NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Flag of Bermuda

The Flag of Bermuda was adopted on October 4, 1910. It is a British Red Ensign with the Union Flag in the upper left corner, and the coat of arms of Bermuda in the lower right. Image File history File links Flag_of_Bermuda. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bermuda. ... FIAV usage code 52 See Vexillological symbols for its meaning File links The following pages link to this file: Flag of Greenland Flag of Germany Flag of Estonia Flag of Bulgaria Flag of Bermuda Flag of Jordan Flag of Brunei Flag of the Faroe Islands Flag of Latvia Flag of... Image File history File links Bermuda_governors_flag. ... Image File history File links Bermuda_governors_flag. ... October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... -1... The Red Ensign, as currently used by the United Kingdoms Merchant Navy The Red Ensign is a flag that originated in the early 1600s as an ensign flown by the Royal Navy. ... Flag Ratio: 1:2 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland uses as its national flag the Royal Banner commonly known as the Union Flag or Union Jack. ... The Coat of Arms of Bermuda show a red lion holding a shield that has a depiction of a sinking ship upon it. ...

The flag is unusual for a British colony in that it is a red ensign, rather than a blue ensign, as is traditional for use by governments. However both Canada and the Union of South Africa used red ensigns as their national flags when British colonies. The Governor of Bermuda uses a Union Flag defaced with the coat of arms, a design traditional for Governors of the British overseas territories. The modern Blue Ensign of the United Kingdom The British Blue Ensign (1707â€“1801) English Blue Ensign as it appeared in the seventeenth century. ... National motto: Ex Unitate Vires (Latin: From Unity, strength} Official languages Afrikaans, English. ... Flag of the Governor of Bermuda The Governor of Bermuda is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdoms overseas territory of Bermuda. ... A United Kingdom overseas territory (formerly known as a dependent territory or earlier as a crown colony) is a territory that is under the sovereignty and formal control of the United Kingdom but is not part of the United Kingdom proper (Great Britain and Northern Ireland). ...

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