M I K - what is it?

michael_w

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The signal flags MIK stand for "Please report me to Lloyd's London". Useful when you don't have a radio and the ship did. As used in the pre 1969 International Code of Signals.

In the current code it stands for "Sputum is offensive" (all M prefixed signals are medical)

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Just been reading Bernard Moitissiere's Long Way

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haha. That's my current book at the moment too.
 
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