Red Ensign Merchant Navy 5'x3' (150cm x 90cm) Flag

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HMS Boadicea flying a courtesy Imperial Russian Navy Ensign during an official visit to Kronstadt in June 1914 Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2008 . Retrieved 2009-11-01. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)

To ensure Edinburgh has a flag to fly this year and in the future, the Edinburgh & Forth Branch of the MNA is presenting the Edinburgh City Council Chambers with a new Red Ensign on Saturday 2 September at a ceremony at the Chambers.

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The Red Ensign served as Canada's national flag until 1965 when, after considerable debate, it was replaced by the Maple Leaf flag. The Red Ensign is still popular among traditionalists and monarchists. Although the national Red Ensign is no longer used officially, the provincial flags of Manitoba and Ontario are Red Ensigns bearing their respective coats of arms. Russell, Michael (19 May 2015). "Michael Russell: Petition aims to see boats flying the flag for Scotland". The National . Retrieved 1 November 2018.

There will also be a march past of the Royal British Legion standards, and the Merchant Navy veterans will also parade past the guest of honour, deputy master of Trinity House Captain Ian McNaught, who will take the salute. He will be accompanied by Lord West of Spithead, a Falklands veteran.The pennant, historically called a pennon, is a long narrow flag, conveying different meanings depending on its design and use. Examples: PE01569: Re-introduction of the Scottish Red Ensign". Scottish Parliament. 9 February 2016 . Retrieved 1 November 2018. This flag can also be referred to as the St Petroc's Ensign, due to its link with the saint. This flag is widely used among Devonian mariners. [ citation needed] Often flown by leisure craft. [ citation needed] Colours [ edit ] Prior to the reorganisation of the Royal Navy in 1864, the plain red ensign had been the ensign of one of three squadrons of the Royal Navy, the Red Squadron, as early as 1558. By 1620, the plain red ensign started to appear with the Cross of St George in the upper-left canton. In the Second World War many Merchant Navy members received the King's Commendation for Brave Conduct. Lloyd's of London awarded the Lloyd's War Medal for Bravery at Sea to 541 Merchant Navy personnel for their bravery in 1939–45. [22] [23] Many Royal Humane Society medals and awards have been conferred on Merchant Navy seafarers for acts of humanity in both war and peacetime.

At federation, Australia was not an independent country, but a dominion of the British empire. Australian citizenship did not exist until 1948, and the UK parliament could theoretically pass laws governing Australia until 1986. Violet Jessop: stewardess who survived the Titanic sinking, and author of autobiography about sailing.Self-identifying sovereign citizens – and their counterparts the “Freemen on the land” - believe they possess a pure and true understanding of the legal system. The movement emerged in America, and has spread to Australia and other countries. In 1868, the British Admiralty made the Canadian Blue Ensign the proper flag for ships of the Canadian government, and in 1892, the Admiralty approved the use of the Canadian Red Ensign by Canadian merchant ships. The flag of the city of Taunton in Bristol County, Massachusetts is based on the pre-1801 Red Ensign. This was a local variant of the Flag of New England. See George Rex Flag. In 2010 the Merchant Navy consisted of 504 UK registered ships of 1,000 gross tonnage(GT) or over. In addition, UK merchant marine interests possessed a further 308 ships registered in other countries and 271 foreign-owned ships were registered in the UK. [16] Reference was sometimes made to "the yellow squadron". This squadron did not actually exist but was a term used unofficially to describe those naval personnel who worked ashore or did not have a ship. Therefore, there was no 'Yellow ensign'. [10] Canadian ensigns [ edit ]