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Meaning of "blue ensign"
Refers to a specific flag design used by various countries, usually associated with naval or maritime activities. The Blue Ensign often features a blue background with the national flag or emblem of the country in the canton
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- Originally, the flag of the Rear Admiral's squadron in the English fleet.
- The flag flown by a British naval auxiliary vessel. Members of certain British yacht clubs may also fly a blue ensign if it has been defaced by the inclusion of an insignia in the fly.
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blue ensign
British blue ensign.
Blue Ensign is a selection with blue flowers and contrasting yellow and white centers.
She sighted a schooner that outsailed Walsingham and bore up and hoisted a British blue ensign.
It is a British Blue ensign defaced with the Islands coat of arms.
It is unclear whether the landlocked colony actually used the defaced Blue Ensign.
The evolution of the Blue Ensign followed that of the Union Jack.
It received permission from the British Admiralty to use the Blue Ensign.
It too was a defaced British Blue Ensign with the Southern Cross located in the fly.
It was a Blue Ensign with the badge of the Governor-in-chief in the fly.
The flag of Southern Rhodesia consisted of a blue ensign with the Union Jack in canton.
The flag is a blue ensign design, defaced with the coat of arms of Ascension Island.
For the state ensign, a blue ensign is used.
The defaced blue ensign continued to be used until full independence was granted in 1965.
The flag was a blue ensign defaced with the coat of arms proposed in January 2012.
In 1908 the Blue Ensign replaced the Union Flag at all military establishments.
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Looking at my beloved ensign will double my courage
The ensign has not been officially charged
