Mike Keown wrote:
Heard a curious conversation on a late night talk show.
One of the speakers said: " If you ever see a warship
flying its national ensign (flag) upside down it means that
the crew has mutinied and taken over the vessel..." Is that true? If
so, is it a international sign known to all sailors
and what mutiny originated it?
Mike

As an addendum to my other post, the usual story was of a ship boarded by
pirates and not a mutinous crew. Pirates, like most countries printing the
Union Jack wouldn't know upside down if it bit them on the arse!

Richard.