Ensign Dipping
Ensign Dipping
Can anyone remember the various ways that ensigns should be dipped as a courtesy gesture?
Who dips the ensign first?
Who raises the ensign first?
The difference between dipping to warships and merchant ships?
Dipping to ships of the same company?
And so on.
As I recall, sometimes the ensign was dipped and immediately raised, sometimes it was dipped, then the other ship dipped and raised in reply, then ones own raised. There were various combinations, and only one was correct for each combination of ship.
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