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Hellenic Navy (Greece)
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Last modified: 2023-07-15 by randy young
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![[Flag of Greece]](../images/g/gr.gif)
image by Željko Heimer, 10 October 2001
The Greek national flag is used as the ensign of the Hellenic Navy.
![[Greek jack]](../images/g/gr~jack.gif)
image by Željko Heimer, 10 October 2001
According to Album des Pavillons [pay00], the Greek jack is a blue square flag with a white cross throughout. The width of the cross is 1/5th of the hoist width.
Željko Heimer, 10 October 2001
![[Masthead pennant]](../images/g/gr~cp.gif)
image by Željko Heimer, 13 October 2001
Album des Pavillons [pay00] shows the masthead pennant as a long triangular blue flag (~2:15) with a white Greek cross near the hoist.
Željko Heimer, 13 October 2001
![[Flag of the Hellenic Navy General Staff]](../images/g/gr_hn-gs.gif)
![[Hellenic Navy General Staff Coat of Arms]](../images/g/gr_hn-gs).gif)
images provided by Esteban Rivera, 10 March 2023
The "Γενικό Επιτελείο Ναυτικού, ΓΕΝ" (English: Navy General Staff) was established by law on 21 July 1907 and organized by Royal Decree on 12 November of the same year as "Αρχηγείο Βασιλικού Ναυτικού" (English: Royal Naval Headquarters).
The flag is a horizontal background featuring the CoA composed of a cross, an anchor and a trident, featuring on top the Greek initials after its former denomination, Royal Hellenic Navy (Βασιλικόν Ναυτικόν, Vasilikón Naftikón, abbreviated ΒΝ) and above that the motto "Μέγα τὸ τῆς θαλάσσης κράτος" (English: "Great is the maritime state"), inside a shield. The color horizontal stripes are a middle red stripe with two equally sized white stripes and a blue outline, all horizontally layed and behind the CoA.
Esteban Rivera, 10 March 2023
Sources:
http://army.gr/el/istoria/istoria-genikoy-epiteleioy-stratoy
http://army.gr/sites/default/files/istoria_teliko.pdf
Official website of the Hellenic Navy