These signalling flags have been used for decades to communicate from ship to ship and ship to shore. In addition to 1-flag signals, there are group signals for common messages. For clarity, only a few colours are used and these are used in a strict combination for visibility.
Here is a piece of trivia: the 'O' flag is hoisted to signal 'Man Overboard'. The 'O' flag is known as 'Oscar' and hence Oscar is the name given to the man-shaped training dummy used for MOB drills.
A downloadable copy is available at: http://www.great-lakes-sailing.com/phonetic_alphabet.html
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