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DRAWINGS
OF
THE
FLAGS
IN USE AT THE
PRESENT TIME
BY
VARIOUS
NATIONS.
ADMIRALTY.
iSp
^uttjoritji).
LONDON:
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AUTHORITY
OF HIS
MAJESTY'S
STATIONERY
OFFICE
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Forth
Street. Edinburgh;
or
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LiMiiED. 110.
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Street,
Dceiin
:
or from the
Agencies in the
British
Colonies
and
Dependencies,
the United
States of
America
and
other Foreign
Countries of
T.
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Limited,
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W.C.
1916.
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TABLE
OF
CONTENTS-
PAGE
I.
—
Index showing
Names
of
Countries,
&c.,
alphabetically
arranged,
with
the
Flags belonging
thereto
--------
l-
II.
—
btatement
of
Dimensions
of
Flags
used
in the
Royal
Navy
•
• 13
III.
—
Memorandum relative to
the origin
of
the
Union Flag
-
- -
17
IV.
—Memorandum
as to Red, White, and Blue Ensigns
- -
.
-
19
V.
—Alphabetical List of
Officers,
&c., showing the Flags authorised to be
flown
by
each
--.----.-.
21
VI.
—
List
of
Flags, showing
against
each by whom
and when
used,
and
the
authority
-----------
27
VII.
—
Extracts
from the
King's
Regulations
and
Admiralty insti'uctions
in
regard
to
Flags
-
32
Plates
VIII.—Designs of
Flags
of all Nations
I
to
200
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(12)2921. )
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INDEX.
Name
of
Country, &c.,
and
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Niimc
uf Cduntry. l*cc., iiiul
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Name
of
Country, kc,
anil
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Xaiiiii u£
Couutry,
&c.,
ami
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Name
of Country, &c.,
ami
Plate
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Niimc of
Country,
kc,
ami
Description
of Flag.
Name of
Country,
&c.,
and
I'escription of
Flag.
Plate.
NETHERLANDS—
co«
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Name
of
Country,
iVc,
ami
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Name of Country,
iti:.,
aud
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NAme
of
Country,
i;c., and
Description
o£
Flag.
TONGA.
Pilot
TUNIS.
Standard,
Royal
-
Ensign
Merchant
.
. .
.
TEIPOLI.
See
Turkey.
TURKEY.
Standards
.
. . .
Naval
Flags
—
Personal
Naval
Flags
—
Ships
Ensign
and
Merchant
-
Principalities,
Provinces,
&c.
UNITED
STATES OF
AMERICA.
Standard :
President
. - . -
Naval Flags
—
Personal
:
Secretary
of
Navy
Admiral
Vice-Admiral
- .
.
-
I'late.
200
187
188
ISO
189
liio
191
192
193
Name
of
Couulrj',
kc, and
Description
of
Flag.
UNITED
STATES OF
AMERICA
—
continued.
Naval
Flags
—
Personai,
—
cont.
Rear-Admii-al
„
2nd
in
Com-
mand.
,,
3rd in
Com-
mand.
Senior
Officer's
Pendant
Consular
....
Naval Flags
—
Ships:
Ensign
and
Pendant
-
Jack
- - - - -
Revenue and Pendant
Naval
Convoy
Naval Despatch
-
Military
Officers
Afloat
Naval
Militia
Merchant
....
Pilot
URUGUAY.
Ensign
and
Pendant
Merchant
Senior
Officer's
Flag
Jack
VENEZUELA.
Standard
Ensign
Merchant
WALDECK.
See
German Empire.
WURTEMBERG.
Sec
German
Empire.
ZANZIBAR.
Standard
Ensign
-
-
'
-
Plate.
k93
195
192
195
195a
194
192
200
-196
197
133
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II.
A
Statement
of
the
Dimensions
of Flags
generally,
with
certain
exceptions.
The
practice has hceii,
in regard
to
the dimensions
of Flags generally,
to make
the
length
twice the
breadth at the
head. The
following
a^jpear
to be
exceptions
to
this
rule
:
BRITISH
FLAGS.
Description
and
Dimeusions.
Admiral
Signal
Flags
and Pendants
Length is
IJ
times
breadth.
See
tables of
dimensions
on
the
Plates
showing
designs.
For Foreign Flags, see
the
Plates showing
designs.
GENERALLY THE
RROPORTIONS
OF
THE
SEVERAL
PARTS
OF THE
UNDERMENTIONED
ENGLISH FLAGS
WILL
BE
AS
FOLLOW:—
Descriptiok
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Description
Of
Flags.
Of
Cross.
UNION
FLAGS
(B)
St.
An-
drew's
AND
St. Patrick's'
Crosses.
The
\Vi,lth
of
thu
several Crosses.
Proportions
generally
in
the
Uuion
Flag.
(c) The red
of
the
St.
Patrick's
Cross
to
be
(d) The
narrow
white
border of
the
St.
Patrick's
Cross
to be
(e)
The
broad
white of the
St.
Andrew's
Cross
to be
Dimensions
in a
Union
Flag
of
10 Breadths,
as
an
example
(.4).
-i-gth
the width
of
the
Flag,
or
4i'd
the
red
of
the
St.
George's
Cross,
^th the width of the
Flag,
or
ith
the
red
of
the
St.
George's Cross.
^
jSgth
the
width
of
the
Flag,
or
5
the
red
of
St.
George's
Cross
(or
equal to
the
red of the St.
Patrick's
Cross,
together
with
one
of
its
naiTow
white borders).
ft.
in.
.
6
I
3
9
Description
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DIMENSIONS
OF
THESE
FLAGS,
DETERMINED
FROM
THE
FOREGOING
PROPORTIONS, TO BE AS
FOLLOWS:—
ENGLISH
UNION FLAGS.
Number
o£
Breadth:
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
5
4
3
St. Geoiioe's
Cross.
Red.
Whito.
ft.
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ADMIRAL'S FLAGS.
BROAD
PENDANTS.
N umber
of
Breulths.
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III.
Memorandum relative to the
origin of
the
Union
Flag
in
its
present
form.
UNION FLAG.
Tho
original
National Flag of
England was tlie
Banner
of
St.
George
(argent,
a
cross
gules).
To
this
the
Banner
of
St.
Andrew
(azure,
a
saltire
argent) was
united,
in
pursuance
of a
Royal
Proclamation,
dated 12tli April,
1606,
of
which
the
following
is
an
extract
:
Whereas
some
difference
liatli arisen between
Our Subjects of
South
and North Britain,
travelling
l)_y
seas,
about the bearing
of
their flags
:
for
the
avoiding
of
all such
contentions
hereafter.
We liave, with
the
advice of
Our
Council, ordered that
from henceforth,
all
Our
subjects
of
this
Isle
and
Kingdom
of Great
Britain, and the
members thereof,
sliall
bear
in
their
maintops
the Red
Cross,
commonly
called
Saint
George's
Cross, and the
White Cross,
commonly
called
Saint
Andrew's
Cross, joined together,
according
to
a
form
made
by
Our
Heralds,
and
sent by
us to
Our Admii-al,
to
be
pul^lished
to
Our
said
subjects
:
and
in their foretops
Our
subjects
of
South
Britain
shall
wear the Red
Cross
only,
as
they
were
wont
:
and
Our
subjects
of
North
Britain
in
their
foretops
the
White
Cross only, as
tliey were
accustomed.
Union
with Scotland.
On
the
17th March,
1706-7, the Lords of the
Committee
of the
Pri\y
Council
ordered the Kings
of
Arms and the
Heralds
to
consider
of
the
alterations to
be
made
in
the
Ensigns Armorial, and the
conjoining
the
Crosses
of St.
George and
St. Andrew,
to
be
used in
all Flags, Banners,
Standards
and
Ensigns
at
sea
and on land.
On the
17th April,
1707,
the
Queen
in
Council,
upon
a
report
from the
Lords
of the
Privy
Council,
pursuant
to
the
Act
for
uniting
the
two
Kingdoms,
approved
of
the Flag, as
shown
in the
following
drawing
marked
A,
in which
the
crosses
of
St. George
and St. Andrew
are
conjoined.
Union
with Ireland.
On
the
5tli
November,
1800,
the
King in
Council
approved the
report
of
a
Committee of
the Privy Council,
that
the
Union Flag should
be
altered
as
shown
in
the folloAving
drawing marked
B, in
which
the
Cross
of St.
George
is conjoined
with the
Crosses of St.
Andrew and
St. Patrick,
*
Note.
—
A
Jack
is
a
Flag to
be flown
only
on
the
Jack
staff, i.e.,
a staff
on
the
bowsprit
or
forepart of the
Ship.
The
word
Jack
'
is
probably
a
diminutive,
distinguishing
the
small
Union
Flag
on
the
bowsprit from
the
large one
formerly
flown
at
the
topmast head.
u
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and
wliicli
is
thus
described
in the proclamation issued
on
the 1st
January,
1801
:—
The
Union
Flag
shall
be
azure,
the Crosses
saltires of
St.
Andrew
and
Saint
Patrick,
quarterljr
per
saltire counterchanged
argent
and
gules
;
the
latter
fimbriated
of the
second surmounted
by
the
Cross
of
St.
George
of
the
third
fimbriated as the
saltire.
On
the
drawing
marked
C,
which shows the formation
of
the Union
Flao-,
turn
the
Cross
of St.
George
upwards, and that
of
St. Patrick down-
wards,
the
banner
of St.
Andrew
will
then be uncovered
;
place
on this
the
Cross
of
St.
George,
and we have
the
National Flag
of
1606
;
turn
back
the
St.
George,
then place
the Cross of St.
Patrick
on the blue field
of
the
St.
Andrew's
banner
(counterchanging the
white of
the Cross
of
St.
Andrew
with
the
red
of
that
of
St.
Patrick),
place
tlie
Cross
of
St.
George
over
all,
and we have the Union Flag
of
1801
,
and
of the
present
time.
Tho
Width
c.f
the several
Crosses.
(a)
The
Red
of
the St.
George's
Cross
to
be
-
(6)
The
White
Border
to
the
St.
George's
Cross
to
be
•
(c)
The Red
of the
St.
Patrick's
Cross
to be
-
(d)
The
NaiTOw
White
Border of
the
St.
Patrick's
Cross
to
be
(e)
The
Broad
White
of
the St.
Andrew's
Cross to
be
-
Proportion
generally
in the Union
Flag.
ith
the
width of the Flag
J^th
the
width of
the
Flag,
or
ird
the
Red
of the
St.
George's
Cross
-
. -
Jjth
the
width
of the
Flag,
or
5^rd
the
Red
of the
St.
George's
Cross
-
jLth
the
width of the
Flag,
or
ith
the
Red
of the St.
George's
Cross
-
Ygth
the width of
the Flag,
'
or
i
the
Red
of
the
St.
George's
Cross,
or equal to
the Red
of the
St.
Patrick's
Cross,
together
with
one of
its Narrow
White
Borders
-
Precise
Dimensions
in a
Union Flag
of
10 Breadths.*
ft. ins.
1
6
6
G
3
9
*
Note.—
A
Breadth
signifies a
Bre.idtli of Bunting,
viz.,
9
inches,
and thus a Flag of
10
Breadths
measures
l.j
feet
long
by 7
feet 6
inches
broad.
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IV.
Memorandum
as
to
Red,
White,
and Blue
Ensigns.
In
1687,
an inquiry
was
made
by Mr.
Pepys,
Secretary
to
the
Admiralty,
as
to
tlie
Flags
worn in
the reign of Charles I.
;
and
in
a
manuscript in
the British Museum,
it is
stated,
that
in the Duke
of
Buckingham's
expedition to the Isle
of Rhe, in
1627,
the
fleet was divided
into
the
Red,
Blue,
and
White
Squadrons.
The
following
is
an
extract
f]om
that
manuscript
:
The
Duke,
now lying
at Portsmouth,
divided
his
Fleete into
Squadrons.
Himselfe Admirall and Generall in Chiefe
went
in
y
Triumph
bearing the
Standard
of England in
y^
maine
topp,
and
Admirall
particular
of the bloody colours.
The Earle
of
Lindsey was
Vice-x\dmirall
to
the
Fleete in the
Rainbowe, bearing the King's usual colours
in
his fore
topp,
and
a
Blew
Flag
in
his
maine
topp, and
was Admirall
of
the
blew
colours.
The Lord
Harvey
was Rear
Admirall in
y'^'
Repulse,
bearing the
King's
usual
colours
in
his
mizen
and
a
White
Flag in
the maine topji,
and was
Admirall
of
y®
Squadron of
white
colours.
There were two other
Squadrons, one under the
Earl
of
Danl)y
with
the
St.
George's
Flag, the
other
under Captain
Pennington
(made
Admiral
of
his
Squadron),
with the St.
Andrew's Cross.
It will
be
observed
that in
this
instance
the
blue Flag
took precedence
of
the white.
In
1665,
in
the
large Fleet
commanded by
the Duke of York in person,
as Lord
High Admiral,
Prince Rupert
was
Admiral of the white
Squadron,
and
Sir
Thomas
Allen of
tlie blue
;
and
an old
drawing shows
the
Three
Divisions
of
the
Fleet
wearing
Ensigns of
their respective
colours.
But, although
the large Fleets were
thus
divided.
Admirals
on Foreign
Stations continued
to
wear the
Union Flag at
the main,
fore,
or mizen,
according to
their rank
as
FuU, Vice,
or
Rear-Admiral.
Many
instances
are mentioned
of
the
inconvenience arising
from
the
use
of
the
Royal
Flag by
private ships,
and
in
1660,
the Duke
of
York
gave
an order
that
the
Union Flag
should
be
worn
only
by the
King's
ships.
It
is
clear that the sole
object
for which
the three
colours
were
fonnerly
used was
to
distinguish the
divisions
of the Fleet,
which often
numbered
as
many
as
200
sail.
A
variety
of
Ensigns much
increases
the
danger
of confusion
in
action,
and it
may be
observed
that,
in
order
to
prevent
that confusion,
Lord
Nelson,
on
going into action
at
Trafalgar,
ordered
the whole
of
his
fleet
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to
hoist
the white
ensign
;
and
it
was
under
that
flag, the
Old Banner
of
England, but
with the
Union in
the upper
corner, that the
victory was
gained.
Latterly,
owing
to
the comparatively
small
number of ships
fonning
a
fleet,
tlie
distinctive
colom-s
became of
nuich
less importance,
while
the
frequent
change
of
flags
on
foreign stations was
veiy
puzzling
to
foreigners,
often
led
to
mistakes, and
in many
ways was
inconvenient
;
accordingly,
on
the
9th
of July
1864,
by
Her
Majesty's Order
in
Council
of that
date,
it was
directed
that the
classification
of
ships under
the denominations
of
Red,
White, and
Blue Squadrons
should
be
discontinued,
and
that
in
future
the
White ensign
should
be
used
by
all
of
Her
Majesty's
ships
of
war
in commission
;
tiie
Blue
ensign by
British
mercliant ships
com-
manded
by
officers
of
the
Royal
Naval
Reserve,
after obtaining
permission
fi om
the
Admiralty
;
and
the
Red
ensign
by
all
other ships
and
vessels
belonging to
Her Majesty's
subjects.
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Alphabetical
List
of
the
Flags
V.
Officers, &c.,
showing
against
each
authorised
to be
flown.
By whom used.
Description of Klag.
Plate
for
Design
Autliority,
unless
otherwise stated,
is the
Kini^'s
Rcfrulations,
page, A;c.,
of
which
arc
shown
below.
Administrators of
Colonies, &c.
Admiralty
. . . .
Admiral
of
the Fleet
Admirals
. . . -
African
Company,
British
East
.—
Princip.al
Representative
when
embarked
in Boats
or
other
Vessels.
Armed
Vessels,
as a Jack
-
Merchant
and Trading
Vessels,
whether
armed
or not.
Anstralian
Commonwealth
:
—
Governor-General
Government Vessels
-
Merchant
Vessels
British
Colonies
and
Posses-
sions
Abroad.
r
Trustees of
Bombay
<
L
Consei-vators
of
British South Africa
Com-
pany
:
—
Administrator
when embarked
in
Boats or
other
Vessels
of
the
Compiiny.
Vessels
(not
being
Trading
Vessels)
belonging to,
or in
the
service
of,
the
Company.
Merchant
Ships
and
Trading
Vessels of the
Company.
See
Colonies.
Lord
High
Admiral's
Flag.
Union
Flag
St.
George's
Cross
[Union
Flag, with
B.adge
r
Plate 19.
Ensign,
Blue,
with Badge,
Plate
19.
Ensign,
Red,
with
Badge,
Plate
19.
tJnion,
with Badge, Plate
10
Ensign,
Blue,
Special
„
Red, Special
See
Colonies
and
India.
See
India.
Union Flag,
with Badge,
Plate
21.
Ensign, Blue, with B.-vdge.
Plate
21.
Ensiun, Red, with
I'.adge,
Plate
21.
7
1.5
15
Page 3.J,
Art.
101.
Page
36,
Art.
102.
Page 36,
Art. 103.
I
Admiralty
Warrant,
,'
6tli March
ISUO.
Admiralty
Letter,
11th
'
Sept.
1902.
,
Admiralty
Warrant.
-
11th
Nov.
1902.
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By
whom
used. Description
of
Flag.
Plate
for
Design
Authority,
unless otherwise
stated,
is
the King's
Regulations,
page, kc, of which
are
shown
below.
Board of
Trade Vessel
employed
as tender to
Bahamas
and
Sombrero Liglitliouses.
Borneo
:
Saiuwak. Rajah
of
-
North
Bomeo
Company
:
Principal
Representative when
embarked
in
boats
or
other
Vessels.
Amied Vessels
as a
Jack
,.
,.
and Principal
Representative
in
his
Yacht.
Merchant
and Trading Vessels
Sabah, Governor
of
-
-
Captain
of the Fleet
-
Chief
Commissioner
in
India
-
Cinque
Ports
-
Colonies
and
Possessions
Abroad
—
High
Commissioner
-
Governor
-
- .
Lieutenant-Governor
Administrator
-
When
em-
barked
iu Ships
or
Boats,
Vessels
provided, maintained,
and
used under
Colonial
Defence
Act
of 1SG5
:—
Commissioned
for
War
Not commissioned
for
War
Merchant
Vessels
Blue
Ensign,
with
Badge,
Plate
33.
Special
Uniou
Flag, with Badge.
Plate 2.5.
Ensign,
Blue,
with Badge,
Plate 23.
Ensign,
Red, with Badge,
Plate 25.
Special
.
. -
Pendant,
Broad
White
See
India.
Special
I
Union Flag,
with
Badge,
(
Plate 10.
Pendant,
Jlasthead,
Blue
-
Ensign,Blue,
with
Badge,
I
Plates
15
to 32.
]
Red
Ensign
12
8
12
39
Admiralty
Warrant,
20th
July 1898.
Admiralty
Letter,
20th
June
1884.
Royal
Charter, lut Nov.
1881.
Adra'ralty
Warrant,
5th
Jan. 1882.
Pase 36,
Art.
107.
Page
87,
Art.
114,
par.
c.
Page
38,
Art,
115.
P.ige
40, Art.
122,
par.
a.
Page
41,
Art.
122,
par.
Ii,
Page 42. Art.
127.
No
authority is
known
for
the
use of
this
Flag.
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By
wlium
used.
Description
of
Flag
Plate
for
Design
Authority,
unless otherwise
stated,
is
the
King's
Ref,'ulations,
page,
ice., oi:
which
are
shown
below.
Commissioners
forexecutingthe
Office
of
Lord
High
Admiral.
Commissioned
Officers
serving
as
Mail
Agents.
Commodoi-es
-
- -
-
Consular
Officers afloat
on
shore
Departments,
Piililio
Diplomatic
Functionaries
On
Shore
Afloat
Fishery
Board for
Scotland,
for
their
Cruisers.
Generals,
&c.,
commanding
Stations.
Governors
of
Colonies and Pos-
sessions
Abroad.
Governor-
General of
India
High
Commissioners
of Colonies
and
Possessions
Abroad.
Hired
Surveying
Vessels
Hired
Transports
-
Hunil)er
Conservancy,
on Board
their
Salvage
Vessels.
See
Admiralty.
See
Mail
Agents.
Pendant,
Broad
White
Ensign,
Blue,
with
\
Badge,
Plato 11.
J
Union
Flag, with
Badge, Plate
11.
See Offices,
Public.
Union
Flag,
with^
Badge,
Plate
10.
J)
>>
»> j>
)i
))
Ensign,
Blue,
with
Badge,
Plato
31..
See
Military Officers.
See
Colonies
and
India.
See
India.
See
Colonies.
See
Surveying Vessels,
Hired.
See
Transports,
Hired.
Ensign,
Red,
with
Badge,
Plate
30.
Page 3(>,
Art.
106
and
108.
r Page
38. Art.
114,
< par. il.
LPage
38,
Art.
115.
'Foreign
Office
Let-
ter,
21.th
Sept.
1903.
Admiralty
Letter,
5th
Oct.
1903.
Foreign
Office
Let-
ters,
19th
Jan.
and
Ist
April
1874.
Admiralty
Letter,
28th Jan.
1874.
Page
38,
Art.
114,
par.
b.
Page
38,
Art.
115.
Admiralty
Warrant
of
'2Gth
March 188.5.
Admiralty
Warrant,
15th
March
1911.
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By
whom
used.
Description
of
Flag.
Plate
for
Design
Authority,
unless otherwise stated,
ia
the
King's
Regulations,
page,
kc, of which
are
shown below.
India
—
Gove
rnor-General
and
Viceroy
of
I
,1
or
Lieutenant-Governor I
Chief
Commissioner
or Political
Officer.
J
IMariiie
„
Local and
Departments
subordinate
to
them.
Abyssinia and
Magdala,
while firing
shotted
guns for
exercise.
Indian
Marine
as
a
Jack
Trustees of Port of
Bombay
Conservators
of
Port
of Bombay
Commissioners for
the
Port of
Calcutta.
Ireland, Lord
Lieutenant
of
Lieutenant-Governor
of
Colo-
nies,
&c.
Lieutenants
of
Counties
-
Lord High
Admiral or Commis-
sioners
for executing
the
Office of
Lord
High
Admiral.
Lord
Lieutenant
of Ireland
Lloyd's
Register, on
board their
Boats.
Lloyd's
Register,
on
board
their
Boats.
Mail Agents.
Commissioned
Officers
serving
as
Mail
Vessels,
Royal
Union
Flag,
with
Badge,
Plate
lu.
Ensign, Blue,with
Badge,
Plate
25.
Special
....
Special
....
Special
- - . .
Red Ensign, with Badge.
Plate
14.
Union Flag,
with 1
Badge, Plate 10.
J
See
Colonies and
India.
Union
Flag with Badge,
Plate
10.
See
Admiralty.
Sec
Ireland.
Ensign,
Blue.
with
Badge,
Plate
36.
Special
Ensign,
Blue
^
with
I
Badge,
Pendant.Mast.
[
Plate
head. Blue.
J
33.
Special
13
13
14
I
Page
19,
Art.
68.
Page 37, Art.
HI,
par.
2.
Admiralty
Warrant,
21st April
1884.
Admiralty
Warrant,
9th April
1884.
Admiralty
Letter,
30th
July
1883.
Admiralty
Warrant,
21st
April
1884.
Admiralty
Letter,
19th
Aug. 1880.
Admiralty
Warrant,
1st
Feb.
1896.
rPage
37,
Art.
Ill,
\
par.
2.
L
Page
37,
Art. 113.
Admiraltyi
Letter,
11th
March 1911.
39
Admiralty Warrant,
9th
Sept.
1882.
Admiralty Letter.
30th Oct.
189G.
j- Page
41,
Art.
126.
Admiralty
Letter,
26th
April 1884,
and 19thJuuel902.
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By
whom
Used.
Ships in Commission, H.
M.
Sovereiirn. Tlie
Sm-veyins;
Vessels, Hired.
Commanded
by Officers
of
H.M.
Navy.
Thames Conservancy
Transports, Hired
-
- -
Transports. Hired, when
in
charge of
Commissioned
Officers.
Trinity
Bouse
:
—
Tlie
Master
- - . .
V
assets
-
. .
-
.
„
as
a
Jack
-
„
„
Burgee
„
fvvhen escorting
Royal
Yachts).
Vessel
employed
in carrying
mails
aci'oss the
Golden
Horn
to and
from
British
Post
Office at
Constantinople.
Viceroy
of
India
Yacht
Club,
various
Description
of
Flag.
Plate
for
Design.
f
Union
Flag
Ensign, White
-
Pendant,
Masthead,
White.
Pilot
Flag
Standard,
Royal
Lord
High Admiral's
Union
Flag
( Ensign, Blue
I
Pendant,
Masthead,
L
Blue.
Special
Ensign,
Blue,
with
Badge, Plate
33.
Pendant, Masthead,
Blue, with
Badge,
Plate 33.
Master's Flag
-
Ensign, Red,
with Badge
Special
. . -
-
White Ens'gn
-
Blue
Ensign, with
Badge,
Plate 34.
Sec
India.
Blue
Ensign,
with
Badges,
various.
37
37
37
37
Authority,
unless otherwise
stated,
is
the
Kius^'s
Regulations,
page, iic, of which
are
shown
below.
Page
40,
Art.
118.
Page
40,
Art.
119.
Page
42,
Art.
128.
Page
11,
Art.
40,
Page
41, Art. 124.
y*
Admiralty
Letter,
21st
June
1891.
Admiralty
Letter,
18th January
1900.
Various.
No
authority
is known
for
the use
of these Flags.
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VI.
List
of
Flags
showing
against
each by
whom and when
used, and the
authority.
Designation.
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Designation.
Plate
for
Design,
By
whom
usi-d.
King's
Regulations.
Page.
Article.
Para-
graph.
St.
Geoege's
Cross
-
Pendant,Bkoad,White
Masthead,
White.
Masthead,
Blue.
(Willi
7?,((7 /6,
plate 33)
Pendant,
Masthead,
Blue.
{With
Badge,
ylateSi)
Ensign,
White
-
„
Blue
{Wiih Badqes, plates
33
to
40)
Ensign, Blue
(TF/f/iBa(i(/e,
plate
33)
Ensign,
Blue
(
WHh
Badfje.
plate
34)
Ensign, Blue
(Witli.
Badges,
plates
15
to
32)
Admiral
.
-
.
.
Vice-Admii'al
. . .
Rear-Admiral
Commodores
-
-
.
-
Senior
Officer
Captain of the
Fleet
H.M.
Sliips in
Commission
Vessels of
War maintained
by
any
Colony
under
the
Colonial Defence Act of
1865.
Hired
Surveying
Vessels,
commanded
by Officers
of
H.M. Navy.
Hired Transports in
charge of
Commissioned
Officers.
Commissioned
Officers
serving
as
Mail Agents.
H.M.
Ships in
Commission
-
Hired Surveying
Vessels,
commanded by Officers
of
H.M. Navy.
British
Merchant Ships,
com-
manded
by
Officers of the
Royal
Navy
on
the
Retired
List
or
by Officers
of R.N.
Reserve.
Public
Offices,
both as an
Ensign
and as
a
Jack.
Hired
Transports
-
Commissioned Officers serving
as
Mail Agents.
Vessels of War maintained
by
any
Colony
under
the
Colonial
Defence Act of
1865.
36
36
37
36
38
40
41
41
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VII.
Copies
of
Articles
in
the
King's
Regulations
referred
to
on
preceding
Pages
28,
29,
and
30,
as
the
Authority
for
the
Use of the
Flags
shown
thereon.
Page
11.
Article
40.
Paraghapii
2.
Whenever the
Sovereign
shall
go on board
any
Sliip
of
War
the
Royal
Standard shall be
hoisted
at
the
main, the Flag of
the
Lord
High
Admiral
at the fore,
and
the Union Flag at the mizen
of
such Ship, or, if
on
board
a vessel with
less
than three masts they shall
be
hoisted in
the
most
conspicuous
parts
of
her ;
a
Royal Salute
shall
also be
fired
from
such Ship or
Vessel
on the
Sovereign
going on
board, and
again on
leaving
her
;
and every
one
of
His
Majesty's
Ships present shall
likewise
fire
a Royal Salute on the
hoisting
of
those
Flags, and such
further
Royal
Salutes
shall
be fired on
the Sovereign quitting the
Ship
or
Vessel or
passing
in
boats, or
on such
other
occasions as may
be
directed.
AliTICLE
40.
R\nAGRAPlI 5.
The
Royal Standard, being the
personal
Flag
of
the Sovereign,
is
to
he hoisted on board His
Majesty's
Ships,
or
ou
official
buildings,
or
in
enclosures,
only
on occasions when
His
Majesty
the
King is actually
present.
Page 12. Article 41.
When
Her Majesty
the
Queen
is
embarked
in any Ship or Vessel,
her
Standard shall
be
hoisted
at
the Main,
and
it shall
be
treated
with
the
same
respect
and
saluted
in
the
same
manner
as the
Flags denoting
the
presence
of
the
Sovereign.
2.
When Her
Majesty
Queen
Alexandra
is
embarked
in
any
Ship or
Vessel, her
Standard
shall
be
hoisted
at
the
Main,
and
it shall
be treated
with the same
respect and
saluted in
the same
manner
as
the Flags
denoting the
presence
of
the Sovereign.
3.
When
His
Royal Highness
the
Prince
of
Wales
is
embarked
in
any Ship
or
Vessel,
his standard
shall
be
hoisted
at
the
Main, and it
shall
be
treated with
the
same respect and
saluted in
the
same manner
as
the
Flags denoting
the
presence
of
the Sovereign.
4. When
His Roj'al
Highness'
the
Duke
of
Connaught
or His Royal
Highness
Prince
Arthur
of
Connaught,
or
other
Members
of
the
Royal
Family
are
embarked in
any
Ship or
Vessel,
with
neither
of
Their
Majesties
the
King
and
Queen, Queen Alexandra,
nor the
Prince of
Wales on
board, the
Standard
appropriated for
their
Royal
Highnesses'
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use
shall be
hoisted
at the
Main
of
such
Shiji,
and
it
is
to
be
saluted
as
directed
in
Art.
42.
Her
Royal
Highness
the
I
)uchess
of
Connaught
will
use
the
Standard
of
the
Duke
of
Connaught.
Page 13. Article 42. Paragraph
2.
Whenever any
member of the
Royal P'amily
shall go on board any
of His
Majesty's
Ships,
the Standard of
His or Her Royal Highness shall
be
hoisted
at
the
Main
on board
such Ship,
and
a
Royal Salute shall be
fired
fi-oni
her,
on such member
of
the Royal Family going
on
board,
and
again
upon
leaving
her.
BRITISH
EMPIRE.
Page 14. Article 46.
Whenever
any
of
His
Majesty's Ships
meet, pass, or are passed by
any
Ship or
Ships
which are flying
more
than one
Standard,
or arrive
at
any port
or
place where more than
one
is
flying,
oi' when two or
moi-e
Standards
are broken
simultaneously,
they
are
to
fire Royal salutes
in
the
following
order, saluting the standards of
:
I.—His
Majesty the King, Her Majesty the Queen, Her Majesty
Queen
Alexandra,
His
Royal
Highness
the
Prince
of
Wales.
II.
—
-The
Sovereigns,
Consorts, or Heirs Apparent
of
foreign
nations,
or the
Presidents
of
the
Republics.
III.
—
Other Members
of
the
British
Royal Family.
IV.
—Other
Members
of Foreign
Royal
Families.
2. Under
these
circumstances
only one salute is to
be
fired for
the
Standards of
any one
nation,
no
matter
how
many may
be
flying.
Page
19.
Article
68.
The
following
Rules
are established
by the
Government
of
India
in
respect
to
the hoisting
of
the Viceroy's Flag in Indian
Waters
:
A.
When
the Viceroy
and
Governor-General
is
on
board,
the
Viceroy's
Flag is
to be
hoisted
at
the
main
;
B.
When
a
Governor
or
Lieutenant-Governor
is on
board,
within
the
limits of his
Government, or
on
duty
elsewhere
in
Territories
under the authority
of the Government
of
India,
the
Viceroy's
Flag
is to
be
hoisted
at
the
fore
;
C.
When
a
Chief
Commissioner
or Political Officer is on
board
within
the limits
of
his jurisdiction, or on
dutj' elsewhere
in
the
Territories under
the authority
of
the
Government
of
India,
the
Viceroy's
Flag
is
to
be
hoisted
at the fore.
2.
With
reference to
the
foregoing
rule
(A), whenever
the
Viceroy
and
Governor-General
shall
be
embarked
on
board one
of
His
Majesty's
Ships,
his
distinguishing
Flag
is
to
be hoisted at
the
main, and
kept flying while
the
Viceroy
is on
board
in
Indian Waters.
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3.
With reference to
rules
(B)
and
(C),
the
Viceroy's Flag
is to be
hoisted
at
the fore,
whenever
any
of
the
Functionaries
referred
to
are
Saluted
on
visiting
the Ship.
4. Whenever a
requisition
is
received for
the embarkation
or con-
veyance of
a
Governor,
Chief Commissioner, or
Political Officer, the
Senior
Officer present
may
direct the Viceroy's Flag
to be
hoisted
at
the
fore of
the
Ship
in which he
is
embarked
;
provided
that the
Senior
Officer,
after
consultation
with
and
on requisition from that
Official,
considers
it for
the benefit of the service about to be
performed that such
Flag
should,
within
the prescribed
limits,
be
hoisted.
Should
the
Senior
Officer consider it, in the
circumstances, undesirable
to
hoist
the
Flag,
he
is
to
inform
the
Official
of
his reasons, and at once report the
same
to
the
Commander-in-Chief for
the information of the
Admiralty.
5.
In
the
event
of
any
such
Fimctionary
being
detached
on
a
Foreign
Mission
in his
official
capacity
outside his
particular
jurisdiction, a
special
intimation will
be
given
by
the Government
of
India
in each case as to
the Flag being
carried
by the
man-of-war in which he may be
embarked
;
in
the absence of
which
the
Senior Officer present is
to
exercise his
discretion
in
consultation
with
the
Official proceeding
on
the
Mission.
Page 35. Article 101.
The Lord High Admiral's
Flag is to
be
worn in Ships
in
which the
Lord
High
Admiral
or
the Commissioners for executing the Office
of
Lord
High
Admiral
are
embarked.
Page
36.
Article
102.
The
Union
Flag
is
to
be
worn
at
the main by
an Admiral
of
the
Fleet
as
his
proper
Flag.
Page
36. Article
103.
The
following
Flags
are to be
worn
by
Flag Officers
(except
Captains
of
the Fleet) as their
proper
Flags
:
Admiral.—
A
wliite
Flag with the red St. George's Cross
thereon.
Viee-Admiral.
—
A
white
Flag with the
red
St.
George's
Cross
thereon,
with one
red ball
in
the
upper canton
of
the
Flag next
the
staff.
Bear-Admiral.
—
A
white
Flag
with the
red
St.
George's
Cross
thereon,
with
one
red baU
in
tlie
upper
canton, and one
in
the lower
canton
next
the
staff.
The
diameter
of the red
ball
is to be
liaK
the
vertical
depth
of
the
white of the cantons
next
the
staff,
and
the
ball
is
to
be
in
the
centre
of
tlie canton.
Page 36.
Article
104.
When
Vice
and
Hear-
Admirals
have
their
Flags
painted
on
their
Boats,
the
same
distinctive balls, at least
two inches
in
diameter,
are to
be
shown
on
the
Flag.
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Page
36. Article
106.
A
Commodore
of
the First
Class shall
wear
a
white
broad
pendant,
with
the
Red
St.
George's
Cross
thereon.
Page
36.
Article
107.
A Captain
of the Fleet, if
a
Flag
Officer,
may wear in,
and
liave
painted
on,
his
Boat
the Flag
proper
to
his
Rank ;
if not a
Flag
Officer,
he
may
wear in,
and have
painted on, his
Boat
a
White Broad
Pendant, Avhen
not
in the
presence
of a
Senior
Captain.
Page
36.
Article 108.
A
Commodore of
the
Second Class shall wear
a
white
broad pendant
with the red
St.
George's
Cross, with a
red
ball in
the
upper
canton
of
the
broad
pendant
next
the staff.
The diameter
of
the
red
ball is to
be
half
the
vertical deptli
of
tlie white
in
the
cantons
next
the
staff,
and
the ball
is
to be
in the
centre
of the
canton.
Page 37.
Article
111.
Paragraph 2.
The Royal Standard, the Flag
of
the
Viceroy
of
India,
and
the
Flag
of the Lord
Lieutenant
of
Ireland,
are,
when
indicating tlie
presence
on
board
of the
personages entitled
to
hoist those Flags, the
Sovereign
excepted,
to be always hoisted
at
the
main, the
Flag
of an Admiral
or
the Broad
Pendant
of
a Commodore, if
necessary,
being
shifted
to another
mast
or Ship,
as
the case may require
;
except
in
the
case
provided
for
in
Clause
1
of
Art.
68
in
regard
to
the
Flag
of the Viceroy
of India.
Page
37.
Article 112.
When
two or
more of
His
Majesty's Ships
are
present
in
a port
or
roadstead,
a
small
broad
white
pendant,
not
exceeding
five
breadths,
the
length
being
twice
the
breadth
at the head,
with
the
St.
George's
Cross,
is to
be hoisted
by the
Senior
Officer's Ship
as
a
distinguishing
flag
in
addition
to
the
masthead pendant.
When
a
Commodore, junior
to the
Senior Officer, is also
present,
the
Senior
Officer
shall
fly
his
broad pendant
at the masthead
in
addition
to
his
Captain's pendant. In all
other cases the
Senior
Officer's
broad
pendant
shall
be
flown
from
the
starboard topsail
yard-arm.
Page
37. Article 113.
The
Flag
of
the
Lord
Lieutenant
of
Ireland
is to
be
hoisted
on
board
any
of His
Majesty's
Ships
in
which
His Excellency shall embark,
within
the
Irish
waters
or jn St. George's Channel.
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Page 37. Article 114.
Tlie Flags authorised
by
His Majesty
to
be
displayed
afloat are
a.
by
General
Officers
coiumanding
stations,—
The
Union
Flag
bearing
in
the centre, as
a
distinguishing
mark,
the Royal
initials, on a
blue ground encircled
by
a
garland, and
surmounted bj^
the
Crown
;
b. by
His Majesty's
Diplomatic
servants and
Commissioners
and
Consuls-General
—
the
Union
Flag with
the
Royal
Arms
in
the centre
thereof,
on a white
ground
encircled
by
a
garland
;
c.
by
the
Governors or High Commissioners
of His
Majesty's
Colonies and
Possessions
abroad,
and
by
Lieutenant
Governors
or
other
officers
administering
the government,
the Union
Flag
with
tlie
arms
or badge
of
the Colony emblazoned
in
the
centre
thereof, on
a
white
ground encircled
by a
garland
d.
by
Consuls-General, Consuls, and Consular Agents,
—the blue
ensign, with the Royal Arms in the centre
of the
fly
thereof,
that
is
in the centre of
that
part between the Union
and
the
end of
the
Flag.
2.
No
other
distinguishing
Flag or
Flags
are
authorised
to
be
worn
afloat
by any of these Functionaries.
Page 38. Article
115.
Whenever
any of the Functionaries
particularised in
Articles
99
and
114
are
embarked,
a.
In
a
boat
for
the
purpose of
paying
visits
of
ceremony or on other
official occasions,—
the
proper
distinguishing Flag,
within
the
respective
limits jDrescribed
l)y
the following
Clause MI., may
be
hoisted
at the
bow, but
when
the
boat
belongs
to
one of His
Majesty's
Ships,
she
is
to
keep
her
White Ensign flying
;
h.
In one
of His Majesty's Ships for passage,
I.
If
a
Oeneral
Officer
Commanding
a
Station,
—
the
proper
distinguishing Flag, with the
approval of
the
Senior
Naval
Officer,
may
be
hoisted
at
the fore,
and kept
flying within
the
General Officer's command,
provided he
is proceeding
on
public military service
:
II.
If
a
Diplomatic Functionary and in
charge
of
a
Missioii,
—
the
proper
distinguislxing Flag with
the
approval
of the
Senior
Naval
Officer,
may be
hoisted
at
the
fore,
and
be kept
flying within
the
limits
of
the
mission,
provided the
Diplo-
matic
Functionary
be proceeding
on
the
public service :
III.
If
a
Governor
or
High
Commissioner,
or
a
Lieutenant-Governor,
or other
Officer
administering
the
Goveimment,
—
the proper
distinguishing
Flag,
with
the
approval of
the Senior
Naval
Officer,
may
be hoisted at the
fore,
and
kept
flying
within
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the
limits of
his Government,
or,
in
the case
of
a
High
Com-
missioner within
the limits
of his
commission, provided the
Colonial Functionary
or
High
Commissioner be proceeding
on the public service
:
IV.
The distinguishing
Flag of
Consular
Authorities
is
to be
hoisted in
Boats
only, and
not
in Ships,
except
when
they are
being
Saluted
;
c.
In one
of
His
Majesty's Ships on an
occasion
of
an
Official visit,
The distinguishing Flags are
to be
respectively
hoisted
at
the
fore
whenever any of
His
Majesty's Military, Diplomatic,
Colonial, or
Consular
Functionaries are
receiving
Salutes to
which
they
are
entitled
;
d.
In
British
Ships
and
Boats,
other than those
of
His
Majesty, these
Functionaries,
except
Consular Officers
as
to
Ships,
are, with
the
sanction
of the Owners or Masters, authorised
to
fly their proper
distinguishing Flags on
the
same occasions, and within the same
limits, and these
regulations
shall
be
deemed a
sufficient
warrant
to the Master
under
the Merchant
Shipping
Act
for
so
doing,
but
the
permission
to
hoist such masthead Flags indicative of
the
presence
on
board
of
any
of
these
Functionaries,
in
no way affects
or alters the character or status of
the
Merchant
Shi])
in
time
of
peace
or in time
of war, whether
His
Majesty
is
belligerent or
neutral.
Page 40.
Article
118.
Ail
His
Majesty's
Ships of War
in
Commission
shall
wear a white
Ensign
with the Red
St. George's
Cross,
and the Union in the upper
canton
;
and
when
it
shall
be
tliought
proper to
do
so,
they
may
display
the
Union Jack at the jackstaff
end
(see Art.
119,
Masthead
Fendaiit).
Page
38.
Article 119.
All
His
Majesty's Ships
in
Connnission,
when
not bearing a
Flag
or
Broad
Pendant,
are
to
wear
at
the
Main
masthead
a
Pendant,
having
a
St.
George's
Cross on
a
white
field
in the part next
to
the
mast, with
a
white fly.
If
necessary,
in
order to
avoid fouling
Wireless
Telegraphy Gear, a
shorter
pendant may be worn,
provided it
can
be
easily seen at a
short
distance
from the
ship.
Page 40.
Article 122.
The
following
are
the
regulations
as to
the Flags
to
be worn
by any
vessel
maintained
by
any
Colonv
under
the Colonial
Defence
Act of
1865 :
—
a.
any
vessel
provided
and
used
as a
vessel
of war
shall
wear
the Blue
Ensign
with
the
Badge
of the
colony
in
the
fly
thereof,
and a
Blue
Pendant
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h.
all
vessels
belonging
to,
or permanently
in,
the
service
of
the
Colonies,
but
not
commissioned as
vessels
of war
iinder
the
Act,
shall
wear a
similar Blue
Ensign,
but
no Pendant.
Page 41.
Article 123.
Ships
and Vessels
employed
in the
service
of any public office
shall
carry
a
Blue
Ensign,
and a small
Blue
Flag
with
a
Union
described
in
a
canton at
the
upper
corner
thereof,
next to the staff, as a
Jack,
but
in
the
centre
of
the
fly
of
such Ensign and'.
Jack,
that is
in
the
centre
of
that
part between
the Union and the
end
of
the
Flag, shall
be
inserted
the
Badge of
the
Office
to
which
they
belong.
Page 41.
Article 124.
Hired
transports are to
wear
the
Blue Ensign, with
the
yellow
Admiralty
anchor
in
the
fly
;
and
when
such
Vessels are
in
charge
of
Commissioned
Officers
of
the Royal
Nax-y,
they
are,
in
addition,
to
carry Blue Pendants
Avith
the
Admiralty
Badge
in
the upper
part
next
to
the mast.
Page 41.
Article 125.
Hired
Vessels employed in
the
Surveying
Service,
when
commanded
by Officers
in
His
Majesty's
Navy,
are
to
wear
the
Blue Ensign
and
Pendant.
Page 41. Article
126.
Commissioned
Officers serving with the permission
of
the
Admiralty
as Mail
Agents
in contract
Vessels,
when
in
their
Boats,
may wear
the
Blue
Pendant
with
the
Admiralty
Badge
in
the
upper part next the mast,
provided
tliat
the
Boat
at
the same time shall carry a Blue Ensign with
the
Badge
of the Office to
which
the
Vessel belongs.
Page
41. Article 126.
British
Merchant
Ships commanded
by
Officers on
the
Retired
List
of
the
Royal
Navy or Officers
of
the Royal
Naval
Reserve, which
fulfil
the
following
conditions,
will
be
allowed
to wear a
Blue
Ensign
:
a. the Officer commanding
the
Ship must be
an Officer
on
the
Retired
List
of the Royal
Navy or
an
Officer
of the
Royal Naval
Reserve
:
h.
ten
of
the crew must
be
Officers and
men belonging
to
the
Royal
Naval
Reserve, but Men
belonging
to
the Royal
Fleet
Reserve,
Naval
Pensioners,
and
Men
holding Royal
Naval Reserve
deferred
pension certificates
may
be included
in the
number specified
:
c.
before hoisting the Blue Ensign
the
Officer commanding
the
Ship
must
be
provided
with an Admiralty
Warrant
:
d. the
fact
that
the Commanding
Officer
holds
a
warrant
authorising
him
to hoist
the Blue
Ensign
must be
noted
on
the Ship's
Articles
of
Agreement.
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2.
Commanding
Officers
failing
to
fulfil the
above
conditions,
unless
such failure
is
due
to death or other
circumstances
over which
they
have
no
control, will
no
longer
be
entitled
to
wear
the
Blue
Ensign.
3.
British Merchant
Ships
in
receipt
of
Admiralty Subvention, will
be
allowed
to
fly
the Blue Ensign,
under Admiralty
Warrant.
4.
In
order to ascertain that
the
above
conditions
are strictly carried
out,
the
Captain
of one of
His
Majesty's Ships
meeting
a
Ship flying
the Blue
Ensign
may
send
on
board
an
Officer,
not
below
the
rank of
Lieutenant
at
any convenient
opportunity. This
restriction
as
to the
rank
of
the
Boarding
Officer is
in
no
way
to
limit or otherwise
afTect the
authority
or
the duties of
Naval
Officers
either under
the
Merchant
Shipping Acts or
in time of war.
5.
Applications
for
permission
to
wear
the
Blue
Ensign
on board
British
Merchant
Ships
in
receipt of
Admiralty
subvention,
should
be
made
direct to
the
Admiralty
by
the owners
;
for
other Merchant
Ships
the
applications
should
be made
through
the Registrar-General
of
Seamen.
The
Board
of
Trade will
issue Regulations as to the
mode
of
proceeding.
Page
42.
Article
127.
In accordance
with
the provisions of
the
Merchant
Shipping Act,
1894,
all other
Ships
and
Vessels
which
belong
to
His
Majesty's subjects
shall
wear a Red
Ensign
free from
any Badge or
distinctive
mark, with the
Union
in
the
upper
canton
next
the
staff
;
except
such Yachts
or
other
Vessels
as
may have warrants from the Admiralty
to
display
other
Ensigns,
Colours, or Pendants.
2.
Colonial
Merchant
Vessels shall
wear
the
Red
Ensign as
above,
except
those
of
Canada,
the
Commonwealth
of Australia and New Zealand,
which may
by Admiralty Warrant
wear
the
Red
Ensign with the
badge
of
the
Colony
in
the fly thereof.
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3. Any
Colonial Merchant
Vessel may,
however,
carry
a
distinguishing
Flag
with the
Badge
of
the
Colony
thereon,
in addition
to
the
Red
Ensign,
provided
that such flag does
not
infringe the
provisions
of
section 73
of
the
Merchant
Shipping
Act,
1894.
Page 42.
Article 128.
All Ships
and
Vessels
shall use the
British
Union
Flag,
with a
border
of
white of
one-fifth
of
the flag, as
a Pilot
Flag,
in
all parts
of the
world.
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12.
15.
i
& C.ORAKAM LTB.
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H
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PP
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ORAMAM
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BRITISH
EMPIRE.
Duke
&
Ducliess
of
Connaughl
Standard.'
Prince
Arthur
of
Cormaught
Standard.
I^C.QPIAMAH
LT». LITH%«.
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BRITISH
EMPIRE.
6.
Standard
for other
Memters
of
the
Royal
Faimily.
I
Lord
High
Admiral
or
Admirally
Flag.
t
«> C
ORAHAH
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BRITISH
EMPIRE.
Note,
The
circle
shewn hy
dotted
hne
indica,tes
thie
position
and
proportions
for
the
Badg;es (plates
10
lo
4-0)
when
they
have to be
inserted
Union
T'la.g
.
S^
Georges
Cross.
Note,
This
is
flown hy
Flag
Officers
as
follows
Admiral,
as
shewTi.
Vice
-Admiral,
With
one
red
hall
in
the
upper
canton
next
to
Stalf
Rear-Adnural
With
one
red
Lall
in
upper
cantiin
&-
onft in
lower
canton
next
the
Staff.
Diameter
of
red
ball
to
be
one
half
vertical
depth
of
'-vhite
canton.
86
hall
to
he
placed
in
centre
of
canton
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8.
BRITISH
EMPIKIO
Pendant
Blue
Pendant White
^^
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8^
of
Kings
Hart
OTj.r
Master.
K.H.M
Dia. of white
iad^e
to
1)6
lialf the depth
of
the
Jack
portion
of
the Pia|.
I.A-C
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^
BRITISH
EMPIRE
Jack
for
Vessels
m
the
employ
of
Public
Offices
.
Flag
of
H
M
Laeutenants of
Counties.
*
*
C
ORAHAH
L»», I
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BRITISH
EMPIRE
BADGES
&c
OF
GOVERNORS
OP
COLONIES,
DEPENDENCIES
&c
AND
OF
MILITARY,
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSU1.AR
OFFICERS
The white circles arenot to
appear
on the
red and
blue
ensigns except
vAxere they
are
necessary
to
display
the design,
tg
.
where
tiiebad^e
itself
has
a
border
of
the
same
coloxir
as
the
ensign
The
vAute
circles
are
|enerally
to
appear
onthe
llnion
Fla^
,
exi^ept
•Aiere
otherwise
noted beneath
the design.
Diplomalic
Offacei-s
on
sKore
and
Afloat
Lord
Lieutenant
of
Ireland
Note
-
The
v\iiite circle is not
to
appear
on. £la£
Governor General
of India
The Badges
of
_
the
respective
Colonies
for
insertion
herein
Are
ishewn
a
few pages
hereafter.
Governors
of
Colomes
Afloat
Governor
General
of
the
CommonYrealth
of
Australia
H
4r
C
GRAHAM
LTI
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11.
BRITISH
EMPIRE.
BADGES
or
GOVERJ^ORS,MILnARTDIPLOMATIC
^CONSULAR
OFFICERS
At^^CoKi-)
Consular
Officers
Afloat
Note:
The
Anns
are
to
he,
inserted
m
Flag
on
a
blue
ground
The
wlate
A-ouna
18
only
to
ensure
istmctiiess of
desi&i.
Military A'ath.orities
Afloat
(General Officers Commanding
only)
•^./T.jnl.jL.
S.Africa.
Hi^h
CoTmnissioner
Consular
Officers
on
Shore
All
otKer
Military
Services
mcludinl
Staff
Officers
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
76/467
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
77/467
i:2.
BRITISH
EMPIRE.
GOVEIWORS,MILITAKy;
DIPLOMATIC
ficCONSULAR
OFFICERS
&(:.(CQ»r?)
BndsK
NortK
Borneo
Company
Flag
of
Governor
of
Sabah.
RajaK
of
Sarawak.
<
*
C
OttAMAH
>-'»,
LITM
•*,
.
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
78/467
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
79/467
13
BRITISH
EMPIRE.
BADGES
OF
PUBLIC
DEPARTMENTS.
Jdck
for
Vessels
ot
the
Indian
Maxme.
S&
Trustees
of
the
Port
of
Bombay.
iACGMAhAN
l'.» LITM^«.
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
80/467
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
81/467
14
BRITISH
EMPIRE.
BADGES
OF
PUBLIC
DEPARTMENTS.
&c.
(Cqi^t^)
Conservators
of
the
Port of
Bombay
Enlarged
drawing
of
Badge
on
Flag
of
Conservators
of the
Port
of
Bombay.
Commissioners
of
the
Port
of
Calcutta
Commissioners
of
the
Port, of
Rangoon
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
82/467
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
83/467
15.
BRITISH
EMPIRE.
^USTRALTA
MercTiant
Flag
of
Corrunonwealth.
QxieeTLs'iaiid
New
South-
Wales.
H
J,
C
ORAHAM
L'O.
LlTM«
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
84/467
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
85/467
BRITISH
EMPIRE.
AUSTRALIA.
16
Victoria
.
South
Australia.
Western
Austraiia.
Tasmania
British
Residents
in
the
Gilbert
and
Ellice
Islands
Protectorate.
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
86/467
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
87/467
BRITISH
EMPIRE.
AUSTRALIA.
11
British
Resident
Com-missioner,
New
Hebrides
British
Solomons
Islands
Protectorate.
Territory of
Papua.
We
s
tern
Pacific
Hl^Ii.
Commissioner.
'*C QMAHAM
L'.e
L'TM
a*.
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
88/467
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
89/467
w
BRITISH
EMPIRE.
BADGES OF COLONIES,
DEPENDENCIES
&C.
AUSTRALIA
&c
TONGA.
Royal
Standard.
»
bnsign
HMC
Customs
Fla^,
BARO
TONGA
ErLSign.
, C
ORAHAN
L».
LITH**,
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
90/467
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
91/467
19
nRITISH
EMPIRE.
BADGKS
OF
COI-ONIES,
I)E1M':NI)
KNCIi:
S
&C.
(Continued)
CENTRAL & EAST
AFRICA.
Kycissaland
Proteclorate
British
East
Africa
Protectorate
.
Protectopate
of
Witu
Somali I and
i
'potect
orate
MaJby*So^si•T^
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
92/467
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
93/467
w
RIMTISII
I'.MIMFii:.
BAIX.KS
OF
COLONIES,
J)KPENJ)E
NCI
E
S &C.
(C.mim
id)
Governor
General.
UNION OF
SOUTH AFRICA.
Vessels
m the service of the
Union
Government,
and
merchant
vessels
registered
iri
the Union
wean, in
the
fly of 'the Blue and
Red Ensigns
respectively
the
central
shield
of
the
above
design, omitting supporters, crest,
motto,
and
wreath.
In
the
case of the Red
Ensign, the
shield
is
displayed
on
a
white
ground
in
the
fly.
MalbyASons.Uth
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
94/467
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
95/467
Z1.
BRITISH
EMPIRK.
BADGES
OF
COLONIES,
DEPENDENCIES
ETC.
((okt-)
SOUTH
AFRICA.
Cape
of
Good Hope.
Natal
.
Orange
River Colony.
Tr
an
sv
a
al
British South Africa
Company.
Note,
in
t)ie
Blue or
Red
ensigns, tlie
ground
of
the
badge
shouia
oe
of
the same colour as
the ensign.
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
96/467
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
97/467
2.2
BRITISH
EMPIRK.
BADGES
OF
COLONIES,
DEPENDENCIE
S
&c.
(Cqitt^)
WE
S
T
AFRICA
Sierra
X,
e
Gold.
Coast
.
Gamtia
S'
Helana .
Mgeriaji Probec
trorate
.
(
C.GRAHAM
LT».
LITh
R.I,
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
98/467
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
99/467
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
100/467
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
101/467
24.
BRITISH
EMPIRE.
BADGES
OF COLONIES,
DEPENDENCIES
&c.
(Com: )
CHINA.
Hong Kong
Commissioner
of
Weihaiwei
Ceylon
MaunLuis
Straits
SettleTaents
Seychelles
t
*
C
GRAHAM I
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
102/467
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
103/467
25.
BRITISH
EMPIRK.
BADGES
OF COLONIES,
DEPENDENCIES
&c.
(Continued)
EAST
INDIES
(Cont^V
Labi
Bntisli
Norili
Borneo Cornpan>/'
Local
In-diom.
Maritime G-ovBmments
and Departments
subordinate
to
them.
Indian
Marine.
•^r^sr,Sr»irJ'™ -
Sarawalc
Government
Fla^.
Note
-
The
Cotnmercia)
Fla^ is
of
similar design
tut without
tlie
crown
m centre
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
104/467
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
105/467
Z6.
BRITISH
EMPIRE.
BADGES
OF
COLONIES,
BE
PENDENCIE
S
&c.CcoirrmuBD)
MEDITERKANEA^'
Gibraltar.
Malta
Cyprus
High
Cominissioner.
H
&
C.ORAHAM
tro,
LITM«.«,
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
106/467
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
107/467
Zl
BRITISH
EMPIRE.
BADGES
OF COLONIES,
DE
PENDENCIE S
&.c.
(Cowthtoed)
JiTORTH
AMERICA
&.WEST
INDIES.
Canada
.
Note
-The
Cro'wnis
only
used on the
personal
flag of
the
Governor
General and the
badge
witfioul the Crovvn
is
used
on
fly
of
the flag
of
all vessels
belonginglo
the
dominion
Ontario.
#4§
Wreath
for
Governor- Generals
G-overnors
of Provinces.
Quetec
Nova Scotia
Nevr
Brunswick.
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
108/467
-
8/15/2019 Drawings of Flags i 00 Grea
109/467
26.
BRITISH i:mimhi:.
BADGES
OF
COLONIES,
DEPENDENCIES
&C.
(<
»Nnmn:n
NOKTll
AMJ^:iMCA
A WEST
INDIES
Manitoba.
Pruice
ZcL-ward
Island.
Province
of
British
Columbia
Bajig,e
oT
Lieutenant-Governor
Newfoundl