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Prior to the reorganisation of the Royal Navy in 1864, the plain blue ensign had been the ensign of one of three squadrons of the Royal Navy, the Blue Squadron.This changed in 1864, when an order in council provided that the Red Ensign was allocated to merchantmen, the Blue Ensign was to be the flag of ships in public service or commanded by an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve, and the White ...
The Blue Ensign is one of three British ensigns in use and is also the basis of the flags of numerous British overseas territories and former colonies in the British ...
A defaced British blue ensign with a shield from the Federal Arms, showing the amalgamation of Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland, in the fly. 1964–1968: Flag of Southern Rhodesia (1964–1965) and later Rhodesia (1965–1968) A Sky-Blue British ensign with the shield from the Rhodesian Coat of Arms in the fly. 1968–1979 ...
Rear-Admiral of the Blue (plain blue flag with one white ball in the upper left canton from 1702 to 1864) Rear-Admiral of the Red (plain red flag with two white balls in the upper left canton from 1702 to 1864) Rear-Admiral of the White (St George cross with two blue balls in the upper left canton from 1702 to 1805)
The civil ensign and naval ensign were the Red Ensign or Blue Ensign, respectively, defaced with the Star of India emblem. The Union Jack and the Viceroy's banner were lowered with independence and the adoption of the new national flag in August 1947, [ 19 ] [ 20 ] although the Union Jack was still to be flown, on a limited basis, while India ...
A memo from the Prime Minister's Department dated 6 March 1939 states that "the Red Ensign is the flag to be flown by the public generally" and the federal government policy was "The flying of the Commonwealth Blue Ensign is reserved for Commonwealth Government use but there is no reservation in the case of the Commonwealth Merchant Flag, or ...
The flag of the Cayman Islands consists of a Blue Ensign defaced with the British overseas territory's coat of arms.Adopted in 1959 to supplement the Union Jack and to replace the flag of the Colony of Jamaica, it has been the flag of the Cayman Islands since the territory was granted self-government that year.
Sometimes the blue ensign [1] is defaced with six stars in a circle symbolizing the six states of New England. Another variant has a red ensign with an image of a pine tree over a white field in the canton, and contains no cross; which is commonly used by the New England Revolution Major League Soccer team. [2]