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The Ensign should be below the Burgee. The warrant to fly the Ensign must always be on board for inspection if the Ensign is being flown.
There is a small charge for providing the warrant. Skip to content. What is the Defaced Blue Ensign? What is the Club Burgee? British ensign must be displayed to British and Allied men of war. House Flags should not be flown and identity marks should be obscured. Director of Transport. Instructions for Transports and Merchant Fleet Auxiliaries.
Long distance transports and those on regular routes around the United Kingdom should be supplied with neutral flags provided they carry valuable cargoes.
Names may be obscured but false names should be painted only in exceptional circumstances decided by Transport Officer at port of departure. Numbers should be carried on boards and exposed only when approaching Examination Grounds or Allied Ports. Admiralty Secretary's Department wrote that Owners and Masters had been advised that the use of false colours and disguises by merchant vessels in order to escape capture was permissible.
Exceptional methods of painting and conspicuous funnel marks not resembling those of neutrals should be avoided. Red Ensign must be hoisted when a British merchant vessel is ordered to stop by a British or Allied warship. Recommended flags. East Coast north of Hartlepool; Scandinavian. South of Hartlepool; Dutch or Spanish. Cross Channel transports fly no colours. In February the Admiralty collier Vittoria was stopped for flying the Spanish flag in an area designated for use of Scandinavian flag.
The master explained that he had been supplied by the Admiralty with US, Norwegian, Danish and Argentine flags but preferred to hoist the Spanish flag as few Spaniards could speak German.
Source: The Navy List p. Jose C. In the system for British clubs was changed and is now administered by the Royal Yachting Association for the Ministry of Defence. Eligible clubs now issue permits, not warrants, to their members. David Prothero , 4 February I imagine that HMRC or whatever they are called this week have better things to do than chasing some blue ensign wearing wannabe. The red duster is recognised everywhere abroad and that will do for me.
Blue Ensign's - no problem, in fact quite the norm down our way. Joined 11 Apr Messages Location Norfolk. Your friend can be asked by any naval officer, policeman or HMRC officer, to produce the Warrant to support his right to fly the Blue. If he is unable to produce it even if he actually has one, but has left it at home , he is liable to have the ensign confiscated.
My next door neighbour ex-RN runs a burger van in a lay-by on the A He used to hoist the White ensign on his van, until plod got involved, so now he wears the Red! One of our sons is a RAF pilot and he occasionally gives us a fly-by when in the area and the flag always comes out for that. I am certainly not pretending that a house half-way down a hillside overlooking the Channel is a RAF Base!!!
Of course I am not entitled to fly it but I see it as a show of support and will continue to do so. Last edited: 4 Aug So, the only requirement to fly the blue is to be a British Citizen and member of a club with the appropriate warrant, no actual qualifications are required?
Planning permission only allows the national flag ashore. Missed the bit about the penalty as it is not on the permit, nor the form requesting a permit from your club. Also terminology is important for some. It is the Club that has the Warrant for the defaced ensign - the member has a Permit - rather scruffy bit of paper even more ordinary than the SSR card!
Joined 30 May Messages Location Berkshire. Can a Frenchman have one I was just about to post the fact, that I met a French Yottie in northern France 2 weeks ago who was flying the Blue Ensign, on a British registered boat, which he had purchased in the UK some 3 weeks previously. I asked him how he got a Blue Ensign. I suspect that he found it in a locker, and thought he'd use it. He is now berthed permanently in northern France. So, is there any way this guy could got hold of this legitamately?
If not, as I suspect, I am going to challenge him, next time I see him flying it. I suppose, unless he goes into UK waters, there is not a lot can be done. Joined 8 Sep Messages 15, Location A parallel universe.
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