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image by Clay Moss, 21 February 2015See also:
Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club.
Established in Sydney, NSW, in 1922 as the
New Yacht Club, later the Southern Yacht Club. The name Prince Edward Yacht Club
was finally adopted in honour of Edward, Prince of Wales, who later became King
Edward VIII.
2 October 1925. Burgee adopted. Probably the same as the current
burgee but without the crown.
August 1935. Granted title ‘royal’. White
burgee: red cross with crown in canton.
20 May 1937. Warrant for Blue Ensign
defaced with Prince of Wales feathers.
David Prothero, 21 February 2015