On this day 113 years ago, 4. April 1912, RMS Titanic was “dressed” in panoply of flags and pennants for a salute to the people of Southampton, as the only occasion she is ever “dressed.” The sequence of flags in 'dressing overall' is carefully specified so that no message in the flag code is contained within any part of it and it can serve as purely decorative. That's the reason for the seemingly 'random' order of letters and numerals. Also note the Blue Ensign flying from the foremast head, pr