The flying of the white ensign would appear to have been an unusual occurrence by , as the white ensign was by this stage largely used by Royal Navy vessels. An Order in Council of abolished the flying of the Red, White and Blue ensigns by Naval vessels, and finally reserved the white for the Royal Navy. While it does not seem to have prescribed the exclusive flying of the red ensign by merchantmen, it implies that it was common practice by that period.
There are quite a number of instances of merchant vessels receiving permission from the Admiralty to fly the white ensign when the ship is dressed, or when accompanying Royal yachts and ships of war — indeed the Trinity House Corporation received a blanket endorsement to do so at the turn of the 20th century.
Similarly, it was apparently acceptable practice in the 18th and 19th centuries to use a white ensign, bordered by a red stripe, if the red ensign was damaged or missing. Ships flew the colour of ensign corresponding to the squadron to which they were attached, which was in turn determined by the seniority of the admiral under whose command the ship sailed a rear admiral of the red was senior to a rear admiral of the white.
In the Admiralty decided to end the ambiguity caused by the Red Ensign being both a civil ensign and a naval ensign, and the White Ensign was reserved to the Royal Navy ; the relevant Order in Council retained the option to use Red or Blue Ensigns in HM Ships if desired.
Royal Navy ships and submarines wear the White Ensign at all times when underway. The White Ensign may also be worn on a gaff , and may be shifted to the starboard yardarm when at sea. When alongside, the White Ensign is worn at the stern, with the Union Flag flown as a jack at the bow, during daylight hours. The White Ensign is worn at the mastheads when Royal Navy ships are dressed on special occasions such as the Queen's birthday, and may be similarly be worn by foreign warships in British waters when dressed in honour of a British holiday or when firing a salute to British authorities.
The White Ensign may also be worn by the boats of commissioned ships. Brunel's SS Great Britain , although a merchant ship, appears to have worn and still wears, in dry dock the White Ensign, apparently because its first master an ex-Royal Navy man brought it with him. On land, the White Ensign is flown at all naval shore establishments which are commissioned warships [2] , including all Royal Marines establishments.
Permission has been granted to some other buildings with naval connections to fly the White Ensign. Special permission was granted to any individual or body to fly the White Ensign to mark Trafalgar Day in The US destroyer Winston S. The other flag is a Nazi German Reichskriegsflagge. The White Ensign was historically used, in its unaltered form, by the naval forces of Australia, Canada and New Zealand, with the Blue Ensign of each of these Dominions as they were then known as a jack.
After that date, the Royal Indian Navy became the Indian Navy and the Union Jack in the canton was replaced with the Indian Tricolour; however, apart from a brief period from —, the Indian Navy has retained the White Ensign with one minor modification: the addition of the Lion Capital of Asoka in gold at the centre of the cross. In , with the adoption of the Canadian Flag , Canada stopped using the White Ensign on its naval vessels in favour of the new flag. Following a reorganization of the Canadian armed forces in , a new "white ensign" was adopted, incorporating the Canadian Flag in the canton and a badge in the fly.
This flag, however, was until not used as the ensign, but as the jack, and also as the basis of the queen's colours of the Royal Canadian Navy. In May the Canadian "white ensign" became the ensign and the national flag the jack. Many Canadian veterans' organisations still use the original White and Blue Ensigns unofficially as symbols of history and heritage. George's Cross. Several other Commonwealth navies also use naval ensigns with a visual connection to the White Ensign.
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