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	Royal Australian Navy Ensign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Also known as the Australian White Ensign, it is based on the Australian national flag, which is flown by RAN ships as a jack, with the field changed to white and the Commonwealth Star and southern cross in blue.
		Australian government ministers, along with their counterparts from other dominions such as Canada, had proposed in 1909 that a White Ensign defaced with a local symbol would be more appropriate, however the Admiralty insisted that the national flag flown from the jackstaff at the bow was sufficient to display the nationality of the ship.
		By 1965, Australian forces were fighting in the Vietnam War, a war which did not involve the British, and a member of parliament questioned the appropriateness of using the ensign of another country.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy_Ensign (321 words)

	Naval Officers Club White ensign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The representatives from Australia and Canada proposed that the ensign should be a white ensign defaced by the emblem of the particular dominion.
		Australian opinion favoured a uniquely Australian ensign but the Admiralty continued to resist and insisted that the dominion navies use the white ensign.
		The ensign was described as being a "white flag with the Union Flag in the upper canton at the hoist with six blue stars positioned as in the Australian flag".
	www.navalofficer.com.au /ensign.htm (505 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot - Naval Traditions and Customs
		The Red Ensign was introduced into the Navy in 1625 and was being worn by merchant ships soon afterward; in 1674 it became the legal and recognised flag of the merchant service.
		In about 1650 the Royal Navy was using all three ensigns; the fleet was divided into Red, White and Blue Squadrons, each commanded by a Flag Officer of the appropriate colour and his ships were ensigns or pendants of that colour.
		All three ensigns remained in use in the Navy in his manner until 1864 when the Red Ensign was made the exclusive `property' of the Merchant Service.
	www.gunplot.net /traditions/traditionsthree.html (1654 words)

	World War II: Australia
		The Royal Australian Navy used the British naval ensign until 1 March 1967.
		Its ships were differentiated by the Australian national flag being used as a jack.
		In 1967 a separate Australian naval ensign was introduced.
	www.flags.net /old/WWIIASTL.htm (106 words)

	Australian Naval Staff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1920, the Australian Naval Board Flag was to follow the general style of the Lord High Admiral or Admiralty Flag, of a yellow horizontal anchor on a red flag, but the Australian Government proposed either a white horizontal stockless anchor on a blue flag, or a yellow one on a red flag.
		The Naval Officer Commanding's car flag is a forked pennant a la Commodore, but shorter and with teh red ball replaced by a blue anchor of the type in the joint services flag.
		A note to the flag of the Chief of Naval Staff in Album 2000 says that the Australian rank flags for Admiral to Commodore are the same as in the British Royal Navy.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/au^navb.html (518 words)

	Naval Flags (Australia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Ensign should be a white flag with the Union Flag in the upper canton at the hoist with six blue stars positioned as in the Australian flag.
		Battle Ensigns, Ray - large ensigns flown from the port and starboard yardarms before and during a surface engagement at sea - and based on (of course) the Royal Navy tradition, but I don't know whether the RAN fly or flew the White or the Blue (although the date you give sounds right).
		In the Royal Navy the Battle Ensign is usually an extra large White Ensign, but during the First World War, Union Jacks, Blue Ensigns or Red Ensigns were flown as additional flags in case the White Ensign was mistaken for the rather similar German Naval Ensign.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/au^naval.html (1525 words)

	South Africa Naval Flags
		The new South African Naval Ensign is the same as that used previously except the new SA national flag is in the canton and the badge of the Navy no longer appears in the fly.
		It was the third version of the SA Naval Ensign which comprised the former SA flag in the canton with a green Scandinavian cross on a white background in the proportion 1:2 in use between 1952-1959.
		Because the national flag was in the proportions of 2:3 and the ensign followed the British practice of being 1:2, the vertical arm of the cross had to be offset slightly towards the hoist and as a result the ensign was often described as having a green Scandinavian cross.
	www.fotw.net /flags/za-navy.html (5702 words)

	Aussie-Flag
		The Australian federation flag was a popular symbol in the 1880s and 1890s of the movement for the federation of the colonies.
		The Australian flag was usually flown in conjunction with, and often in an inferior position to, the Union Flag of the UK well into the 1960s despite the requirements of the Flags Act 1953.
		Australian naval vessels used the British Royal Navy ‘s white ensign, with the Australian blue ensign at the bow as an additional flag.
	www.owenguns.com /Documents/aussie-f.htm (2919 words)

	United Kingdom: regulations for blue ensigns
		All Blue Ensign warrants were cancelled in 1939 (see explanatory note) and the system re-introduced on 24 January 1947, with a qualifying crew of master plus six.
		It was proposed that the ensign staff should be removed from all merchant ships and that the ensign should be flown from the fore or main mast.
		The Blue Ensign is to be struck if the officer to whom the warrant was issued relinquishes command, or if the ship or vessel passes into foreign ownership and ceases to be a British ship as defined by MSA 95.
	flagspot.net /flags/gb-blenr.html (2201 words)

	Naval Operations 1901-2001
		Australians served in the Battle of the Atlantic and on Russian convoys as either DEMS gunners or on escorts.
		Australian naval forces, especially the Ton class minesweepers, were primarily concerned with security of outlining ports and intercepting sea borne infiltrators.
		After the Gulf War, naval personnel served as part of the United Nations weapons inspection teams and RAN ships continued to be deployed to the region in support of United Nations sanctions for many years and in 2001, another frigate was on station in the Gulf.
	www.defence.gov.au /news/navynews/editions/2001/10_15_01/story21.htm (4150 words)

	RAN in WW2
		On November 7 1939, all Australian vessels were placed at the Admiralty's disposal on the condition that ships were not removed from Australian waters without the agreement of the Australian Government.
		HMAS Vampire was also the first Australian vessel to engage the Japanese navy when on the night of 26-27 January 1942 she, along with HMS Thanet attacked Japanese naval units off Endau, Malaya..
		The Royal Australian Navy's first victory against the Japanese occurred on 21 January off Darwin when the submarine I124 was destroyed by depth charges dropped by the Bathurst Class corvettes Katoomba, Lithgow and Deloraine and the United States destroyer Edsall.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-navy/ran_ww2.htm (994 words)

	REPORT ON THE NAVY AND THE WAR
		This naval strength of the United Nations in the Orient was further depleted during the first few days of the fighting by the loss of the British capital ships, Prince of Wales and Repulse.
		When they enter the Naval Reserve they already are expert in construction and maintenance work but, as they are likely to have to defend what they are building, they also are given training in military tactics.
		The whole naval force in the area was under the strategic control of Vice Admiral Helfrich of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
	www.ibiblio.org /pha/USN/77-1s107.html (14090 words)

	United Kingdom: ensigns
		The seniority of the Ensigns was set in 1653 and was not altered by the Order in Council of 1864, as first Red, second White and third Blue.
		The colonial blue ensign, defaced with a modified version of the state arms on a disc was official for all purposes at sea.
		The State ensign and Civil ensign were the same as the (old) national flag, itself a derivative of the blue ensign.
	flagspot.net /flags/gb-ensig.html (1805 words)

	United Kingdom: ensigns
		The current official specifications for the white ensign are given in BR20 along with the specifications for the Union Flag, admirals' rank flags and pennants.
		The Red Ensign was the obvious choice of ensign for the Royal Navy as it was the ensign of the senior squadron.
		The White Ensign is for the exclusive use of the Royal Navy, and for private citizens to fly it on land is inappropriate, and on sea definitely illegal.
	flagspot.net /flags/gb-ensw.html (2136 words)

	Flag etiquette for the Australian Flag
		When the Australian National Flag is flown alone on top of, or in front of a building where there are two flagpoles, it should be flown on the flagpole to the left of the observer facing the flag.
		When the Australian National Flag is flown alone on top of, or in front of, a building where there are more than two flagpoles, it should be flown as near as possible to the centre.
		The Australian National Flag should never be displayed with the Union down except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-flags/etiquette.htm (1944 words)

	Image:Royal-Australian-Navy-Ensign.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However, it is believed that the use of this work in the article "Royal Australian Navy Ensign":
		The image is claimed to be used under fair use in the article Flag of Australia and the article Australian Defence Force Ensign because:
		It is a flag of Australia under the Flags Act 1953; its inclusion in an article in both the abovementioned articles adds significantly to them.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Image:Royal-Australian-Navy-Ensign.svg (397 words)

	Joint Service Flags (Australia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The white and RAAF ensigns could be seen as flags representing Australia, as used by the navy and air force respectively, rather than flags specifically representing the navy or the air force.
		In this case, the ensigns would appear to outrank the combined services flag, and ANFA's problem is not so much to do with how Australia is represented, but the fact that a flag representing the Defence Force, rather than Australia, is being given higher priority.
		The flag of the Chief of Australian Imperial Military Force (WWII) was the Australian National Flag with the army 'Rising Sun' in gold at the centre of the lower half of the flag.
	www.fotw.us /flags/au^trisv.html (762 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot
		The Government sent Creswell to London in 1906 to discuss his proposals and to study naval development but the Committee of Imperial Defence declared that Creswell's proposed navy would have no 'strategic justification' and, indeed, would be a 'misapplication of naval power, opposed to every sound principal of naval strategy'.
		The Naval Board finally promulgated the new designation on 5th October 1911 and pronounced that henceforth Australian Naval vessels were to be prefixed with the words "His Majesty's Australian Ship" (HMAS).
		The board also ordered that all naval ships were to fly the White Ensign at the stern and the Australian flag at the jackstaff.
	www.gunplot.net /ww1/birthnavy2.html (494 words)

	The Australian Flag as it was in 1914-1918 and now.
		It was the main Australian Flag flown on land for private use until the Flag Act of 1952 made The Blue Ensign the flag for private use.
		The Civil Ensign continued to grow in popularity and was the commonly flown flag on Australian soil by Australians.
		In 1995 the Flag Act recognized the flags of the Australian indigenous populations, the Aboriginal Flag and the Torres Strait Islander Flag.
	www.firstaif.info /42/line4/flag.htm (826 words)

	Flag History - Other Australian Flags - Royal Australian Navy White Ensign
		The tradition of Australian flags featuring the Southern Cross and Union Jack dates from 1823 with the advent of the National Colonial Flag of Australia which was a white ensign featuring the naval cross of St George on which was displayed four stars representing the constellation of the Southern Cross.
		We are all proud to have served under the White Ensign but it is now appropriate that an unmistakable indication of the RAN's position as an independent service of an independent nation of the British Commonwealth should be displayed in Her Majesty's Australian ships and establishments.
		The Australian White Ensign was introduced into service on 1st March 1967, was popularly received within the RAN and the Australian community and has been flown proudly since that time.
	www.australianflag.org.au /navyensign.php (713 words)

	australian flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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	www.flagsbanner.com /australianflag (1281 words)

	A New Flag for Australia: Proposed Ensigns
		The current Naval Ensign was first flown in 1967, during Australia's involvement in the Viet Nam war.
		As with the current Civil Air Ensign, it is a light blue flag, charged with a dark blue cross, but with the Union Jack replaced by the proposed new National flag.
		The stars of the current ensign are not used as they are replicated in the canton.
	members.tripod.com /djc9/newflag/ensigns.htm (276 words)

	Ausflag - Australian Naval Ensign (1911-1967) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This flag consisted of a white field quartered by a red St George cross, with the Union Flag of the UK in the canton.
		Australian naval forces "fought under" this flag in the two World Wars and in the Korean War.
		This was done at the request of the British Government because the British Royal Navy was not involved in the Vietnam war.
	www.ausflag.com.au /flags/naval1911.html (143 words)

	Australian flag - australia flag
		Federal Parliament passed a resolution on the 2 June 1904 to fly the flag 'upon all forts, vessels, saluting places and public buildings of the Commonwealth upon all occasions when flags are used' giving it the same status as the Union Flag in the UK.
		In 1908 it was used to represent Australian athletes at the London Olympics, and by 1911 it was also used as the saluting flag for the Army.
		The number of points on the stars of the Southern Cross on today's Australian flag differs from the original competition-winning design in that the stars varied between five and nine, reflecting the relative brightness of each in the night sky.
	www.observerdirect.com (2236 words)

	Australian Flag Company
		James Cook (to be promoted to Captain) landed on the Australian shore at Botany Bay on April 28, 1770.
		His was the first recorded landing on the Australian east coast, and the act of raising the Union Flag at Botany Bay represented taking possession of the land in the name of the King.
		The Australian National Flag consists of a dark blue background (this was just the designers choice) with the Union Jack contained in the upper hoist (top left corner).
	www.australianflag.biz /history.htm (778 words)

	DREADNOUGHT TO TRIDENT
		Prior to 1864, the White Ensign was, along with the Red and Blue ensigns, one of the three naval ensigns flown by ships of the Royal Navy (RN).
		(The Blue Ensign was reserved for merchant vessels whose masters are qualified Royal Naval Reserve [RNR] officers and which meet certain other requirements, while the Red Ensign became the British civil ensign.) Since then, the White Ensign has been the sole naval ensign of the United Kingdom.
		The ensigns of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service (RFAS) and the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service (RMAS) were adopted about 1970; previously the RFAS flew a Blue Ensign with a horizontal yellow anchor in the fly.
	tmg110.tripod.com /british2.htm (624 words)

	flagsonline.net Australian White Ensign
		It evolved from the ensign of the British Royal Navy, the St George Cross (a red cross on a white field), with the Union Jack in the upper hoist.
		The Royal Australian Navy adopted the British Royal Navy ensign at its formation in 1911 and continued its use until the adoption of the Australian White Ensign in 1967.
		The Australian White Ensign is only used by the Royal Australian Navy and was adopted on the 1st of March 1967.
	www.flagsonline.net /Australia/naval.htm (234 words)

	ensign book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There is a Japanese naval ensign and a British Union Jack, one of a number...
		Chris Ensign and officers Gary Pullen and Gerald Hudson to the bike-riding felon.
		Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout...
	www.va-department-of-education.today-search.org /ensign-book.htm (405 words)

	Naval History/USS Houston CA-30
		Air raids were frequent in the area, and Houston's gunners splashed four planes 4 February as Admiral Doorman, RNN, took his force to engage Japanese reported to be at Balikpapan.
		Captain Rooks was killed by a bursting shell at 0030 and as the ship came to a stop Japanese destroyers swarmed over her machine gunning the decks.
		Houston's fate was not known by the world for almost 9 months, and the full story of her courageous fight was not fully told until after the war was over and her survivors were liberated from prison camps.
	www.multied.com /Navy/cruiser/Houston2.html (1205 words)

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