File:Command flag, Admiral, RN (after 1864) RMG RP-32-30-1.jpg
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English: Command flag, Admiral, RN (after 1864) Admiral's flag, in silk, presented to Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871-1936) by the boys of the National Nautical School, Portishead. The flag is made of silk with a cotton hoist, machine-sewn with a rope and two Inglefield clips attached. The flag was presented in an oak casket (see AAA0702.1). Before 1864, flag officers flew command flags of red, white or blue according to their squadrons (admirals from the mainmast, vice admirals from the foremast and rear admiral from the mizzen). After the squadronal system was abolished in 1864 all flag officers used the former white squadron command flag with a red cross overall on a white field. With the introduction of steam power and the eventual loss of masts, the three ranks were distinguished by the addition of red balls to the flags of vice and rear admirals (a system formerly just used for boat flags). |
| Date | circa 1918 |
| Dimensions | flag: 2590.8 x 4445 mm |
| Notes | Rope and two Inglefield clips attached. RP/32/30 does not contain unique number or scale. |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/702 |
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
| Identifier | dossier number: item-admirals flags id number: AAA0702 |
| Collection | Flags |
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