Romero Britto they still do kinda have access to The Pacific Ocean and Atlantic but they have to pass Chile and Then pass Uruguay for Pacific and Atlantic
I think the history of the Italian jack is pretty cool: it uses the 4 flags of 4 medieval city States: Venice, Genoa, Pisa and Amalfi. These were naval powers in the Mediterranean during the middle ages.
Just wanted to point out that the Naval Jack, as far as I've seen in NATO ships, is usually hoisted at the bow. Just as a curiosity, in Spain it is used in 5 cases: Sundays. Festive days. Days when you fly all the flags (I don't know how to say it in English, but we call it "engalanado"). When a foreign ship is in the same port. When you are in a foreign port. Of course, never used while sailing. Great video, and great work.
When I saw Bolivia's naval flag, I was laughing hard about how they're salty about losing their coastline which is reflected in their flag design. 😂😂😂😂
It's officially called the "Flag of the maritime claim" and used in all the events related to that claim. So yes, it is the "we're salty about losing our coast" flag. The existence of a Bolivian Navy as a separate branch of the military is out of saltiness too. They didn't even bother to create a navy while they had a coast.
when i was in the navy i had to work with that. the german navy has a special signals-section, wich works with, you guessed it, signal flags among others. really niche and i dont know if other navies have such a dedicated section for this.
The Spanish naval ensign is the one that was popularized back in the 1800s when it took over from the so-called San Andrés flag, which at the time was the land army flag, to represent the nation as a whole.
I'm from Argentina and I can tell you that in the 80s the civilian flag changed including the "Sol de Mayo" (the sun), that was used only in wars and stuff like that. Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷❤️
Arf, can't believe you didn't show the maritime jack of the Netherlands ! It's my favourite, to be honest. The design is really unique and uses the three colours of their national flag.
Thank you. This channel is not only highly informative, interesting, and enjoyable on its own, but also (for me) is a welcome respite from my usual diet of political commentary.
I am surprised you missed the Australian civil marine ensign - following British tradition it has a RED field with white stars rather than the blue field of the shore flags. Most Commonwealth countries and British colonies follow this pattern for flags at sea. This is derived from the Admiralty division flags - which was where you got Admiral if the Red, White & Blue as position descriptions.
So, as a former member of the US Navy, I was about to complain that that was no longer the US Naval Jack, we switched to the "First Naval Jack"in 2002. But before posting my complaint, I double checked to see if there had been any changes. And I'll be damned, there was. We switched back last year!! I haven't been out of the service that long, but long enough to be out of touch. Well, I appreciate you keeping me up to date. Thank you, Sir.
Howdy, shipmate! I had forgotten about the "first naval jack" being deployed during that time (especially since I left active service years before it was authorized).
The British Union Flag is only officially the Union Jack when flown from Jack Staff of a ship. We had a Jack Staff from old ship at our University Hall of Residence and therefore the only Union Jack flying.
Mexico 🇲🇽 has a similar case. Its naval flag originally was the classic green, white and red in vertical bars but the flag was always confused with the Italia flag so they changed the orden of colors and turn in diagonal design with a small anchor in the middle next to 3 stars.
Forgot the “don’t tread on me” jack for the US navy when the war on terror was being officially fought. It was very resent that the navy got back to using the Union Jack.
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Major missing details: There are also civil jacks and commissioning pennants. Correction: The non-rectangular Nordic flags mentioned are types of swallowtail, not pennants. Correction: jacks are flown at the bow (front) of a ship, ensigns are usually flown at the stern (back).
The Danish Naval flag (da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dannebrog#/media/Fil:Naval_Ensign_of_Denmark.svg) is in fact slightly different from the state flag (da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dannebrog#/media/Fil:Flag_of_Denmark_(state).svg). The "red" in naval flag is "deep red" (pantone 194C) compared with the red in the state flag (pantone 186C). Also the relative dimensions are slightly different.
Fun fact: many people in Finland opposed the adoption of the blue Nordic Cross because it looked too similiar to the Helsinki yacth clubs ensign. Arguing it was too casual and Helsinki centric to be a national flag.
From what I understand, the Royal Navy fly the White Ensign (flag of England with the Union Jack in the canton) and the British merchant navy fly the red ensign (red flag with the Union Jack in the canton) the Australian naval flag is a variant of the British Royal Navy flag.
Naval jacks are flown at the bow of naval ships (not the "front"). Ensign is pronounced en-SIN (as in committing a sin) not en-SINE (like a stop sign). Ensigns are normally flown at the stern while a ship is moored or at anchor, but flown aloft while underway.
Outmost interresting, you could add some developing the matter on every country. T is the originary French Republic flag which started being red white and blue.
The main reason why some naval jacks look like the UK's national flag is because the UK's national flag in of itself was the naval jack, aka, the Union Jack. This set a trend in the 19th century, where other navies wanted to copy a tradition of the most powerful navy at the time, which resulted in most naval jacks looking like the UK's Union Jack.
To give reason for the Jack (at least for british ships), you fly it whilst at anchor. There are numerous reasons, for example, if its flying whilst sailing it could be damaged due to the spray and winds, it shows other vessels that you're stationary or that there is (as you said) a special reason for it being up, with the events usually taking place whilst stationary.
There is also the first Naval Jack of the US, it's a variant of the Gadsden flag ("Don't tread on me") with red and white horizontal stripes. It was the US Navy jack from 2002-2019.
Jacks are flown on the bow not the stern! Ensigns are flown on the stern. The USA has two jacks, a wartime one and a peacetime one. The British jack is the same dimensions as the national flag but the Royal Fleet Auxiliary has a square jack, similar to it's ensign.
SWEDEN'S FIRST FLAG LAW In our first flag law, from 1663, it was decided that the flag with three tongues could only be used by warships. Private merchant ships had to make do with the cross-cut variant. The three-tongued flag was hoisted ashore at military installations, but also at royal estates and the like. Pretty cool huh :D
Probably the most famous if the signal flags is P, known as the Blue Peter (from which a well known kid's program in the UK is named after), several pubs in the UK are named after it and it is the flag that you as a passenger see means you need to get on board quickly!
belgium has two more dedicated maritime flags, both are variations on the tricolor, there's a state ensign putting the crowned lion in black on the yellow and the yacht flag, having a golden crown on the black in the upper hoist corner
The Australian (British and New Zealand - suspect Canada too) actually have 3 Naval Ensigns. National Flag on a white background for Military Naval Vessels, NAtional Flag on a Red background for merchant (and recreational) naval vessels, and National Flag on a Blue background (so for Australia and NZ - just their National Flag) where the skipper and 1st Mate are members of the Royal Naval Reserve (or Royal Naval Reserve of the particular Realm), But I got a sense you were deliberately trying to avoid using British and Commonwealth Flags as your examples.
The Italian Naval Jack represents the four (Italian) medieval Maritime Republics, which all had their own flag: (clockwise, from the up left) Venice, Genoa, Pisa and Amalfi. Also the French flag for yachts is mildly infuriating... looks like it should have a third star. Oh, and I love Luxembourg’s Civil ensign too.
Imagine there would be maritime flags, flags for airplanes, flags for cars, flags for bikes, flags for bicycles, flags for spaceships, flags for pedestrians, flags for... Good Lord. Of course, great video, as always!
The US Naval Jack was changed for a while by President Bush from the 50 stars to a version of the Gadsen flag. The jacks are usually displayed at the bow, not the stern, when not under way. The "yachting" ensign with the vertical stripes was not really a yachting ensign. It is the ensign of the US Power Squadron and is flown by vessels, which usually are yachts, engaged in the business of the Power Squadron; it is civil volunteer organization that assists the USCG and USCG Auxiliary in matters of yachting safety. Also, the international signal flags are also used in combination for some simple and common messages. These messages are less common than the one letter codes but they are common enough to warrant 2 letter codes. If memory serves, there are also a few 3 letter codes.
07:26 Pardon me sir, actually the Indonesian Naval Jack was not inspired by the Indonesian National Flag. The Indonesian Naval Jack was based on 13th century Majapahit Empire's Naval Jacks. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Indonesia
Yeah Belgium has a really cool one. Scotland’s one is just the saltire in the canton with a red field. It was used in pre union times, and I think was re adopted after devolution
You mention Luxembourg's, but that flag is actually what they would like to be their national flag too. There has been a referendum - only 500 people voted, but then again, we are talking about a tiny country - and many politicians have taken position on it, usually with the more national oriented ones preferring the new proposal and international politicians for the old one. The original reasoning for a new flag is that the current one looks too much like The Netherlands' - which is because it used to be a dominion of theirs. I cannot find a decent source for it, but when I was at the Luxembourg City Museum they told or joked that the only reason why they didn't change it was apparently because it would cost too much to replace all the flags worldwide.
I am really dissapointed That the Dutch Naval ensign was not featured the so called "Geuzenvlag" Which comes as the double for navy ships and single for everyone else nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geus_(vlag)
All British registered ships use either the red, white or blue ensign. The red ensign (a red field with a union flag in the canton) is used for merchant ships, the white ensign (st George’s cross with a Union flag In the canton) is used for warships and the blue ensign (like the red but blue obviously) is used for all the weird shit.
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Which naval flag is your favorite? I love Hungary's!
I love Belgium's!
How do landlocked countries have navies? Hungary’s is pretty cool.
Thailand! That was a very interesting video, yes please do more on the various types of flags! Thank you!
Australia, Hungary and Singapore all have aesthetics
I didn't know that Hungary has a navy.
You learn something new everyday,I guess😂(yea im just fucking joking)
Hungary is landlocked but still having one of the best naval flags😂
Agreed!
navy at balaton
Is it possible a country being Sealocked or even *Airlocked*
Howard The Alien *perhaps*
@@howardthealien2606 A sealocked country would surely be any island country with no land borders?
The naval flag designs are really cool stuff, all are unique and interesting in their own ways
Agreed.
Russia’s looks like Scotland but if Blue was white and blue was on the X
@Howard The Alien yeah inverted Scottish flag
My country has naval forces and one of the coolest naval flag.
Now we only need a coast.
*t r u e*
Reloades Ak. Ready?
Joke
@@bajlozi6873 ?
Swiss?
@@firdaus99031 Hungarian
My favourite navals flags are Italy, Saudi Arabia, Malta, Poland, Hungary, Belgium, Luxembourg, UK and Thailand
I just want an F to pay respects for Bolivias Naval Ensign
it's funny, because they have no coast hahahahajajajajaja
Hungary also doesn't have coastline but for some reason they have a naval ensign :v
@@alejandropalenciano2319 dramatic sound with dramatic look..... ( o_O )
@@alejandropalenciano2319 maaan, we have rivers
Romero Britto they still do kinda have access to The Pacific Ocean and Atlantic but they have to pass Chile and Then pass Uruguay for Pacific and Atlantic
I think the history of the Italian jack is pretty cool: it uses the 4 flags of 4 medieval city States: Venice, Genoa, Pisa and Amalfi. These were naval powers in the Mediterranean during the middle ages.
@@leonardodavid2842 yes, thank you for reminding me the exact names for them
@@leonardodavid2842 thanks, I didn't know their history very well.
Just wanted to point out that the Naval Jack, as far as I've seen in NATO ships, is usually hoisted at the bow.
Just as a curiosity, in Spain it is used in 5 cases:
Sundays.
Festive days.
Days when you fly all the flags (I don't know how to say it in English, but we call it "engalanado").
When a foreign ship is in the same port.
When you are in a foreign port.
Of course, never used while sailing.
Great video, and great work.
Italy: *_It's showtime_*
I show only one Italian flag, and for just one second 😅
When I saw Bolivia's naval flag, I was laughing hard about how they're salty about losing their coastline which is reflected in their flag design. 😂😂😂😂
...and it's used by vessels in lakes and rivers
Yes! They have an extra star for the Pacific coast state
It's officially called the "Flag of the maritime claim" and used in all the events related to that claim. So yes, it is the "we're salty about losing our coast" flag. The existence of a Bolivian Navy as a separate branch of the military is out of saltiness too. They didn't even bother to create a navy while they had a coast.
Guys, has any of you heard of sarcasm? 😅
*starts talking about signal flags*
WoWs players: *leonardo di caprio pointing at tv*
when i was in the navy i had to work with that. the german navy has a special signals-section, wich works with, you guessed it, signal flags among others. really niche and i dont know if other navies have such a dedicated section for this.
Mongolia has a naval flag but only has one ship and they are a landlocked country.
Hey sono Italiano ciao
Apparently only one person that works in the Mongolian Navy can swim
@@TheRealKingLeopoldII They can swim in their lakes.
@@clishe7395 I know but in their navy (that I think only has 9 people), only 1 person can swim or so I've heard
@@TheRealKingLeopoldII They don't need to swim. They have a ship and the chances of someone sinking it is very low :D
Loved the video! The naval jack for Belgium is pretty cool. Thanks a lot for the info!
i’ve never been this lucky to see such a great video so early
Early squad
Thanks!
Hungary's one looks like a Christmas decoration, I love it!
A Jack is flown from the bow, not the stern, while anchored or docked, and removed as soon as the vessel has way on.
LOWDER FOR THE FOLKS IN THE BACK!
The Spanish naval ensign is the one that was popularized back in the 1800s when it took over from the so-called San Andrés flag, which at the time was the land army flag, to represent the nation as a whole.
I'm from Argentina and I can tell you that in the 80s the civilian flag changed including the "Sol de Mayo" (the sun), that was used only in wars and stuff like that.
Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷❤️
Arf, can't believe you didn't show the maritime jack of the Netherlands ! It's my favourite, to be honest. The design is really unique and uses the three colours of their national flag.
Thank you. This channel is not only highly informative, interesting, and enjoyable on its own, but also (for me) is a welcome respite from my usual diet of political commentary.
I would not add something, I will just say it .. you are giving us information with simple joy and entertainment in it.
7:00 aah, Finland's "special" lion
The armed and crowned lion.
I am surprised you missed the Australian civil marine ensign - following British tradition it has a RED field with white stars rather than the blue field of the shore flags. Most Commonwealth countries and British colonies follow this pattern for flags at sea. This is derived from the Admiralty division flags - which was where you got Admiral if the Red, White & Blue as position descriptions.
Yeah but the RAN ensign is a reverse of the national flag
kieran halloran No - it is a derivative of the Royal Navy white ensign as a result of Australian involvement in the Vietnam War.
Haven't watched this video yet, but keep up all the great work, man.
Thanks!
Great work! I keep learning with your channel!
So, as a former member of the US Navy, I was about to complain that that was no longer the US Naval Jack, we switched to the "First Naval Jack"in 2002. But before posting my complaint, I double checked to see if there had been any changes. And I'll be damned, there was. We switched back last year!! I haven't been out of the service that long, but long enough to be out of touch. Well, I appreciate you keeping me up to date. Thank you, Sir.
Howdy, shipmate! I had forgotten about the "first naval jack" being deployed during that time (especially since I left active service years before it was authorized).
Italian flag is a historic reference to the former maritime republics: venice, Amalfi, Genova and Pisa.
Hungary has a Navy flag even tough they don't have a coastal Acess
The Danube is going trough Budapest
@@b.botond4222 Ah yes, I forgot about it
Hungary used to have a coastline in Dalmatia (now part of Croatia), but they lost it in 1918.
@@Dave_Sisson I think thé ships are to old now to be use
@@octotitan4574 We still have shipyards.
The British Union Flag is only officially the Union Jack when flown from Jack Staff of a ship.
We had a Jack Staff from old ship at our University Hall of Residence and therefore the only Union Jack flying.
"a rectangle catches the wind better than any other shape"
* draws a wind sock *
Mexico 🇲🇽 has a similar case. Its naval flag originally was the classic green, white and red in vertical bars but the flag was always confused with the Italia flag so they changed the orden of colors and turn in diagonal design with a small anchor in the middle next to 3 stars.
Me: *Albanian
Also me when see Albania flag: *CLICK ON THE VIDEO RREALLY FAST
Shqipee
Ca ke, u suprizove
Mendova qe jam i vetmi shqiptar ktu. Bravo shqipe 🇦🇱🇽🇰
Ue paska shqiptar haha. Ckemi shqipe
🇦🇱🇦🇱
The Italian flag has the simbol of the the four maritime repubilcs:Venice, Genoa, Pisa and Amalfi
Forgot the “don’t tread on me” jack for the US navy when the war on terror was being officially fought. It was very resent that the navy got back to using the Union Jack.
I’d love to see more videos on flags like this! Or more videos on flags in general!
Hace poco habia leido sobre el tema pero no lo habia entendido muy bien y aqui me lo aclaraste perfectamente, GRACIAS!!, exelente canal, exelente contenido.
Wow. Maritime signal flags is one of those things I've wondered about my whole life but never having taken time to research :P
Very interesting video. I have learn things that i have never thought about. Thanks a lot.
Major missing details: There are also civil jacks and commissioning pennants.
Correction: The non-rectangular Nordic flags mentioned are types of swallowtail, not pennants.
Correction: jacks are flown at the bow (front) of a ship, ensigns are usually flown at the stern (back).
I'm working on a project to improve the Russian maritime flags and such, so your correction helped me complete it more accurately, thank you!
The Danish Naval flag (da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dannebrog#/media/Fil:Naval_Ensign_of_Denmark.svg) is in fact slightly different from the state flag (da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dannebrog#/media/Fil:Flag_of_Denmark_(state).svg). The "red" in naval flag is "deep red" (pantone 194C) compared with the red in the state flag (pantone 186C). Also the relative dimensions are slightly different.
I love how some countries have naval flags without having a sea coast
Fun fact: many people in Finland opposed the adoption of the blue Nordic Cross because it looked too similiar to the Helsinki yacth clubs ensign.
Arguing it was too casual and Helsinki centric to be a national flag.
The Dutch navy is one of the oldest in the world and also has a naval ensign and jack, maybe should of been there? But great video nonetheless!
This is an amazing video, even better wheb you're early
Australia has the red ensign for civilian maritime use too!
Although it didn't appear in this video, Japan also has a wonderfully designed Naval ensign!
It does!
Disclaimer: it symbolizes the enlightenment of Japan after Meiji restoration unlike another famous design which symbolizes a particular ideology.
Rising sun?
@@Alaois yup
Love your videos! Keep the great work up!
"you better fear the US navy"
*blue background with some stars lmao*
From what I understand, the Royal Navy fly the White Ensign (flag of England with the Union Jack in the canton) and the British merchant navy fly the red ensign (red flag with the Union Jack in the canton) the Australian naval flag is a variant of the British Royal Navy flag.
Halo mein general das video ist sehr güt
I have been studying german over the past few months
Hello, good but you made a small mistake: you wrotte "Halo", while it is spelled " *Hallo* "
Btw, Ich lerne auch Deutsch (in der Schule)
@@alejandropalenciano2319 oh cool, thank you for the advice
Naval jacks are flown at the bow of naval ships (not the "front"). Ensign is pronounced en-SIN (as in committing a sin) not en-SINE (like a stop sign). Ensigns are normally flown at the stern while a ship is moored or at anchor, but flown aloft while underway.
Wait so Russia's Navy is the opposite of Scotland? Interesting.
Always has been 🔫
🏴
Saint Andrew
And russia flag is me?
@@theflyinfox9250 And Peter the Great is to blame...
I love how polands yacht ensign is basically the german empire with sth else in the middle xD
Presidential/monarch flags next?
6:14 Bolivia's naval ensign looks like a part of it has been censored with a censor mosaic lol
I like the flag. It is one of two to use a double-headed eagle. The other one is Montenegro
Something about Russia's naval flag is just so appealing.
Fun Fact: The Qing Naval Flag (a dragon with yellow background) was too complex that it ended up looking like a child’s drawing of a snake
Having served under the star field jack, I still have a soft spot in my heart for it. :) Go Navy! Beat Army!
6:13 surprised you mentioned my country! Sad we can't really use since we are landlocked. Only real usage is in Lake Titicaca.
Outmost interresting, you could add some developing the matter on every country. T is the originary French Republic flag which started being red white and blue.
The main reason why some naval jacks look like the UK's national flag is because the UK's national flag in of itself was the naval jack, aka, the Union Jack. This set a trend in the 19th century, where other navies wanted to copy a tradition of the most powerful navy at the time, which resulted in most naval jacks looking like the UK's Union Jack.
To give reason for the Jack (at least for british ships), you fly it whilst at anchor. There are numerous reasons, for example, if its flying whilst sailing it could be damaged due to the spray and winds, it shows other vessels that you're stationary or that there is (as you said) a special reason for it being up, with the events usually taking place whilst stationary.
I loved this video. I'm surprised that I never requested it.
There is also the first Naval Jack of the US, it's a variant of the Gadsden flag ("Don't tread on me") with red and white horizontal stripes. It was the US Navy jack from 2002-2019.
Bahamian civil ensign: exists
American cruise ships: it's free real estate
I've seen so many cruise ships fly that flag
I see you everywhere
1 like lel
Thats because these ships are registered in the Bahamas mainly for lower taxes and lower minimum wages.
If you want to know about that you should watch Patriot Act: Real Cost of Cruises
Queen's colours exist too at least in the commonwealth where a special flag is put on the ship the monarch is on
Jacks are flown on the bow not the stern! Ensigns are flown on the stern. The USA has two jacks, a wartime one and a peacetime one. The British jack is the same dimensions as the national flag but the Royal Fleet Auxiliary has a square jack, similar to it's ensign.
SWEDEN'S FIRST FLAG LAW
In our first flag law, from 1663, it was decided that the flag with three tongues could only be used by warships. Private merchant ships had to make do with the cross-cut variant. The three-tongued flag was hoisted ashore at military installations, but also at royal estates and the like. Pretty cool huh :D
Probably the most famous if the signal flags is P, known as the Blue Peter (from which a well known kid's program in the UK is named after), several pubs in the UK are named after it and it is the flag that you as a passenger see means you need to get on board quickly!
belgium has two more dedicated maritime flags, both are variations on the tricolor, there's a state ensign putting the crowned lion in black on the yellow and the yacht flag, having a golden crown on the black in the upper hoist corner
The Australian (British and New Zealand - suspect Canada too) actually have 3 Naval Ensigns. National Flag on a white background for Military Naval Vessels, NAtional Flag on a Red background for merchant (and recreational) naval vessels, and National Flag on a Blue background (so for Australia and NZ - just their National Flag) where the skipper and 1st Mate are members of the Royal Naval Reserve (or Royal Naval Reserve of the particular Realm), But I got a sense you were deliberately trying to avoid using British and Commonwealth Flags as your examples.
In Japan, rising sun flag is still used in Naval Ensign.
but it's off centered. centered one was used in army but now decommissioned.
What about the Dutch "Dubbele Geus" flag? :(
Yes I missed it too
The Italian Naval Jack represents the four (Italian) medieval Maritime Republics, which all had their own flag: (clockwise, from the up left) Venice, Genoa, Pisa and Amalfi.
Also the French flag for yachts is mildly infuriating... looks like it should have a third star.
Oh, and I love Luxembourg’s Civil ensign too.
7:15 looks like Novorossiya
That's because the flag of Novorossiya is based on the naval jack of the Imperial Russian/Modern day Russian navy.
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So next time when I will be smugling something, I will use yacht flag and I should be ok. :-D
Imagine there would be maritime flags, flags for airplanes, flags for cars, flags for bikes, flags for bicycles, flags for spaceships, flags for pedestrians, flags for...
Good Lord.
Of course, great video, as always!
"Argentina civil Ensign" law was repealed in the 1990s. Now there is only one civil/state/government flag.
Que yo sepa la insignia civil se sigue usando o no?
@@ignacioburkhardt789 sólo quedó la bandera con sol.
Adoro teus vídeos meu amigo.
Anybody else noticed how Russia's looks like an inverted Scottish flag?
It's Saint Andrew's symbol. It was the reason for both flags.
Denmarks Naval and yacht ensings are also a darker shade of red than the normal Dannebrog.. 😁🇩🇰
I have seen French and Spanish yacht ensigns in Portugal.
The US Naval Jack was changed for a while by President Bush from the 50 stars to a version of the Gadsen flag. The jacks are usually displayed at the bow, not the stern, when not under way. The "yachting" ensign with the vertical stripes was not really a yachting ensign. It is the ensign of the US Power Squadron and is flown by vessels, which usually are yachts, engaged in the business of the Power Squadron; it is civil volunteer organization that assists the USCG and USCG Auxiliary in matters of yachting safety. Also, the international signal flags are also used in combination for some simple and common messages. These messages are less common than the one letter codes but they are common enough to warrant 2 letter codes. If memory serves, there are also a few 3 letter codes.
Sorry the Jack flag is only flown at the bow (head) of the ship as said at the beginning of the video not at the ship stern as said at 6:24
07:26 Pardon me sir, actually the Indonesian Naval Jack was not inspired by the Indonesian National Flag. The Indonesian Naval Jack was based on 13th century Majapahit Empire's Naval Jacks. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Indonesia
I like how the Russian naval flag is just the reverse of the Scottish flag
Ah yes, my favourite country. *Liechstenstein*
9:30 The Y/I require assistance naval flag also looks like the flag of Alabama strangely.
Thank You I'm From Thailand🇹🇭😊
Yeah Belgium has a really cool one. Scotland’s one is just the saltire in the canton with a red field. It was used in pre union times, and I think was re adopted after devolution
Italian navy flag is the flags of the four maritime republics: Venezia, Genova, Pisa and Amalfi.
You mention Luxembourg's, but that flag is actually what they would like to be their national flag too. There has been a referendum - only 500 people voted, but then again, we are talking about a tiny country - and many politicians have taken position on it, usually with the more national oriented ones preferring the new proposal and international politicians for the old one.
The original reasoning for a new flag is that the current one looks too much like The Netherlands' - which is because it used to be a dominion of theirs. I cannot find a decent source for it, but when I was at the Luxembourg City Museum they told or joked that the only reason why they didn't change it was apparently because it would cost too much to replace all the flags worldwide.
I am really dissapointed That the Dutch Naval ensign was not featured the so called "Geuzenvlag" Which comes as the double for navy ships and single for everyone else
nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geus_(vlag)
All British registered ships use either the red, white or blue ensign.
The red ensign (a red field with a union flag in the canton) is used for merchant ships, the white ensign (st George’s cross with a Union flag In the canton) is used for warships and the blue ensign (like the red but blue obviously) is used for all the weird shit.
chile: *uses there naval jack*
somalia:*Triggered*
you forgot about most famous flag of the seas
japan's rising sun....
4:16 this flag is no longer used. The present flag is like the British naval flag where union jack on the canton is replaced by Indian flag.
I like the US Naval Ensign.