Anyone explain to me why the British don't fly their union flag but fly the
red ensign instead?

Because the law says so.

Only the queen can fly the union flag on her boat/ship/yacht.




"Stef" wrote in message
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Anyone explain to me why the British don't fly their union flag but fly
the
red ensign instead?

I thought its to avoid being target of terrorist?

"Henry" wrote in message
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Because the law says so.

Only the queen can fly the union flag on her boat/ship/yacht.




"Stef" wrote in message
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Anyone explain to me why the British don't fly their union flag but fly
the
red ensign instead?

The red is the navy flag.

Merry X-mas!
George

"Stef" skrev i en meddelelse
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Anyone explain to me why the British don't fly their union flag but fly
the
red ensign instead?

There are three naval ensigns, Red, Blue and white. What ensign you
wear depends on what club you belong to. White is most prestigious,
followed by the blue and then the red.

Many navies have a history of different naval and national flags. The
Russian flag is a white/blue/red tricolour, but the naval is a cross or
St Andrew, blue on a white background.

- Anders Gustafsson, Engineer, CNE, ASE
The Aaland Islands (N60 E20)
Using VA 5.50 build 311 on Windows 2000 build 2195

Basically there the red is the merchant navy and privet ships, the blue is
members of royal yacht clubs and some military boats and the white is the
royal navy and some very royal yacht clubs.

In short it is tradition going back hundreds of years and has nothing to do
with terrorists!


"sailor99" wrote in message
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The red is the navy flag.

Merry X-mas!
George

"Stef" skrev i en meddelelse
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Anyone explain to me why the British don't fly their union flag but fly
the
red ensign instead?