360 
SIGNALS FOR LANDING. 
VESSEL. 
CAPTAIN. DATE. PAGE 
Joseph 
Meigs . 
, . . . 1851 273 
Sharon 
18^1 9*71 
Balaena 
18 
^9! 971 
H.M.S. 
Daedalus . . 
Wellesley 1852 975 
H.M.S. 
Portland 
1 8 
Vice-Ad.Moresby, K.C.B. 
1 8 
5-2 205 
53 228 
Adeline Gibbs 
Weeks 1859 97 
H.M.S. 
Virago . . 
Prevost. ..... 18 
53 107 
149 
H.M.S. 
Dido . . . 
Morshead. . j 3833 18 
(1856 323 
H.M.S. Juno . . . 
Fremantle .... 1855 317 
Amphitrite . . . 
. . 1855 322 
Matthew Luce . . 
Coon ...... '1855 322 
Southern Cross . . 
M c Arthur 1855 392 
Morayshire 
Mathers 1856 381 
Upwards of 350 vessels have touched at 
Pitcairn between 1808, and the memorable year 
1856, the year of the people's departure. 
The following Signals were established by 
Admiral Moresby, and agreed upon in 1853 : 
A PLAIN WHITE FLAG will be hoisted when it is possible to 
communicate from Bounty Bay. 
A PLAIN WHITE FLAG OVER A BED ENSIGN, OT over any 
other flag, will ~be hoisted, when it is impossible to communicate 
from Bounty Bay. 
, A RED ENSIGN, or any other flag over a plain white flag, will 
be hoisted when it is impossible to communicate from Bounty 
Bay, but possible from the lee-side of the Island.- 
