A naval ensign is an

ensign Ensign most often refers to: * Ensign (flag), a flag flown on a vessel to indicate nationality * Ensign (rank), a navy (and former army) officer rank Ensign or The Ensign may also refer to: Places * Ensign, Alberta, Alberta, Canada * Ensign, Ka ...

(maritime flag) used by naval ships of various countries to denote their

nationality Nationality is the legal status of belonging to a particular nation, defined as a group of people organized in one country, under one legal jurisdiction, or as a group of people who are united on the basis of culture. In international law, n ...

. It can be the same or different from a country's civil ensign or state ensign. It can also be known as a war ensign. A large version of a naval ensign that is flown on a

warship A warship or combatant ship is a naval ship that is used for naval warfare. Usually they belong to the navy branch of the armed forces of a nation, though they have also been operated by individuals, cooperatives and corporations. As well as b ...

's mast just before going into battle is called a battle ensign. An ensign differs from a jack, which is flown from a jackstaff at the bow of a vessel. Most countries have only one

national flag A national flag is a flag that represents and national symbol, symbolizes a given nation. It is Fly (flag), flown by the government of that nation, but can also be flown by its citizens. A national flag is typically designed with specific meanin ...

and ensign for all purposes. In other countries, a distinction is made between the land flag and the civil, state and naval ensigns. The British ensigns, for example, differ from the flag used on land (the

Union Flag The Union Jack or Union Flag is the ''de facto'' national flag of the United Kingdom. The Union Jack was also used as the official flag of several British colonies and dominions before they adopted their own national flags. It is sometimes a ...

) and have different versions of plain and defaced Red and

Blue Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB color model, RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB color model, RGB (additive) colour model. It lies between Violet (color), violet and cyan on the optical spe ...

ensigns for civilian and state use, as well as the naval ensign ( White Ensign). Some naval ensigns differ in shape from the national flag, such as the Nordic naval ensigns, which have ' tongues'.

Countries having specific naval ensigns

Naval ensigns that are different from the civil ensign and the

Historical naval ensigns

File:Flag of Albania 1928.svg, Albania (1928–1934) File:Naval Ensign of Albania (1946-1954).svg, Albania (1946–1954) File:Naval Ensign of Albania (1954-1958).svg, Albania (1954–1958) File:Naval Ensign of Albania (1958-1992).svg, Albania (1958–1992) File:Albanian Coast Guard Ensign-1958-1992.svg, Albania (Coast Guard)(1958–1992) File:Flag de Marina Argentina (1818).svg,

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(1818–1820) File:Pabellón naval estado Buenos Ayres.svg,

(1852-1861) File:Austria-Hungary-flag-1869-1914-naval-1786-1869-merchant.svg,

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(1786–1914) File:Austria-Hungary-flag-1915-1918-naval (non installed).svg,

(1915–1918) - never formally flown by the navy File:Naval Ensign and Jack of Austria, 1926-1934 or 1935.svg,

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(1926–1934) File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg,

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(1911–1967) File:Government Ensign of Belgium.svg,

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(1941–1950) File:Naval Ensign of Bolivia (1966-2013).svg,

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(1966–2013) File:Flag of the Royal East African Navy.svg,

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(1953–1962) File:Naval Ensign of Brunei (1984-late 1990s).svg,

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(1984–1990) File:Naval Ensign of Bulgaria (1878-1944).svg,

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(1878–1944) File:Naval Ensign of Bulgaria (1949-1955).svg,

(1949–1955) File:Naval Ensign of Bulgaria (1955-1990).svg, Bulgaria (1955–1990) File:Naval Ensign of Bulgaria 1991-2005.svg,

(1991–2005) File:Naval Ensign of Burma (1948-1974).svg,

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(1948–1974) File:Naval Ensign of Burma (1974–1994).svg,

(1974–1994) File:Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg,

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(1350–1453) File:Canadian Blue Ensign (1868-1921).svg,

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(1910–1911) File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg,

(1911–1965) File:Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1862-1889).svg,

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(1862–1889) File:Proposed Ensign of Qing Navy 1863.svg,

(1863) - proposed, but never adopted File:Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg,

(1889–1912) File:Naval Ensign of the Republic of China (1911).svg,

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(1911) File:Ensign of Coastal Defense of Republic of China (1925-1928).svg,

(Coast Guard) (1925-1928) File:Flag of the Republic of China-Nanjing (War Ensign).svg, Collaborationist China (1942-1945) File:People's Liberation Army Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg,

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(1949-1992) File:Naval Ensign of the Royal Ceylon Navy.svg,

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(1950–1972) File:Naval ensign of the Confederate States of America (1863–1865).svg, Confederate States (1863–1865) File:Naval ensign of Croatia (1941–1944).svg,

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(1941–1944) File:War flag of Croatia (1941–1945).svg,

(1944–1945) File:Naval Ensign of Czechoslovakia 1935-1939 1945-1955.svg,

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(1935–1939) (1945–1955) File:Naval ensign of Czechoslovakia (1955–1960).svg, Czechoslovakia (1955–1960) File:Flag of the Navy of Egypt (1922-1952).svg,

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(1922-1953) and

(1953–1958) File:Flag of the Princedom of Elba (naval).svg, Principality of Elba (1814–1815) File:War Ensign of Ethiopia (1955–1974).svg,

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(1955–1974) File:War Ensign of Ethiopia (1974–1975).svg,

(1974–1975) File:Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987).svg,

(1975–1996) File:Flag of Finland 1918-1920 (Military).svg,

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(1918–1920) File:Flag of Finland 1920-1978 (Military).svg,

(1920–1978) File:Flag of the Kingdom of France (1814-1830).svg,

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(?–1789, 1814–1815, 1830) File:Flag of French-Navy-Revolution.svg,

(1790–1794) File:Naval Jack of Free France.svg,

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(1940-1944) File:Naval ensign of French Algeria (1848–1910).svg,

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(1848–1910) File:Naval Ensign of French Cochinchina.svg, French Cochinchina (1868–1945) File:Ensign of French Indochina.svg,

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(1923-1949) File:Naval ensign of Georgia (1997–2004).svg,

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(1997–2004) File:Naval Ensign of Georgia.svg,

(2004-2008) File:Flag of the Teutonic Order.svg,

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(12th Century) File:War flag of the Holy Roman Empire (1200-1350).svg,

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(1200-1350) File:Reichssturmfahne.svg,

(15th Century) File:Reichsrennfahne heraldic.svg,

(15th Century) File:Kriegsflagge Kur-Brandenburgische Flotte.svg,

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(1650-1694) File:War Ensign of Prussia (1816).svg,

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(1816-1819) File:Preußische Kriegsflagge ab 1850.svg,

(1819–1867) File:Flag of the German Confederation (war).svg,

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(1848–1852) File:War Ensign of Germany (1867–1892).svg,

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and later

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(1867–1892) File:War Ensign of Germany (1892–1903).svg,

(1892–1903) File:War Ensign of Germany (1903-1918).svg,

(1903–1918) File:War Ensign of Germany (1919–1921).svg,

(1919–1921) File:Flag of Weimar Republic (war).svg,

(1921-1933) File:War Ensign of Germany (1933–1935).svg,

(1933–1935) File:War Ensign of Germany (1935–1938).svg,

(1935–1938) File:War Ensign of Germany (1938–1945).svg,

(1938–1945) File:Signalflagge8 Marine.svg,

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(1945–1947) File:Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg,

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(1960–1990) File:Naval Ensign of Ghana (1964–1966).svg,

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(1964–1966) File:Naval Ensign of Greece (1833-1858).svg,

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(1833-1858) File:Naval Ensign of Greece (1858-1862).svg,

(1858–1862) File:Naval Ensign of Greece (1863-1924 and 1935-1970).svg,

(1863-1924 and 1935–1970) File:Hellenic Naval Ensign 1935.svg,

(1935) File:Naval ensign of the Kingdom of Hawaii.svg,

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(1887) File:Naval Ensign of Hungary (1919).svg,

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(1919) File:Civil and Naval Ensign of Hungary (1921).svg,

(1921–1939) File:Naval Ensign of Hungary (1939-1945).svg,

(1939–1945) File:Naval Ensign of Hungary (1946-1948).svg,

(1946–1948) File:Naval Ensign of Hungary (1948-1950).svg,

(1948–1950) File:Naval Ensign of Hungary (1950-1955).svg,

(1950–1955) File:Naval Ensign of Hungary (1955-1957).svg,

(1955–1957) File:Naval Ensign of Hungary (1957-1991).svg,

(1957–1991) File:State flag of Iceland (1918–1944).svg,

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(1918–1944) File:Flag of Imperial India.svg,

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(1879–1928) File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg,

(1928–1950) File:Naval Ensign of India (1950–2001).svg,

(1950–2001) File:Naval Ensign of India (2001–2004).svg,

(2001–2004) File:Naval Ensign of India (2004–2014).svg,

(2004–2014) File:Naval Ensign of India (2014–2022).svg,

(2014–2022) File:Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg,

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(525 BC-330 BC) File:PersiaNavalFlagAfsharidPeriod.svg, Afsharid Empire (1736–1796) File:Qajar Naval Ensign.svg,

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(1852-1906) File:Naval Ensign of Iran (1907–1933).svg,

(1906-1933) File:Naval Ensign of Iran (1933–1964).svg,

and later

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(1933-1964) File:Naval ensign of Iran (1964–1979).svg,

(1964–1979) File:Naval Ensign of Iran (1979–1980).svg,

(1979–1980) File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg,

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(1861-1946) File:War flag of the Italian Social Republic.svg,

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(1943-1945) File:Naval Ensign of Italy (1947-2013).svg,

(1947-2013) File:Flag of the Tokugawa Shogunate.svg,

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(1800s-1868) File:Naval ensign of the Empire of Japan.svg,

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(1889–1945) File:Naval Ensign of Libya (1977–2011).svg,

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(1977–2011) File:Naval Ensign of Lithuania (1927–1940).svg,

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(1927–1940) File:Naval Ensign of the Federated Malay States.svg, Malaya (1895–1946) File:Naval Ensign of Malaya (1957–1963).svg, Malaya (1957–1963) File:Naval Ensign of Malaysia (1963–1968).svg, Malaya (1963–1968) File:War Ensign of Manchukuo.svg,

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(1932-1945) File:Naval Ensign of Massachusetts.svg,

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(1776-1780) File:Flag of the navy of the Batavian Republic.svg,

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(1795–1806) File:Naval Ensign of New South Wales (1831-1883).svg,

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(1831-1883) File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg,

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(1941-1968) File:Naval Ensign of Nigeria (1960–1998).svg,

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(1960–1998) File:Naval Ensign of Norway (1844-1905).svg,

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(1844–1905) File:1783 Ottoman Flag.svg,

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File:Naval standard of the Ottoman Sultan.svg,

File:Military ensign of Vistula Flotilla of Congress Poland.svg,

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(1815–1867) File:Naval Ensign of Poland (1919-1928).svg,

(1919-1928) File:Naval Ensign of river fleet IIRP v1.svg,

(River Fleet) (1930-1938) File:Naval Ensign of river fleet IIRP v2.svg,

(River Fleet) (1938-1939) File:Naval Ensign of Poland (1980-1993).svg,

(1946–1993) File:POL Bandera pjp PRL v1.svg,

(Auxiliary ships) (1955–1996) File:PRL Ensign Border Defence Army.svg,

(Coast Guard) (1953–1990) File:War Ensign of Portugal (1600).svg,

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(1600) File:Flag Portugal sea (1830).svg,

(1830–1911) File:Naval Ensign of Romania (1922–1947).svg,

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(1922–1947) File:Naval Ensign of Romania (1948-1952).png,

(1948–1952) File:Flag of ships of the Naval Force of Romania (1952-1965).svg,

(1952–1965) File:War Ensign of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1785-1802).svg,

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(1785–1802) File:War Ensign of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1802-1814).svg,

(1802-1814) File:Merchant Flag and War Ensign of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1814-1816).svg,

(1814-1816) File:War Ensign of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1816-1848) aspect ratio 31-76.svg,

(1816–1848) File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg,

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(1922-1946) File:Naval Ensign of South Africa (1946–1951).svg,

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(1959–1981) File:Naval Ensign of South Africa (1981–1994).svg, South Africa (1981–1994) File:Flag of the South African Navy (1998).svg, South Africa (1994–1998) File:Naval ensign of South Vietnam.svg,

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(1954–1975) File:Pabellón sencillo de la Armada de España 1701 1785.svg, Spain (1701-1785) File:Bandera de España 1701-1760.svg, Spanish Etiquette ensign (1701-1760) File:Bandera de España 1760-1785.svg, Spanish Etiquette ensign (1760-1785) File:Naval Ensign of RSFSR (1920-1923).svg,

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(1920-1923) File:Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union (1924-1935).svg,

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(1924–1935) File:Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union (1935–1950).svg, Soviet Union (1935–1950) File:Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union (1950-1991).svg, Soviet Union (1950-1991) File:Russian. Naval flag 1992.svg, Russia (1992-2000) File:USSR, Flag auxiliary fleet 1924 military.svg, Soviet Union (naval auxiliary ships) (1924–1935) File:USSR, Flag auxiliary fleet 1935.svg, Soviet Union (naval auxiliary ships) (1935–1950) File:USSR, Flag auxiliary fleet 1950.svg, Soviet Union (naval auxiliary ships) (1950-1992) File:Russia, Flag of vessels of the Auxiliary Fleet of the Navy 1992.svg, Russia (naval auxiliary ships) (1992-2000) File:USSR, Flag KGB 1924.svg, Soviet Union (Coast Guard) (1924–1935) File:USSR, Flag KGB 1935.svg, Soviet Union (coast Guard) (1935–1950) File:USSR, Flag KGB 1950.svg, Soviet Union (Coast Guard) (1950-1993) File:Flag of Serbia (2004–2010).svg,

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(1882–1918) File:Naval Ensign of Sudan (1956-1970).svg,

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(1956–1970) File:Swedish and Norwegian naval ensign (1815-1844).svg, Sweden (1815–1844) File:Naval Ensign of Sweden (1844-1905).svg, Sweden (1844–1905) File:Naval Ensign of Siam (1910-1917).svg, Thailand, Siam (1910-1917) File:Naval ensign of Texas.svg, Republic of Texas (1836–1838) File:Galere di Santo Stefano.svg, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1500s-1737) File:Flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany (c. 1737 - c. 1749).svg, Tuscany (1737-1749) File:Naval Ensign of Ukrainian Cossacks (1787).svg, Ukraine (1787) File:Naval Ensign of Ukraine (1917–1921).svg, Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1921) File:Naval Ensign of Ukraine 1918 (dress).svg, Ukrainian State (1918) File:Naval Ensign of Ukraine 1918 July.svg, Ukrainian State (1918-1920) & (1992) File:Naval Ensign of the Black Sea Fleet.svg, Black Sea Fleet of Russia and Ukraine (1992-1995) File:Naval ensign of Ukraine (1993).svg, Ukraine (1993) File:Naval ensign of Ukraine (1994–1997).svg, Ukraine (1994–1997) File:Naval ensign of Ukraine (1997–2007).svg, Ukraine (1997-2007) File:Sea Guard Ensign of Ukraine 1993.svg, Ukraine (Sea Guard) (1993-2001) File:Naval Ensign of the United Arab Republic.svg, United Arab Republic (1958–1971) File:Naval Ensign of the Federation of Arab Republics.svg, Federation of Arab Republics (1972–1977) File:Tudor Ensign 1485-1603.svg, Tudor navy, Tudor Ensign (1485–1603) File:Stuart Royal Navy Squadron Ensign of 1620.svg, Stuart Ensign (1620) File:English White Ensign 1620.svg, Kingdom of England, England (1620–1702) File:Flag of England.svg, Commonwealth of England (1649–1660) File:White Squadron Ensign 1702-1707.svg, White Squadron Ensign (1702–1707) File:Scottish Red Ensign.svg, Kingdom of Scotland (1603-1707) File:Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg, Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain (1707–1800) File:Serapis Flag.svg, Serapis flag (1779) File:Flag of the Republic of Venice.svg, Republic of Venice (1400s–1797) File:Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia 1920.svg, State of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs and later Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia (1918–1922) File:Naval Ensign of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia (1922–1945) File:Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia 1942.svg, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia (1942) File:Naval ensign of Yugoslavia (1942–1944).svg, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia (1942-1944) File:Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia (1943–1949).svg, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia (1943–1949) File:Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia (1949–1993).svg, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia (1949–1992) File:Naval ensign of Serbia and Montenegro.svg, Yugoslavia and later Serbia and Montenegro (1993–2006)

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