Military Rank Flags: Part IV (Navy) (original) (raw)


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Captain Commanding a Force


image by Željko Heimer, 22 May 2001

Same but without any white disc.
Source: Album des Pavillons (1995) [pay].
Ivan Sache, 12 August 1999

From Album 2000 [pay00] - Captain Commanding a Force (2:3) - Same as for admiral but without white disks - so, only blue flag with white cross. I guess that this is used for all the commanders (commanding a Force) with rank lower then rear-admiral.
Željko Heimer, 22 May 2001

Chief of Naval Operations


image by Željko Heimer, 22 May 2001

From Album 2000 [pay00] - Chief of Naval Operations (2:3) - Triangular blue pennant with two white disk near hoist one above the other. This pennant is not mentioned in previous album issues - maybe this position is new?
Željko Heimer, 22 May 2001

Previous Rank Flag


image by Eugene Ipavec and Željko Heimer, 24 January 2008

Senior Officer Afloat


image by Željko Heimer, 22 May 2001

Senior commander - Same but swallow-tailed.
Source: Album des Pavillons (1995) [pay].
Ivan Sache, 12 August 1999

From Album 2000 [pay00] - Senior Officer Afloat (2:3) - Blue split-tail flag with white cross. The center of the cross is here offset to hist which is more natural then the previously published figure with the cross centered in the middle of the rectangle. This previous image is, maybe, errornous representation. However, the eveidence from the inverted-colours flag
from Flaggenbuch - Senior Commander - Former Rank Flag, might indicate otherwise.
Željko Heimer, 22 May 2001

Senior commander - Previous Rank Flag


image by Ivan Sache, 12 August 1999

Same as current, but with inversed colours.
Source: Flaggenbuch (1939-1941), facsimile edition (1992) [neu92].
Ivan Sache , 12 August 1999

Commander of a Naval Force


image by Željko Heimer, 22 May 2001

Same but triangular.
Source: Album des Pavillons (1995) [pay].
Ivan Sache , 12 August 1999

From Album 2000 [pay00] - Commander of Naval Force (2:3) - Blue triangular pennant with white cross.
Željko Heimer, 22 May 2001

Previous Rank Flag


image by Eugene Ipavec and Željko Heimer, 24 January 2008

Commander of a Squadron


image by Željko Heimer, 23 May 2001

Same but with only the horizontal white stripe.
Source: Album des Pavillons (1995) [pay].
Ivan Sache, 12 August 1999

From Album 2000 [pay00] - Commander of a Squadron (2:3) - Blue triangular pennant with white horizontal stripe only.
Željko Heimer, 23 May 2001

Previous Rank Flag


image by Eugene Ipavec and Željko Heimer, 24 January 2008

Commander of a division


image by Željko Heimer, 23 May 2001

Same but with only the vertical white stripe.
Source: Album des Pavillons (1995) [pay].
Ivan Sache , 12 August 1999

From Album 2000 [pay00] - Commander of a Division (2:3) - Blue triangular pennant with white vertical stripe only.
Željko Heimer, 23 May 2001

Previous Rank Flag


image by Eugene Ipavec and Željko Heimer, 24 January 2008

Commision Pennant


image by Eugene Ipavec and Jaume Ollé, 24 January 2008

Harbour captain


image by Željko Heimer, 23 May 2001

National flag with a white border.
Source: Album des Pavillons (1995) [pay].
Ivan Sache, 12 August 1999

From Album 2000 [pay00] - Port Captain (2:3) - National flag with white border. I guess, that a flag of this design was originally used as pilot flag, as it was cutom of the time, but when it lost its function it was "taken" by the port authorities. But, this is rather a speculation - I wander if some older sources have this flag as pilot signal?
The width of the white border seems to be 1/5 of the hoist size, but if that is regulated or not, I couldn't say.
Željko Heimer, 23 May 2001

Unfortunately for this theory, Flaggenbuch (1939) already showed the flag as Port Captain's flag. The figures on Flaggenbuch image say, based on a 200:300 flag:
- width of the vertical white borders: 48 each
- height of the horizontal white borders: 52 for upper border, 48 for lower border.
Therefore, the national flag inside the white border is not exactly centered and should be 100:204 (figures not mentioned on the image). Its stripes are 52:24:24, from top to bottom.
Ivan Sache, 24 May 2001

Flag at Flaggenbuch


image by Eugene Ipavec and Jaume Ollé, 24 January 2008

According to Flaggenbuch [neu92].
Jaume Ollé