Flags

	Inglefield Clip   Invented by Lieutenant Edward Fitzmaurice Inglefield later Rear Admiral, about 1889 when serving onboard HMS AGINCOURT as Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Sir St. George Caufield D’Arcy-Irving. The clip was introduced into the Fleet in 1895 in HMS TRAFALGAR. The inventor was serving in HMS TRAFALGAR as the Commander and recognised that the then current method of joining flags together was too slow, insecure and was constantly under criticism.    The following document shows the service career of the inventor and is followed by a letter written by the inventor describing how the first Inglefield Clip came into being The Inglefield Clip

Tufnell Box

  The Tufnell Box, thought to be named after Commander Tufnell, the first Royal Navy Superintendent of the Signal School who was appointed in 1895. The box consists of two hinged wooden (later brass) masts fitted in the box lid which extend vertically to represent the masts and yards of a ship. The yards and the mast are equipped with small rings for hanging the flags. In the box are slots for around 300 naval signal flags and shapes and are split into groups; alphabetical flags, numeral flags, Admiral's flags, shapes etc which can be hung from the masts thus allowing one trainee to signal to another.

  The presence of the group Aircraft Carrier Flags denotes that this Tufnell box dates it to the interwar/wartime period. In later years this type of Tufnell box was replaced with a more modern version made from metal with a magnetic 'mast'. The use of Tufnell boxes for training lasted until the mid 1970's when they fell out of favour.

Flag Lockers

Fast Patrol Boats	Flag Locker C, E & F	Painting of Pigeon Holes

Type C, E & F Flag Locker Dimensions