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Naval ensign - Wikipedia

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Maritime flag used by naval ships to denote their nationality

A naval ensign is an ensign (maritime flag) used by naval ships of various countries to denote their nationality. It can be the same or different from a country's civil ensign or state ensign.^[1]

It can also be known as a war ensign. A large version of a naval ensign that is flown on a warship's mast just before going into battle is called a battle ensign. An ensign differs from a jack, which is flown from a jackstaff at the bow of a vessel.

Most countries have only one national flag and ensign for all purposes. In other countries, a distinction is made between the land flag and the civil, state and naval ensigns. The British ensigns, for example, differ from the flag used on land (the Union Flag) and have different versions of plain and defaced Red and Blue ensigns for civilian and state use, as well as the naval ensign (White Ensign). Some naval ensigns differ in shape from the national flag, such as the Nordic naval ensigns, which have 'tongues'.

Naval ensigns that are different from the civil ensign and the national flag:

• Albania (1928–1934)

• Albania (1946–1954)

• Albania (1954–1958)

• Albania (1958–1992)

• Albania (Coast Guard)(1958–1992)

• Austria-Hungary

  (1915–1918) - never formally flown by the navy

• Bulgaria (1955–1990)

• Qing Dynasty

  (1863) - proposed, but never adopted

• Republic of China

  (Coast Guard) (1925-1928)

• Czechoslovakia

  (1935–1939) (1945–1955)

• Czechoslovakia (1955–1960)

• Egypt

  (1922-1953) and

  Egypt

  (1953–1958)

• France

  (?–1789, 1814–1815, 1830)

• Teutonic Order

  (12th Century)

• Greece

  (1863-1924 and 1935–1970)

• Persia

  and later

  Iran

  (1933-1964)

• Poland

  (River Fleet) (1930-1938)

• Poland

  (River Fleet) (1938-1939)

• Poland

  (Auxiliary ships) (1955–1996)

• Poland

  (Coast Guard) (1953–1990)

• South Africa (1951–1952)

• South Africa (1952–1959)

• South Africa (1981–1994)

• South Africa (1994–1998)

• Spain (1701-1785)

• Spanish Etiquette ensign (1701-1760)

• Spanish Etiquette ensign (1760-1785)

• Soviet Union (1935–1950)

• Soviet Union (1950-1991)

• Russia (1992-2000)

• Soviet Union (naval auxiliary ships) (1924–1935)

• Soviet Union (naval auxiliary ships) (1935–1950)

• Soviet Union (naval auxiliary ships) (1950-1992)

• Russia (naval auxiliary ships) (1992-2000)

• Soviet Union (Coast Guard) (1924–1935)

• Soviet Union (coast Guard) (1935–1950)

• Soviet Union (Coast Guard) (1950-1993)

• Tuscany (1737-1749)

• Ukrainian State

  (1918-1920) & (1992)

• Ukraine (Sea Guard) (1993-2001)

• Stuart Ensign (1620)

• White Squadron Ensign (1702–1707)

1. ^ While the name of the flag is Canadian Forces Auxiliary Vessels Jack, in practice it is used as an ensign by auxiliary vessels.

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