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HMS Hazard flying yellow quarantine flag, by Oswald Walter Brierly.
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| HMS Hazard flying yellow quarantine flag. |
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| © National Maritime Museum, London |
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| Repro ID: PW8496 |
| Description: A warship flying the quarantine flag, which denoted the presence of an infectious disease among the crew. The flag showed that the crew could not go ashore until they had been passed by a doctor. Quarantine originally lasted 40 days. |
| Creator: Sir Oswald Walter Brierly (1817-1894) |
| Date: 20 Sep 1841 |
| Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London | |
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