Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Red Ensign or "Red Duster" is the civil ensign of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is one of the British ensigns, and it is used either plain or defaced with either a badge or a charge, mostly in the right half. It is the flag flown by British merchant or passenger ships since 1707.
1707 (origin 1606) Relinquished: 1801: Design: Four stripes of white, horizontal, diagonal, and vertical on a blue field, with a red cross in the middle. Red Ensign of Great Britain: Use: Civil and naval ensign: Design: A red field with the flag of Great Britain in the canton: Blue Ensign of Great Britain: Use: Civil and naval ensign: Design
This image might not be in the public domain outside of the United States; this especially applies in the countries and areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada, Mainland China (not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany, Mexico, and Switzerland.
British Red Ensign (1707–1800) Date: 1707 (flag design); 2005 (SVG file) Source . This SVG flag includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this flag:
The first flag of the company, a modified Red Ensign, used from 1682 to 1707.. Following the incorporation of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670, the company was granted permission on July 21, 1682, by the first governor of the company, Prince Rupert, to use a modified version of the Red Ensign letters "HBC" in the lower field on its forts and ships entering Hudson Strait.
Until 1707: Scottish Red Ensign, used by the Royal Scottish Navy: A red ensign with the Flag of Scotland in the canton 1707–1801: Red Ensign of Great Britain: The Red Ensign with the first version of the Union Jack. (This was the flag flown over the Thirteen Colonies before the American Revolution) 1707–1801: White Ensign of Great Britain
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.
A red ensign defaced with the coat of arms of the Dominion of Canada surrounded by an arc of golden maple leaves within a white disc. 1896: Canada (civil ensign variant) A red ensign defaced with the coat of arms of the Dominion of Canada with the Crown of Saint Edward (Heraldry). 1868–1921: Canada (naval ensign)