A maritime flag is a flag designated for use on ships, boats, and other watercraft. Naval flags are considered important at sea and the rules and regulations...

International maritime signal flags are various flags used to communicate with ships. The principal system of flags and associated codes is the International...

Maritime flag signalling, generally flaghoist signalling, is the principal means other than radio by which ships communicate to each other or to shore...

The Z flag is one of the international maritime signal flags. In the system of international maritime signal flags, part of the International Code of Signals...

as the maritime environment, where semaphore is used). Many flags fall into groups of similar designs called flag families. The study of flags is known...

The ensign is a maritime flag that is used for the national identification of a ship. The ensign is the largest flag, generally flown at the stern (rear)...

alternative green flag with a harp symbol. The state currently has three official flags: a state flag, a governor's flag, and a "naval and maritime flag" (despite...

their maritime flags as national flags, in the course of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The specifications of the flag of Denmark, based on a flag that...

only saint's flag permitted to be flown in public as part of the English Reformation and at a similar time became the pre-eminent maritime flag referred to...

of the flag to the Battle of Lindanise of 1219. The elongated Nordic cross, which represents Christianity, reflects its use as a maritime flag in the...

country are required to raise the Suriname flag. The maritime regulation was issued by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), to provide safety and...

meteorologists Bloody flag, maritime flag signaling an intention to give battle with no quarter (fight to the death) Red flag (racing), used in auto...

Flag of the Maritime Administration Flag of the United States Merchant Marine Flag of the Department of Energy Flag of the Secretary of Energy Flag of...

systems of flag signals; see, International maritime signal flags. Originally, flags representing a country would generally be the personal flag of its rulers;...

thirteen flag states have been found by international shipping organisations[which?] to have substandard regulations. On the other hand, maritime industry...

Naval flags, both Naval jacks and naval ensigns, are a subset of Maritime flags flown by naval forces. There are several lists of naval flags, organised...

prior to its maritime use. Yellow jack also became a name for yellow fever. Cholera-infected ships also used a yellow flag. The plain yellow flag ("Q" or "Quebec"...

light sky Maritime flag of Batavia (18th century) Maritime flag of Batavia (18th century) Flag of Portugal (1640–1667) States Flag (1652–1796) Flag of Portugal...

waving of a flag by a dignitary to signify the formal commencement of an event, it's called flag off. In naval or maritime context, a maritime flag or a naval...

and Marine Flag of Maine (1939) Naval and Maritime Flag of Massachusetts (1971) Illinois Centennial Flag (1918) Illinois Sesquicentennial Flag (1968) Maine...

Union Jack or Union Flag is the de facto national flag of the United Kingdom. The Union Flag was also used as the official flag of several British colonies...

flag with the off-set sun and 16 rays is the ensign of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, but it was modified with a different color red. The old flag is...

Naval flag signalling covers various forms of flag signalling, such as semaphore or flaghoist, used by various navies; distinguished from maritime flag signalling...

The national flag of the United Kingdom is the Union Jack, also known as the Union Flag. The design of the Union Jack dates back to the Act of Union 1801...

the Baucans, now known as the Bloody flag or Flag of Defiance, etc, had evolved into a conventional maritime flag and was in widespread use. It was raised...

century). For some time it was thought that it was based on the flag of the maritime province of Corunna, but today it is known that the design is earlier...

naval jacks, often with some national or maritime symbol, and usually with the same colours as in their flags. Countries that use their war ensign also...

A war flag, also known as a military flag, battle flag, or standard, is a variant of a national flag for use by a country's military forces when on land...

flag with a white rectangle at the top-left corner. According to the 1820 General Maritime Treaty with the British, in times of war a full red flag would...

with a blank Maltese cross. It is also known as the Merchant's flag and/or the maritime flag of Malta. 19th century, Crown Colony of Malta 1875–1898, Crown...