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Flag of the Admiralty Board 1976 – 2003, UK (fotw);
Flag of the Admiralty Board, UK (fotw);
Flag of the National Maritime Museum, UK (fotw)
Notes
a) Whilst other orientations are known, anchors are usually (but not invariably) illustrated
vertically with the ring uppermost, and:
b) In a traditional anchor (as it is generally seen on flags) the chief parts are the shank or main
section, the ring to which its cable or chain may be attached, the stock or cross piece below that
ring, the arms at the base and the flukes at each end of those arms.
Flag of Oegstgeest, The Netherlands
(fotw)
Lord High Admiral
1685 – 1688, England (fotw); The Board of Admiralty
19th Century, UK (fotw);
and as modified in 1929, UK (fotw)
Notes
a) The Board of Admiralty was dissolved in 1964 with the office of Lord High Admiral reverting to the crown,
however, during the preceding two hundred and fifty years the role was most often “in commission” and the
anchor flag also flown by the Board.
b) The three masthead flags flown
(since c. 1660) when the monarch is
aboard a naval vessel are that of the Lord High Admiral at the
fore, the royal standard at the main and a union jack at the mizzen (see also
‘launching flags’ and
its second note following (also
‘foremast’,
‘main’
and ‘mizzen’).
France
Ancient, France Modern (fotw);
Ancient/Ship’s Ensign, English c1590
(fotw)
Arms and Flag of Reguenga, Portugal (fotw)
Flag of Kaliningrad, (Russia);
Flag of Kostrena, Croatia (fotw);
Flag of Lodyeynoye Polye, Russia (fotw)
Notes
a) A vessel with oars but more than one mast should be blazoned “galley” – see ‘galley’.
b) Single-masted Medieval sailing ships fall into a number of different categories of which two are separately defined herein under ‘cog 2)’ and
‘nef’.
c) This term can (and sometimes does) include sailing vessels with more than one mast as illustrated
above – see ‘caravel’, ‘carrack’ and ‘galleon’.
Arms of
Sulzfeld,
Saal upon Saale
and Großbardorf,
Germany (Wikipedia).
Russian ensign (fotw).
Please note that Андреевский - Andreevskiĭ with alternative transliterations - is the Russian term for their naval ensign.
Guidon of the Royal Gloucestershire Yeomanry 1797, UK (fotw)
Flag used by the Music Group X Clan (fotw)
Anniversary.Commemorative Flag commemorating the 500th year of Spanish discoveries (fotw)
Flag of Groß Twülpstedt, Germany (fotw);
Flag of Suraua, Switzerland (fotw);
Flag of Warnau, Germany (fotw)
Arms and Flag of the Rulers of Tuscany, 1531-1737 (Wikipedia
& fotw)
Flag of Sedgley, UK (fotw)
An Anshent/Ancient, English c1590 (fotw)
Code/Answering Pennant in the ICS (fotw)
Please note, it is suggested that the alternative form was used in medieval manuscripts.
National Flag of Comoros (fotw);
Naval Ensign of Bolivia (fotw);
39 Star Flag of the United States 1839 (fotw)
Please note that the 39 star of the United States, for example (and illustrated above), displays a symbol in advance of any official authorization, whereas a “flag of pretence”, for example the national flag of Comoros or naval ensign of Bolivia, both show one more star than they have provinces under their control.
State Seal of
Florida, US (fotw);
Flag of Yona, Guam (fotw);
Emblem of Estonia ca. 1940 – 1990 (fotw)
Please note that this term has its origins in a rejection of heraldic symbolism and of all things having a connection to royalty or the nobility, with prominent early examples stemming from the American War of Independence and the French Revolution.
Flag of Guelph, Canada (fotw); Flag of
Wellington, Canada (fotw); Flag of
Newfoundland, Canada 1862 – 1872 (fotw)
Ensign and Burgee of the Royal Lymington Yacht Club, UK (fotw)
Arms and Flag of Draž, Croatia (fotw)
Flag of Heiden, Switzerland (fotw);
Arms of Dacorum, UK (fotw)
Military Attaché, UK (Graham Bartram);
RAF Station Commander, UK (fotw);
RAF Members of the Air Force Board, UK (fotw)
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