Blue Ensign

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British ensign maritime flag national flag variant

The Blue Ensign is a British maritime flag featuring a dark blue field with the Union Jack in the canton, traditionally used by certain government vessels, colonial administrations, and authorized organizations.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Blue Ensign canonical	25
Blue Ensigns	5
blue ensign	2
Blue Ensign (undefaced)	1
Blue Ensign with Hong Kong badge	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British ensign ⓘ maritime flag ⓘ national flag variant ⓘ
canton	Union Flag ⓘ surface form: Union Jack
category	British maritime flag ⓘ blue flag ⓘ government ensign ⓘ
color	dark blue ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	British Red Ensign ⓘ surface form: Red Ensign White Ensign ⓘ civil ensign ⓘ naval ensign ⓘ
fieldColor	blue ⓘ
flagType	ensign ⓘ
hasDesignElement	Union Jack in the canton ⓘ dark blue field ⓘ
historicalUse	basis for flags of former British colonies ⓘ flag of many British colonies ⓘ
influenced	flag of Australia ⓘ flag of Fiji ⓘ flag of New Zealand ⓘ flag of Tuvalu ⓘ flag of several British Overseas Territories ⓘ
legalStatus	regulated by the United Kingdom government ⓘ use restricted to authorized users ⓘ
partOf	British ensign system ⓘ
regulatingAuthority	Admiralty (United Kingdom) ⓘ surface form: Admiralty (historical) Department for Transport ⓘ surface form: UK Department for Transport United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ⓘ surface form: UK Ministry of Defence
relatedTo	British Red Ensign ⓘ surface form: Red Ensign Union Flag ⓘ surface form: Union Jack White Ensign ⓘ
timePeriod	in use since at least the 17th century ⓘ
usedBy	British Overseas Territories ⓘ surface form: British Overseas Territories (defaced variants) Colonial Office ⓘ surface form: British colonial governments (historical) British government departments at sea ⓘ Royal Fleet Auxiliary ⓘ surface form: Royal Fleet Auxiliary (defaced variant) Royal Navy Reserve ⓘ surface form: Royal Naval Reserve (historical and variants) United Kingdom ⓘ certain yacht clubs under warrant ⓘ
usedFor	authorized organizations ⓘ civil shipping under warrant ⓘ colonial administrations ⓘ government vessels ⓘ maritime identification ⓘ naval auxiliary vessels ⓘ yachts with special warrants ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Red Ensign → relatedFlag → Blue Ensign ⓘ

RAF Ensign → relatedFlag → Blue Ensign ⓘ

Flags of British Overseas Territories → usesDesignElement → Blue Ensign ⓘ

White Ensign → relatedFlag → Blue Ensign ⓘ

Red Duster → relatedTo → Blue Ensign ⓘ

British ensign system → hasComponent → Blue Ensign ⓘ

Flags of the United Kingdom → includesFlag → Blue Ensign ⓘ

British Blue Ensign → flagType → Blue Ensign ⓘ

this entity surface form: blue ensign

Hong Kong under British rule → flag → Blue Ensign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blue Ensign with Hong Kong badge

Flag of the Falkland Islands → usesDesign → Blue Ensign ⓘ

Flag of the Falkland Islands → category → Blue Ensign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blue Ensigns

Flag of the Cayman Islands → category → Blue Ensign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blue Ensigns

Flag of Ascension Island → usesDesign → Blue Ensign ⓘ

Flag of Anguilla → usesDesign → Blue Ensign ⓘ

Flag of Tristan da Cunha → category → Blue Ensign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blue Ensigns

Flag of Pitcairn Islands → usesDesign → Blue Ensign ⓘ

Admiral of the Blue → symbolizedBy → Blue Ensign ⓘ

this entity surface form: blue ensign

Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands → usesDesign → Blue Ensign ⓘ

Flag of Akrotiri and Dhekelia → similarTo → Blue Ensign ⓘ

Government Service Ensign → basedOn → Blue Ensign ⓘ

Government Service Ensign → distinguishedFrom → Blue Ensign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blue Ensign (undefaced)

Diplomatic Service flag → ensignType → Blue Ensign ⓘ

Diplomatic Service flag → relatedFlag → Blue Ensign ⓘ

Montserrat flag → usesDesign → Blue Ensign ⓘ

subject surface form: Flag of Montserrat

Flag of Niue → category → Blue Ensign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blue Ensigns

Flag of New South Wales → ensignType → Blue Ensign ⓘ

flag of British colonial Nigeria → flagType → Blue Ensign ⓘ

flag of British colonial Nigeria → category → Blue Ensign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blue Ensigns

Flag of South Australia → usesDesign → Blue Ensign ⓘ

Flag of the Governor of Saint Helena → flagType → Blue Ensign ⓘ

Flag of the Governor of Queensland → field → Blue Ensign ⓘ

Admiralty warrants → relatedTo → Blue Ensign ⓘ

Flag of the Governor of Western Australia → backgroundColor → Blue Ensign ⓘ

Flag of Western Australia → backgroundDesign → Blue Ensign ⓘ