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Encyclopedia > Royal Australian Navy Ensign
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The Royal Australian Navy Ensign is the flag used by the Royal Australian Navy. Also known as the Australian White Ensign, it is based on the Australian national flag, with the field changed to white and the Commonwealth Star and southern cross in blue. The ensign has been used since 1967-03-01. The source for an SVG image of the Royal Australian Navy Ensign can be found at User:David Newton/SVG Graphics/Royal Australian Navy Ensign. ... The source for an SVG image of the Royal Australian Navy Ensign can be found at User:David Newton/SVG Graphics/Royal Australian Navy Ensign. ... FIAV usage code 01 See Vexillological symbols for its meaning File links The following pages link to this file: Flag of Denmark Flag terminology Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Categories: GFDL images ... Royal Australian Navy Ensign The Royal Australian Navy (or RAN) is the navy of Australia and part of the Australian Defence Force. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of Australia is blue with the flag of the United Kingdom (or Union Flag) in the canton (the upper hoist quarter), and a large seven-pointed star known as the Commonwealth Star (six points representing the six original states and one point for the... The design and description of flags typically uses specialised flag terminology with precise and technical meanings (a form of jargon). ... The Commonwealth Star is a seven-pointed star found under the flag of the United Kingdom (Union Flag or Union Jack) on the Flag of Australia, and also on the crest of the Coat-of-arms of Australia. ... Southern Cross is the English name of Crux Australis, a constellation visible in the Southern Hemisphere. ... An ensign is a distinguishing token, emblem, badge, or flag such as a symbol of office. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ...


History

At first, Royal Australian Navy ships flew the British White Ensign from the stern, under the direction of the British Admiralty. Australian government ministers, along with their counterparts from other dominions such as Canada, had proposed in 1909 that a White Ensign defaced with a local symbol would be more appropriate, however the Admiralty insisted that the national flag flown from the jackstaff at the bow was sufficient to display the nationality of the ship. The Blue Ensign. ... For other meanings of the term, see Stern (disambiguation). ... Old Admiralty House, Whitehall, London, Thomas Ripley, architect, 1723-26, was not admired by his contemporaries and earned him some scathing couplets from Alexander Pope The Admiralty was historically the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. ... Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ... Flags are particularly important at sea, where they can mean the difference between life and death, and consequently where the rules and regulations for the flying of flags are strictly enforced. ... The bow is the foremost point of the hull of a ship or boat: the point that is ahead when the vessel is underway. ...


By 1965, Australian forces were fighting in the Vietnam War, a war which did not involve the British, and a member of parliament questioned the appropriateness of using the ensign of another country. At the same time, it was reported in parliament that the Navy were looking for a distinctly Australian ensign. On considering the matter on 1966-01-21, the Naval Board recommended to the Government "that the Royal Australian Navy should have its own unique white ensign", a "white flag with the Union Flag in the upper canton at the hoist with six blue stars positioned as in the Australian flag". The new ensign was granted Royal Assent on 1966-11-07 and announced by the prime minister on 1966-12-23. The introduction of the ensign was brought forward from the originally planned date, 1966-05-01, to 1 March, when HMAS Boonaroo became the first ship to be commissioned under the Australian white ensign. The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War (Vietnamese Chiến Tranh Chống Mỹ Cứu Nước, War Against the Americans to Save the Nation) was a conflict between the [National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam|National Liberation Front]] (NLF, or Viet Cong), which was allied with the... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ...


References

  • "Australian White Ensign". Sea Power Centre - Australia site. URL accessed on August 4, 2005.
  • "Naval Flags (Australia)". Flags of the World. URL accessed on August 4, 2005.

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Royal Australian Navy Ensign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (321 words)
Australian government ministers, along with their counterparts from other dominions such as Canada, had proposed in 1909 that a White Ensign defaced with a local symbol would be more appropriate, however the Admiralty insisted that the national flag flown from the jackstaff at the bow was sufficient to display the nationality of the ship.
By 1965, Australian forces were fighting in the Vietnam War, a war which did not involve the British, and a member of parliament questioned the appropriateness of using the ensign of another country.
The new ensign was granted Royal Assent on 1966-11-07 and announced by the prime minister on 1966-12-23.
Royal Australian Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (888 words)
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force.
The Royal Navy continued to provide blue water defence in the Pacific until World War Two, when expansion of the RAN saw the acquisition of aircraft carriers, and other large surface vessels.
The Royal Australian Navy was established in 1909.
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