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Flags on a Ship and their meanings

 

https://ltwilliammowett.tumblr.com/post/688515080360525824/flags-on-a-ship-and-their-meanings

 

National Flag

A National Flag, indicates the nationality in addition to the ensign. The flag is customarily worn at the foremasthead.

 

Pennant or Streamers

The pennant, historically called a pennon, is a long narrow flag, conveying different meanings depending on its design and use.

 

A commissioning pennant, or masthead, which a warship flies from its masthead and indicates the commission of the captain of the ship (and thus of the ship itself). In the Royal Navy, the commissioning pennant is a small St Georgeโ€™s Cross with a long tapering plain white fly. In the United States Navy, it is red above white, with seven white stars in the blue hoist. The commissioning pennant may be displaced or added as a second one (very rare) by various rank flags, namely the flags or pennants of admirals or commodores, and the personal flags of heads of state and members of royal families.