"PIPING THE SIDE"
"Piping the Side," it appeals, has history behind it. In modern times the flag officers and captains, all foreign combatant officers (naval) are accorded this 'honour. It is commonly understood that the custom was duo to the fact that m the old days if a captain was leaving his ship he did not use-the sea gangway, but was hoisted' outboard in a bo sun's chair. The signal to lower was given by the pipe. Similarly he was hoisted inboard, and the necessary signal was again given toy pipe. The pipes are (or should be) different when the officer is leaving the ship from those when coming on board.— London "Daily Chronicle." j
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 142, 11 March 1919, Page 7
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115"PIPING THE SIDE" Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 142, 11 March 1919, Page 7
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