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In British maritime law and custom, an ensign is the identifying flag flown to designate a British ship, either military or civilian. Such flags display the United Kingdom Union Flag in the canton (the upper corner next to the staff), with either a red, white or blue field, dependent on whether the vessel is civilian, naval, or in a special category.
Former West Sussex Council flag: Blue and gold flag with six golden martlets. Old 1889-1974 West Sussex County Council flag. [48] 2008–Present: West Sussex Council flag: A blue banner with 7 light blue wavy lines with the crowned coat of arms in the centre in white. [48] Flag of Wiltshire Council: A banner of the council's coat of arms.
A maroon flag with a blue border defaced by a yellow star with the Salvation Army's motto "Blood & Fire" written on it. Suggested redesigns of the Union Jack, including one with the red dragon from the flag of Wales added in the centre; two variations with the inclusion of yellow from the flag of Saint David; and one with the inclusion of the ...
The flag of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony from 1937 to 1976, then the flag of the Gilbert Islands (1976–1979) The jack of the Royal Canadian Navy from its inception until the adoption of the Maple Leaf flag in 1965 [6] The blue ensign was approved by the British Admiralty in 1868 for use by ships owned by the Canadian government.
The flag of the British Virgin Islands features a defaced Blue Ensign with the Union Flag in the canton, and defaced with the coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands.The coat of arms, which date to the early nineteenth century, features Saint Ursula holding a flaming gold oil lamp and surrounded by a further eleven lamps, which represent her 11,000 virgin followers. [1]
This is a list of flags of states, territories, former, and other geographic entities (plus a few non-geographic flags) sorted by their combinations of dominant colors. Flags emblazoned with seals , coats of arms , and other multicolored emblems are sorted only by their color fields.
A blue British ensign with a white disc in the fly featuring the Tudor Crown over the initials "N.G.". 1888–1906: British New Guinea: A blue British ensign with a white disc in the fly featuring the Tudor Crown over the initials "B.N.G.". 1919–1949: Territory of New Guinea
and in King George III's proclamation of 1 January 1801 concerning the arms and flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: . And that the Union Flag shall be Azure, the Crosses Saltires of St. Andrew and St. Patrick Quarterly 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 ...