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List of United Kingdom flags. Union Flag & national flag of the United Kingdom. County flags flying in Parliament Square, London. This list includes flags that either have been in use or are currently used by the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies .
The flag of Great Britain, often referred to as the King's Colour, first Union Flag, Union Jack, and British flag, was used at sea from 1606 and more generally from 1707 to 1801. It was the first flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain. It is the precursor to the Union Jack of 1801.
- Introduction
- Proportions
- Cantons
- Width of Arms and Fimbriations
- Counter Changing
- Alignment of The Diagonals
Photographs of the jacks and ensigns of British ships captured during the War of 1812 can be seen in H.C. Washburn's "Catalogue of the Trophy Flags of the United States Navy" and C.H.J. Snider's "The Glorious Shannon's Old Blue Duster". They show a distinct lack of uniformity and differ in many respects from the official design. In "Nelson's Navy" ...
Red Ensign of brig 'Peacock'
image by Martin Grieve, 30 March 2009 A few are 2:1, some are considerably less than 2:1, but most are just slightly less than 2:1. Snider wrote that bunting was nine inches wide, and that the ensign of the frigate 'Macedonian', which was 16'4" x 9'6", was made from thirteen strips of bunting. Thus slightly less that one quarter of an inch was 'lost' from each strip in sewing the bunting together. If the flags had been made to the 18th century formula of eighteen inches of length for each str...
Red Ensign of schooner 'Highflyer'
image by Martin Grieve, 30 March 2009 Most cantons are one quarter of the ensign, but three are too long, or too short, in one dimension or the other. David Prothero, 30 March 2009
Canton from incomplete Red Ensign of schooner 'St.Lawrence'
image by Martin Grieve, 30 March 2009 Four flags are fairly accurate, but the rest are too wide or too narrow in one respect or another. David Prothero, 30 March 2009
White Ensign of brig 'Penguin'
image by Martin Grieve, 30 March 2009 Considering the general lack of accuracy, the counter changing is better than might be expected. Eleven flags are fairly good and only five flags have diagonals that are either symmetrical, upside-down (above), or one half upside-down. David Prothero, 30 March 2009
Red Ensign of brig 'Frolic'
image by Martin Grieve, 31 March 2009
Union Jack of frigate 'Cyanne'
image by Martin Grieve, 31 March 2009 This is the most consistent error. Less than half the flags have diagonals that run from the corner of the flag or canton to the angle between the arms of the St. George's cross. On the majority the diagonals are off-set, and run from the hoist/fly edge to the vertical arm above or below the angle of the cross. All the errors are the same. None run from the horizontal edge to the horizontal arm. David Prothero, 31 March 2009
Command flag of Lord Howe, 1794
image by Martin Grieve, 31 March 2009 It seems almost to have been an accepted variation. The command flag of Lord Howe, flown on 'Queen Charlotte' at the Battle of the First of June, 1794, is illustrated in William Crampton's "Flag" with the comment that badly aligned diagonals were a common mistake in flag making. Pictures almost invariably depict jacks and ensigns with diagonals correctly aligned, but a watercolour "Entrance of Port St.George, Lissa" by Lieutenant W.I. Pocock, National Mar...
The historical flags of the British Empire and the overseas territories refers to the various flags that were used across the various Dominions, Crown colonies, protectorates, and territories which made up the British Empire and overseas territories.
The earliest form of the flag of Great Britain, developed in 1606 and used during the reigns of James I (1603–25) and Charles I (1625–49), displayed the red cross of England superimposed on the white cross of Scotland, with the blue field of the latter.
A Scarlet Coat: Uniforms, Flags and Equipment of British Forces in the War of 1812. by René Chartrand. 230 pages, 400 illustrations, hardcover, color plates. R ené Chartrand has been amassing information on War of 1812 British and Canadian uniforms since the 1960s.
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