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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.
A dark blue, red and light blue tricolour defaced with the Joint Service badge. A simplified version with the badge in black is also in use. The tricolour is a combination of the colours of the Armed Forces. Flag of the Secretary of State for Defence: A dark blue, red and light blue horizontal tricolour defaced with a crown and lion. The ...
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.
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.
The first Commonwealth country to drop the Union Flag was Canada in 1965, after adopting a new national flag. The most recent country to drop the Union Flag from its flag was South Africa in 1994, after adopting a new national flag. The only overseas territory without the Union Flag on its current flag is Gibraltar.
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.
On 10 December 1859, "a light blue flag with a red St George's Cross and union in the corner" (now known as the Queensland Separation Flag) was flown in Brisbane to mark Queensland's separation from New South Wales.
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]