Red Ensign

It is a simple red ensign, without a coat of arms.

From the first appearance of that red ensign, the sky was never dark.

The majority of the boats seemed to have red ensigns hanging off the back.

Second, they sailed under the red ensign of the merchant marine.

The red ensign at the stern rail hung still with ice.

The 1910-1928 flag was a red ensign with the Union coat of arms in the fly.

The Red Ensign has been in use since then.

The Red Ensign is occasionally still used as well, including official use at some ceremonies.

Despite its unofficial status, the Red Ensign was widely used on land as well.

Hawkins was also given the tattered Red Ensign of the ship.

The Canadian blue ensign is similar to the red ensign.

Pleasure craft may use either the Red Ensign or the national flag, but not both at the same time.

There was no standard design for the Red Ensign until the early 1920s.

A red ensign with the cross in the fly is used as civil ensign.

The Red Ensign with the shield was also used on land as a de facto national flag from 1910 until 1928.

The Red Ensign was used as early as 1868 on an informal basis.

This patronage permitted members to fly a red ensign with white cross and crown in the centre.

Around half the ocean-going tonnage was under the Red Ensign.

Every ship of the squadron bore a red ensign long enough to float from the masthead to the water.

A minute or two later it was hoisted again, with a Red Ensign above it.

The New Zealand red ensign became the official flag for merchant vessels.

Previously a plain red ensign was used.

Anguilla has not yet adopted a distinctive version of the Red Ensign.

The red ensign was replaced by the current red and white maple-leaf flag in 1965.

Previously the plain red ensign was used by ships in the territorial waters around the Falklands.