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	Australian White Ensign - General RAN History (Sea Power Centre - Australia)
		This was a Blue ensign defaced by the badge of the individual colony.
		The representatives from Australia and Canada proposed that the ensign should be a white ensign defaced by the emblem of the particular dominion.
		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.navy.gov.au /spc/history/general/ensign.html (512 words)

	Ensign - LoveToKnow 1911
		In the British navy, ensign has a specific meaning, and is the name of a flag having a red, white or blue ground, with the Union Jack in the upper corner next the staff.
		The white ensign (which is sometimes further distinguished by having the St George's Cross quartered upon it) is only used in the royal navy and the royal yacht squadron, while the blue and red ensigns are the badges of the naval reserve, some privileged companies, and the merchant service respectively (see Flag).
		In the 16th century ensign was corrupted into "ancient," and was used in the two senses of a banner and the bearer of the banner.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Ensign (252 words)

	The White Ensign : Ship's Badges and Flags : The RN Today : Training and People : Royal Navy
		By 1653 the order of seniority had been changed to Red, White and Blue and in 1702 a large red cross was placed on the White Ensign to differentiate it from the French ensign, which at the time was plain white.
		Nelson was the Vice Admiral of the White Squadron, so Trafalgar was fought under the White Ensign in 1805 rather than the Red or Blue one.
		The White Ensign remains the premier British maritime flag and is worn by all Her Majesty's ships.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /server.php?show=nav.3652&outputFormat=print (292 words)

	War Ensign 1871-1919 (Germany)
		The war ensign (Reichskriegsflagge) from 1867 to 1919 was a white field, a fl cross [offset to the hoist] fimbriated white and fl with in its middle a white disc with the Prussian eagle, and a fl-white-red flag with a fl Iron Cross in the canton.
		This scan shows the Imperial war ensign as it appears in plate IX of Flaggenbuch 1939; there is however a post-1939 correction at the end of the facsimile Neubecker 1992 edition, according to which the dimension of 360 is the diameter of the white (inner) disc, that of its fl fimbriation being 402.
		Allegedly as a result of an incident in which a Russian warship mistakenly raised the British white ensign to salute a German squadron, on 26 September 1903 both the ensign and the jack were changed.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/de1871~w.html (1709 words)

	New Zealand Ensigns
		The statute also allows the Red Ensign to be used on land on occasions of Maori significance, continuing the long preference of Maori for the use of red in flags.
		The roundel on the RAF Ensign is in the centre of the fly, and its diameter is 11/12ths of the width of the flag.
		The diameter of the central red disc is 1/5th of the diameter of the roundel, and the width of the blue ring and of the white ring is, in each case, 1/5th of the diameter of the roundel.
	www.fotw.us /flags/nz_ens.html (1158 words)

	Indian Ensigns
		White ensign with red cross and the national flag in canton.
		I assume that the width of the cross is quite typical for British white ensigns, 1/8 of the hoist.
		The state or government ensign of India is a blue ensign with the Indian national flag in canton and yellow anchor horizontally in the fly half, ratio 2:3 (from Album des Pavillons, 2000).
	www.fotw.us /flags/in~.html (420 words)

	White Ensign: Jervis Bay - Ross Memorial Park: Heritage Resources Saint John (Site not responding. Last check: )
		MOST PEOPLE appear to think that the White Ensign has been the flag of the Royal Navy from time immemorial, but it was not until July 1864 that the White Ensign really became the flag of the RN.
		The red and blue ensigns were not easily recognizable in the smoke caused by battles and could be mistaken, at times, for the flags of foreign ships.
		The same Order in Council directed that the White Ensign was to be hoisted at 8 o'clock from March 24 to September 20, and at 9 o'clock from September 21 to March 24 at home and 8 o'clock or 9 o'clock, as the commander-in-chief directed, when abroad.
	www.saintjohn.nbcc.nb.ca /Heritage/JervisBay/WhiteEnsign.htm (368 words)

	Flag History - Other Australian Flags - Royal Australian Navy White Ensign
		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.
		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 (695 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 White Ensign became the sole ensign of the Royal Navy in 1864.
		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 (2807 words)

	HEARTS OF OAK
		In 1702, at a time when France was replacing the Dutch as England's principal naval rival, the White Ensign was modified by the addition of a broad Cross of St. George to distinguish it from the white ensigns of the French Navy.
		An ensign with horizontal red-white-red stripes and a small canton of the Cross of St. George was used briefly in 1702.
		In that year, the Union Jack and the White Ensign were reserved for the Royal Navy, the Blue Ensign was reserved for the use of qualified Royal Naval Reserve officers in command of merchant ships, and the Red Ensign became the British merchant ensign.
	tmg110.tripod.com /british1.htm (1131 words)

	Topsham White Ensign & Social Club
		The Topsham White Ensign and Social Club (known locally as the White Ensign) is a social and philanthropic club with permanent premises in White Street, near Topsham quay.
		It is the sole ensign of the Royal Navy, flown on Royal Navy ships, at land bases operated by the navy, and by the Royal Yacht Squadron and ships escorting the Queen.
		In September 1962 the Topsham White Ensign Rifle Club was formed, and shooting competitions were held at the Drill Hall, Shapter Street, which was also the home of the Topsham Rifle Club.
	www.topsham.org /whiteensign/index.html (1553 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 (1864 words)

	United Kingdom: history of the British ensigns
		The white ensign also had a plain fly originally, but (for tactical reasons) a wide red cross (one-third of flag width) was added overall in 1702, and this was amended to its modern dimensions in 1707.
		Henceforth the White Ensign was reserved to the Royal Navy, the Blue Ensign undefaced to the Royal Naval Reserve and defaced with the appropriate departmental or territorial badge to government service, and the Red Ensign to the 'merchant navy' (as the term is in Britain).
		According to Perrin (1922), the change in white command flags was contemporary with the change in the white ensign of February 1702.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gb-enshs.html (2518 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		This flag (circa 1643 to October 31, 1790) was a simplified version of the French state flag and ensign that bore the entire arms of France on the field of fleurs-de-lys.
		The changes apparently resulted in a flag with thirteen blue and white stripes, a red and white English jack in the canton, and a sun with the head of Washington surrounded by the words "Lux Libertatis" or "Light of Liberty" in the fly.
		It was a square having a red ground with a blue saltire bordered with white and emblazoned with white five-pointed stars corresponding in number to that of the Confederate States.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/FF/msf1.html (2348 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Ensign.
		The white ensign (Royal Navy) is the banner of St. George with the Jack cantoned in the first quarter.
		The blue ensign is that of the navy reserve.
		A golden eagle with outstretched wings on a white field; a dove; the sun.
	www.bartleby.com /81/5844.html (111 words)

	The White Ensign :: Vesta Rowing Club (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The White Ensign is the flag of the Royal Navy - formally it is described as, "a red St George's Cross on a white field with the Union Flag in the upper canton".
		These squadrons' ensigns can still be seen in the flags of the some former Empire lands near their patches: Bermuda's flag is based on a red ensign and Australia and New Zealand's on the blue.
		Lord Nelson was Vice Admiral of the White squadron at the time of Trafalgar, possibly one reason why the White Ensign was chosen as the unified flag.
	www.vrc.org.uk /static/white-ensign.phtml (329 words)

	Our Ensign (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Shortly after this the Parramatta City Council sought advice as to the flag to be worn by Parramatta as they wished to present her with one.
		They were informed that Parramatta would fly the Australian Blue Ensign on her arrival in Australia and until the matter of an ensign had been resolved with the Admiralty.
		Australian opinion favoured a uniquely Australian ensign but the Admiralty continued to resist and insisted that the Dominion Navies use the white ensign.
	www.submarinesaustralia.com /history/history_ensign.htm (565 words)

	United States Senator John Ensign
		Bush invited Ensign and nearly a dozen other members of Congress to the White House to discuss his plans for improving Medicare and prescription drug coverage for seniors.
		Ensign said the President will encourage other states to implement a prescription drug program much like the one in the state of Nevada, while bolstering Nevadaâs current prescription drug coverage.
		Ensign is recognized by his colleagues as one of the key players working to improve prescription drug coverage.
	ensign.senate.gov /counties/record.cfm?id=192523& (344 words)

	Royal Navy Battle Ensign
		Verner's watercolor illustrations, which are re-produced in the book, show: INFLEXIBLE flying three ensigns from the fore-topmast (white ensign at the peak, red ensign below, white ensign just above the fore spotting top) plus two ensigns flying from the mainmast (white ensign at peak of main-topmast, white ensign at the peak of the gaff).
		In WWI the second ensign was not white.
		Because the German Imperial naval ensign was, in poor visibility liable to confusion with the White Ensign the Admiralty issued a succession of orders about the use of additional flags.
	www.gwpda.org /naval/s0600000.htm (560 words)

	White Ensign Models 1/350 Yamato Photo Etch
		White Ensign Models has released a brass photo etch set to outfit the Tamiya 1/350 scale Yamato and Musashi kits.
		White Ensign's previous 1/350 scale König/Großer Kurfurst, King George V class, and USS Enterprise photo etch sets were all well researched, astutely designed and superbly etched efforts.
		Apparently White Ensign's Peter Hall really took this one to heart, imparting this effort with what truly must be the ultimate in photo etch scale fidelity.
	www.ipmsusa.org /Reviews/Archive/Details/Ships/WEM_350_Yamato/WEM_350_Yamato.htm (267 words)

	United Kingdom: Royal Navy
		The White Ensign is flown at the peak of all Royal Navy/Royal Marines shore establishments, commanded by a commissioned officer, regardless of distance from the sea.
		The White Ensign is not a symbol of the British Admiralty nor necessarily of the British Navy.
		It was, I think, her unchallenged use of the White Ensign that set a precedent, and led to the White Ensign becoming the official ensign of the RNVR in 1924.
	www.fotw.net /flags/gb-nav.html (5548 words)

	Kingdom of France: Flags at sea
		The white ensign is shown on Danckert's flag chart (ca.1700) [dan05], #82, labelled Franse Witte Vlag, that is French white flag.
		The civil ensign was the white cross on a blue field, later charged with the greater arms of France in the middle.
		In 1790, the plain white pennant was replaced by a white pennant with a red-white-blue tricolor within a blue and red border in the hoist.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/fr~mon.html (587 words)

	Clash of Arms White Ensign
		White Ensign discusses each conflict in which Commonwealth naval forces were involved from 1960 to the present day.
		Perhaps the most comprehensive study of the modern Royal Navy outside of official publications and a valuable reference book in its own right, White Ensign is ment to be used as a supplement to Harpoon4 and requires the use of Harpoon4 rules to derive the maximum value from it.
		All ships, from carriers down to patrol/fast attack craft, as well as ships taken up from trade (STUFT) during the Falklands War are included in the ship data annex, as are all aircraft that were or could have been used in a naval environment.
	www.clashofarms.com /white-ensign.html (206 words)

	White Ensign Flown in Oakham
		The White Ensign is usually for the exclusive use of the Royal Navy and only flies in RN ships and over RN shore establishments.
		However, approval was given for public and government buildings to fly the 'White Ensign', the flag of the Royal Navy, as part of the Trafalgar 200 programme on the weekend of 21-23 October 2005.
		By 1653 the order of seniority had been changed to Red, White and Blue and in 1702 a large red cross was placed on the White Ensign to differentiate it from the French ensign, which at the time was plain white.
	www.rutland.gov.uk /pp/pressrelease/pressdetail.asp?id=4010 (467 words)

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		The Royal Navy is selling its trademark White Ensign logo to appear on products ranging from clothes to computer games in what it says is an attempt market its "quality brand" to potential young recruits.
		The Senior Service hopes that by licensing the use of images, including those of the Royal Marines Commandos, Fleet Air Arm and Submarine Service, on high street merchandise it will raise awareness of the Navy as a career prospect among a target group aged between seven and mid-teens.
		Top of the list of Navy "brands" is the services logo of a fluttering White Ensign on a blue background with the words Royal Navy and underlined with a red bar.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/16/nensign16.xml (723 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)

	White Ensign Models home page for ship kits and upgrades
		White Ensign's product is by far the superior one.
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		White Ensign Models, South Farm, Snitton, Ludlow, SY8 3EZ, U.K. Call us on U.K. (the phones are normally manned 10 a.m.
	www.whiteensignmodels.com /brochure/take_a_look.htm (1818 words)

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