Distinguishing Signals, respecting the Officers of the Navy —

When the Captain of any Particular Ship is wanted on board the Admiral to receive Orders, a Signal Pendant will be put abroad as against the Name of that Ship underwritten & an Union Flag at the Mizen topmast head — If a Lieutenant of that Ship is wanted for the same Purpose, the distinguishing Pendant will be shown as before & the Union Flag hoisted in the Mizen topmast shrouds — But if a Petty Officer is thought sufficient for the Occasion, the distinguishing Pendant will be shown as before, and the Union Flag hoisted at the Ensign Staff—

When the Admiral means that any General Signal should regard a Particular Ship of the Fleet only, the distinguishing Pendant denoting such Ship, as above mentioned will be shown therewith —

Given on board His Majestys Ship
Eagle off Staten Island the
20th July 1777

To The Honble
Captain Wm Cornwallis 
Commander of his Majs Ship Isis
By Command of the Vice Admiral
Joseph Davies

Red	White	Blue	Yellow		Place
Eagle	Nonsuch	Raisonable	Vigilant	Main		topmast head
Augusta	Somerset	Brune	Dispatch	Fore
Phoenix	Emerald	Isis	Senegal	Mizen do
Richmond	Roebuck	Appollo	Strmbolo	Starboard		Main topsl
Liverpool	Galatea	Daphne	Merlin	Larboard		Yard Arm
Thames	Perseus	Camilla	Swift	Starboard		Fore topsl
Pearl	Sphynx		Otter	Larboard		Yard Arm
			Haerleam	Starboard		Mizen topsl
			York	Larboard		Yard Arm
		Cornwallis (Galy)		Larboard		Main Yard Arm
		Adventure (S:S:)		Starboard		Fore Yard Arm
Lt Barker		Lt Chads		Larboard
Lt Parrey	Lt Toulmen	Lt Dickenson	Lt Laird	Starboard		Cross Jack
Lt Sutherland	Viper (A: Schooner)	Pembrook (A: Sloop)	Lt Harris	Larboard		Yard Arm