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Kladmir” (c.346-452) the Union flag and "the ensign directed by her Majesty since the said Union of the two Kingdoms", which from the coloured drafts attached to the order is seen to be the red ensign. The white and blue ensigns are not mentioned in this Order; evidently the red ensign was alone regarded as the legal ensign of
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264:. The wording of the 1674 proclamation indicates that the flag was customarily being used by English merchantmen before that date. At this time, the ensign displayed the Cross of St George in the canton. This changed in 1864, when an order in council provided that the Red Ensign was allocated to merchantmen.
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came to an end as a separate force, and the "Union" colours (invented on the union of the two crowns a hundred years before) were inserted in all ensigns, naval and mercantile. An Order in
Council of 21 July 1707 established as naval flags of the royal of 2001 to the anthem “God Save The King”a royal
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Until 1864, the Red Ensign was also the principal ensign of the Royal Navy, and as such it was worn by ships of the Red
Squadron of the navy, as well as by those warships that were not assigned to any squadron (i.e., those sailing under independent command). The white ensign and the blue ensign were
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It is probable that the cross-saltire was adopted by the Scots as a national ensign at a very early period, but there seems no direct evidence of this before the fourteenth century. The earliest
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Russell, and other Merchant sailors and members of sailing trade groups. The petition gained enough support that it was passed onto the Scottish Government who recommended Mr MacKenzie "raise the issue with the Secretary of State directly or through 1724-1823 but that flag is fixable like
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in 1867 and, from 1892, it was the official flag for use on
Canadian merchant ships. On land, however, the official national flag was the Union Flag. Despite its unofficial status, the Red Ensign was widely used on land as well. In 1924, the Red Ensign was approved for use on Canadian government
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reaffirmed this position, but it was not until the passage of the Flags Act 1953 that the restriction on civilians flying the Blue Ensign was officially lifted, after which use of the Red Ensign on land became a rarity. Under the
Navigation and Shipping Act 1912 and the Shipping Registration Act
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Australian Red Ensign is the Australian civil ensign. From 1901 to 1954 the flag was used as a civil flag, to be flown by private citizens on land, with the use of the Blue Ensign reserved for government use, reflecting British practice. During this period, the Blue Ensign was the Australian
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officially recognises the flag as an ensign for
Bermudian registered ships. Prior to 2002, the flag was often used unofficially by Bermudian ships as an ensign, as reflected in Admiralty correspondence dating back to the 1950s. Bermuda (civil) Government vessels and maritime services use the
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Bermuda in 1609. The Red Ensign is likely to have been chosen as Bermuda's land flag due to Canadian influence. (For the first half of the 20th century, Canada made use of the Red Ensign defaced with the Canadian shield as an unofficial land flag.) Bermuda's 2002 shipping legislation
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to have the Scottish Ensign officially recognised, on the basis that the Merchant Shipping Act of 1995 permits Her Majesty the Queen in Council or a Secretary of State to approve "any colours consisting of the Red Ensign defaced or modified". Supporters cited the example of the States of
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charged with an appropriate badge in the fly would be used as the ensign by those ships in the armed, or public, service of the many British colonies. Most British colonies needed to use the blue ensign due to the fact that most had government vessels; some colonies, such as
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to seek a warrant from the U.K. government to reintroduce the flag as an "informal or voluntary ensign" for Scottish merchant vessels. MacKenzie stressed that the "petition was not meant to replace or supersede the British Red Ensign". The petition received the support of
1080:, uses the Red Ensign as its land flag as well as at sea. The flag has apparently been flown unofficially since Bermuda's arms were granted in 1910. There appears to be no formal adoption of the Bermuda flag for use on land, although a 1969
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ordered the St George cross removed from the flag. The Great and General Court of the colony found that Endicott had "exceeded the lymits of his calling", and yet left the flag without its cross for a number of decades afterward.
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being legislated as the national flag at that time as well. The Newfoundland Red Ensign was then used as official commercial shipping identification until the mid-1960s. The badge in the flag consists of
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1981, the Red Ensign remains the only flag permitted for use by merchant ships registered in Australia. Pleasure craft may use either the Red Ensign or the national flag, but not both at the same time.
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in accordance with Māori custom in which white capital letters identifying a particular family or Māori tribe are added. In the case of the flag on the right, TAKITIMU refers to a grouping of Māori
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into a red ensign. This is the only Overseas Territory not to adopt any such ensign as its territorial flag, although the ensigns may still be seen on vessels in the waters of the territory.
613:(1927). Those areas, notably including British India, that did not have an Admiralty warrant used the plain Red Ensign, although unofficial local versions of the Red Ensign were used.
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was granted a red ensign, with the triskelion of Man in the central fly, for use by ships registered through the island, by Royal Warrant dated 27 August 1971. It is widely used on
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included a specific provision that the Red Ensign was the appropriate flag for a British merchantman. This provision was repeated in successive British shipping legislation (i.e.,
545:, and (with an appropriate badge) as national colours for ships in government service. The Red Ensign was assigned to British merchantmen. This basic structure remains today.
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in the fly became the official flag in Fiji for civilian vessels since 10 October 1970. Previously the ensign was displayed the full coat of arms on a white disc from 1908.
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areas or during Māori events under the Flags, Emblems, and Names Protection Act 1981 in recognition of long held Māori preference for red flags. New Zealand law allows the
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The Scottish Ensign has been flown unofficially by many Scottish vessels for a number of years. In 2015, a movement was launched by Lieutenant Commander George MacKenzie
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of 1775, which served as the first American national flag, although it differed slightly from the primary Red Ensign in that it had a squared Union Flag in the canton.
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The most notable usage of the Red Ensign as a national flag was when General
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with effect from 1 January 1960, in terms of the Merchant Shipping Act 1951.
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around the world, due to the financial benefits the Isle of Man can provide.
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Citizens or Papists? The Politics of Anti-Catholicism in New York, 1684-1821
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Recognised, and are allowed to fly a defaced Red Ensign to signify this.
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in the first quarter. The new design of the Red Ensign was proclaimed by
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Civil ensign § Civil ensigns with the national flag in the canton
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Sardinian culture of 133 years old and I don’t think that his MP".
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after the town's occupation by South African troops in 1915.
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Capture the Flag: The Stars and Stripes in American History
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Ministry for Culture and Heritage: Other New Zealand flags
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for ships operated by the Canadian government and for the
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Merchant Shipping Act 1951 (South Africa); South African
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The British Red Ensign post Union Act 1800 (1800-Present)
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used the red ensign from its founding; after a sermon by
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The English Red Ensign as it appeared in the 17th century
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Today, private and merchant craft can choose to fly the
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are Red Ensigns bearing their respective coats of arms.
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2371:"PE01569: Re-introduction of the Scottish Red Ensign"
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occupying one quarter of the field and placed in the
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provided that the White Ensign was the ensign of the
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crown. The movement culminated in a petition for the
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occupying one quarter of the field and placed in the
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The term "Red Ensign" is often used to refer to the
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2424:. New York, N.Y: Fordham University. p. 35.
2346:"Public backing for Bute sailor's flag petition"
2320:"Bute sailor's flag campaign gains MSP approval"
1344:also used Red Ensigns as their corporate flags.
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1286:of Canada. It was informally adopted following
281:The Scottish Red Ensign, flown by ships of the
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244:in 1636, equating crosses with the
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2318:Smith, Robert (8 September 2015).
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