Red Ensign

Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
Canadas flag til 1965
Sydafrika 1910-1928

Red Ensign er betegnelsen for Storbritanniens koffardiflag. Navnet har det fået da flaget består af en rød flagdug hvor unionsflaget, Union Jack, er indsat i det øvre felt ved stangen.

Flaget kaldes også Red duster, fordi aflagte flag angivelig blev benyttet som klud til rengøring om bord. Navnet Butcher's apron (slagterforklædet) er også kendt, på grund af den britiske kolonihistorie. Tidligere var alle britiske koloniers flag baseret på Red Ensign, deriblandt både Canada og Sydafrika.

Litteratur

  • Graham Bartram: British Flags and Emblems, 2004
  • Tim Wilson: Flags at Sea: A guide to the flags flown at sea by British and some foreign ships, from the 16th century to the present day, illustrated from the collections of the National Maritime Museum, 1999

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