From the ANI archiveProtected From the ANI Archives: Semaphore By ANI - July 11, 2026 0 316 RAN semaphore device. In the mid-2000s the Headmark journal started to reproduce old photographs of the RAN to illustrate how the Navy had changed. The Spring 2007 edition showed the Navy’s semaphore apparatus in use. Please Login to view this content. (Not a member? Join Today!)