Flags flown by the Royal Canadian Navy
August 16, 2011
There are three main positions for flags on a ship; the stern, masthead (top center of ship) and jack staff (bow), with the most senior position being the stern. In 1911, the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) was granted permission to fly the White Ensign at the stern of the ship as its principal identifying flag. By the same order, the Blue Ensign was permitted to be flown at the jack staff as the distinctive flag of the Dominion of Canada. During the First and Second World Wars, both of these flags would have been flown by His Majesty’s Canadian Ships. The White Ensign and the Blue Ensign were retired from use after the adoption of the Canadian National Flag. Since then, the Canadian Flag has been the Ensign on all Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships.
White Ensign (1910 – 1965)
Canadian Blue Ensign (1910 – 1965)
The Maritime Command flag was authorized as the Canadian Armed Forces Naval Jack in 1968. It is a white flag in the Ensign style with Canadian Flag in the upper Canton and centered on the fly was a “fouled anchor, surmounted by an eagle volant affrontee with head lowered to the sinister; all ensigned with a naval crown.”
Canadian Naval Jack and Maritime Command Flag
(1968 – Present)
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