RicW 67 Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Aldis lamp used mainly by the Royal Navy for ship to ship comms the larger types had a louvre with a handle for opening and closing the smaller hand lamps use a button/switch British made in the days when this country had a manufacturing industry Dead right. The red and green show which side of your ship you're signalling from. Red = port, green = starboard. That's left and right to the landlubbers amongst yez. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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