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| Article I |
| The Admiralty and Commander in Chief of the Fleet is to be saluted with Seventeen Guns ; he is to return 15 to all Flag Officers and Thirteen to Captains. |
Salute to the Admiral and Commander in Chief. |
| Article II |
| Admirals are to be saluted with Fifteen Gums, and Vice and Rear-Admirals with Thirteen. |
Salute to Admirals. |
| Article III |
| Every Flag Officer is to return the salute of another Flag Officer of the same Rank, with the same number of Guns as he is saluted with. |
Flag Officers to return the Salutes of Flag Officers. |
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| Article IV |
| An Admiral is to return two Guns less to a Vice or Rear-Admiral, and four Guns less to a Captain. A Vice-Admiral is to return two Guns less to a Rear-Admiral, and four less to a Captain. A Rear-Admiral is to return two Guns less to a Captain. Commodores are to salute, and to be saluted, as Rear-Admirals. |
Salutes of an Admiral to a Vice Admiral &c.
Commodores to Salute and be saluted as Rear Admirals. |
| Article V |
| Ships meeting a Squadron, in which there are more than one Flag Officer, are to salute the Commander only of such Squadron, who is not to return the salute until all the Ships saluting have ceased firing ; he is then to make one general return by firing the number of Guns with which an Officer of his rank is saluted. |
Ships to Salute the Commanding Flag Officer only of a Squadron.
Flag Officer to make one general return. |
| Article VI |
| When two Squadrons meet, only the Officers, who command them are to salute. |
Two Squadrons meeting the Commanding Officers only to Salute. |
| Article VII |
| A Flag Officer, appointed to command is Chief, shall be saluted on hoisting his Flag by all the Ships under his Command, unless a Flag Officer senior to him be present ; in which case they are to salute him as soon as he shall be separated from such senior Officer. |
Flag Officer Commanding in chief to be saluted on hoisting his flag by all the Ships under his command. |
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| Article VIII |
| Flag Officers, are not to be saluted by other Flag Officers, nor by Captains, who shall not have been separated from them Six Calendar Months. |
Flag Officers not to be saluted by other Flag Officers or Captains unless they have been separated six months. |
| Article IX |
| The Captain of one of His Majesty s Ship's, is not to salute the Captain of another of His Majesty's Ships, in soy part of the world. |
Captains not to salute each other. |
| Article X |
| Flag Ships are to return the Salutes of Foreign Ships of War, in the same manner as they return the salutes of His Majesty's Ships. If a Captain be saluted by a Foreign Ship of War, he is to return it with an equal number of Guns. |
Salutes of Foreign Ships. How to be returned. |
| Article XI |
| Merchant Ships, whether belonging to His Majesty's subjects, or to those of any other Nation, are to receive, in return to their Salutes, six Guns less from the Admiral and Commander in Chief of the Fleet, four less from all other Flag Officers, and two less from Captains ; but when several Merchant Ships salute at the same time, the Officer saluted may return such a number as he shall think proper. |
Merchant Ships. How their Salutes are to be returned. |
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| Article XII |
| When His Majesty or any of the Royal Family shall go on board any of His Majesty's Ships, the Standard is to be hoisted at the Main-top-gallant Mast-head of that Ship, and they are to be saluted with Twenty-one Guns on their going on board, and on their leaving the Ship, and as much oftener as, from circumstances, the Commanding Officer shall think proper. |
Salute to His Majesty or any of the Royal family. |
| Article XIII |
When a Nobleman, or any other person in a high public station, shall embark on board any of His Majesty's Ships, he may be saluted on his going on board, and on his quitting the Ship, with the following number of Guns, viz.
A Duke or Ambassador with ......... 15
All other Noblemen and Envoys ........ 13
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Salute to a Nobleman or any other person in a high public situation, embarking on board any of his Majesty�s Ships. |
| Article XIV |
If any Nobleman shall visit any of His Majesty's Ships, he may be saluted, on his leaving the Ship, with the following number of Guns, vie.
A Duke, with ......... 15
All other Noblemen ........ 13
But if he visit several Ships of any Squadron, or in the same Port, he shall be saluted by only one of them. |
Salute to a Nobleman visit any of His Majesty's Ships. |
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| Article XV |
| If the Ship of a Flag Officer anchor in any Foreign Port or Road, he is to inform himself what Salutes have been usually given or received by Flag Officers of his rank, of other Nations or by those of His Majesty, and he is to insist on receiving the same marks of respect. |
A Flag Officer anchoring in a Foreign port : how he is to proceed. |
| Article XVI |
| If a Ship, not carrying a Flag, anchor in any Foreign Port or Road, the Captain may salute the Fort with such a number of Guns as may have been customary, on his receiving an assurance from the Governor, that the Fort will return an equal number, but without such assurance he is never to salute.
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A Captain not to Salute a Foreign Port unless assured of receiving an equal number. |
| Article XVII |
| If any Foreign Noblemen, Flag Officer, or General Officer, shall go on board any of His Majesty's Ships, be may be saluted on his leaving the Ship with such a number of Guns as, from his rank and quality, may be proper, And the Captain of a Foreign Ship of War may be saluted, on his visiting one of His Majesty's Ships, if such a compliment shall have been paid to the Captain of any of His Majesty's Ships on visiting the Ships of his Nation. |
Foreign Noblemen, Flag Officers, &c., how to be saluted. |
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| Article XVIII |
| His Majesty's Consul or a British Factory may be saluted with Eleven Guns on their leaving any of His Majesty's Ships which they shall visit ; but this may be done only once on the arrival of a Ship in any Foreign Port, and once before her departure from it. |
His Majesty�s Consul or a British Factory may be saluted. |
| Article XIX |
| None of the before-mentioned Salutes are to be fired without the approbation of the Commanding Officer present. |
Approbation of the Commanding Officer to be had for firing the above mentioned Salutes. |
| Article XX |
| The Anniversary days of the Birth, Accession, and Coronation of the King, of the Birth of the Queen, of the Restoration of King Charles the second, and of the Gun Powder Treason, shall be solemnized by such of His Majesty's Ships as are in Port, with such a number of Guns as the Commanding Officer present shall direct, not exceeding Twenty-one in each Ship. |
Anniversary days to be solemnized. |
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| Article XXI |
| All Salutes to be fired from Guns of the Upper Deck. |
All Salutes to be fired from Upper Deck Guns. |
| Article XXII |
| His Majesty's Ships are not, on any account, to salute any of His Majesty's Forts or Castles in the United Kingdom. |
Ships not to salute any of the Forts or Castles in the United Kingdom. |
| Article XXIII |
| If a Ship, which Anchors in any Foreign Port or Road, shall find there a Flag Officer of the Nation to which the Port belongs, the Captain may salute such Flag Officer with as many Guns as he would salute a British Flag Officer of the same Rank, on his being assured that his Salute shall be returned, in the same manner as it would be returned to a Ship of that Nation. |
A Ship anchoring in a Foreign Port may salute a Flag Officer of the Nation to which the port belongs on being assured of a proper return being made. |
| Article XXIV |
| Within His Majesty's Seas His Ships are not on any account to strike their Topsails, nor take in their Flags ; nor in any way to salute any Foreign Ship whatever ; nor are they, in any other Seas, to strike their Topsails, nor take in their Flags, to any Foreign Ships, unless such Foreign Ships shall have first struck, or shall at the same time strike, their Flags and Topsails to His Majesty's Ships. |
His Majesty's Ships not to strike their Topsails nor take in their flags nor salute any Foreign Ships unless such Foreign Ships shall first, or at same time, strike their topsails, &c. |
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| Article XXV |
| If any of His Majesty�s Subjects shall so far forget their duty as to attempt to pass any of His Majesty�s Ships without striking their Topsails, the names of the Ship and the Master, the Port to which they belong, the Place from which they came, and to which they are bound, together with affidavits of the Fact, are to be sent to the Secretary of the Admiralty, in order to their being proceeded against in the Admiralty Court. |
English merchant Ships passing any of His Majesty�s Ships shall strike their topsails.
In failure of which how the Officer Commanding his Majesty�s Ship shall proceed. |
| Article XXVI |
| If any Flag Officer shall die when on actual service, his Flag shall be lowered half-mast, and shall continue so until he is buried ; and at his Funeral the Commanding Officer present shall direct such a number of minute Guns, not exceeding Twenty-five as be may think proper, to be fired by every Ship, to begin when the Corpse is put into the sea, or when it is put off from the Ship to be carried on Shore. |
Flag Officer dying, his flag to be lowered half-mast.
Minute Guns to be fired at his funeral. |
| Article XXVII |
| If the Captain of one of His Majesty's Ships shall die, his Pendant shall be lowered as directed in the case of the Flag, and at his Funeral the Commanding Officer present shall order such a number of Minute Guns, not exceeding Twenty, as he shall think proper, to be fired from the Ship he commanded, beginning as in the preceding Article. If the Ship be alone, the Officer succeeding to the Command is to order this to be done. |
Captain dying, his pendant to be lowered.
Minute Guns to be fired at his funeral. |
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| Article XXVIII |
| If the Lieutenant of one of His Majesty's Ships shall die, the Commanding Officer present shall order three vollies of Musketry to he fired at his Funeral, from the Ship to which he belonged. |
Lieutenant dying, three vollies of musketry shall be fired at his funeral. |
