing back, oh er! isn't that the way it is supposed to work?
I thought all this Ensign dipping ceremonial routine was only between commissioned warships (I could be wrong ). And also proceeded and ended with some pipe (audible maritime signal) (just where is that Admiralty Manual Of Seamanship when you need it?) Also most of us don’t have a flag-pole big enough to distinguish between a dipped or fully hoisted Ensign…..do we?
Anyway….. this is all above me (literally) as I spent all my time below the water defending the world from the Reds during the “Cold War”….. or that’s what they told us.
I thought all this Ensign dipping ceremonial routine was only between commissioned warships (I could be wrong ).
. . . . I spent all my time below the water defending the world from the Reds . . . .
On the way from Troon to Bangor we past one of HM finest and as we proudly fly the ensign we dipped it as we passed - nothing back, oh er! isn't that the way it is supposed to work?
We knew that . . . I hear tell that when you get out of your car, you exit through the sun roof to climb out onto the casing!!
On the way from Troon to Bangor we past one of HM finest and as we proudly fly the ensign we dipped it as we passed - nothing back, oh er! isn't that the way it is supposed to work?
I thought all this Ensign dipping ceremonial routine was only between commissioned warships (I could be wrong ). And also proceeded and ended with some pipe (audible maritime signal) (just where is that Admiralty Manual Of Seamanship when you need it?) Also most of us don’t have a flag-pole big enough to distinguish between a dipped or fully hoisted Ensign…..do we?
Anyway….. this is all above me (literally) as I spent all my time below the water defending the world from the Reds during the “Cold War”….. or that’s what they told us.
We've dipped a number of warships of different nationalities including USA, UK, Turkish. All have dipped back. It's quite funny because they see you dip and send a rating scurrying to the stern.