Throughout the month of January, come let your creativity fly at the Seaport Museum by making your own signal flag swags. For centuries, flags were the only form of communication between ships at sea, ...

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View A collection of signalling flags housed within a bespoke unit. Provenance: removed in November from vessel at the time named ‘Platypus’, and never returned to the vessel. She was a’ motor launch ...