During medieval navy wars, there was a lot of smoke and noise from cannon fire. The weather was sometimes stormy. The visibility and sound wouldn’t have been that good. How were they able to command ships during such conditions and keep updated with rapidly changing events during battle?
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Using signal flags. A pair of flags used by a signaller in different positions can be used to spell out the alphabet
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_semaphore
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