British Blue Ensign

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ensign maritime flag

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

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Blue Ensign of the United Kingdom	1
British Blue Ensign family	1
British Blue Ensign tradition	1
British Blue Ensign with Ceylon badge	1
plain Blue Ensign	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ensign ⓘ maritime flag ⓘ
authority	UK government ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom government
canton	Union Flag ⓘ surface form: Union Jack
colorScheme	blue, red, white ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
designElement	Union Flag in the canton ⓘ dark blue field ⓘ
fieldColor	dark blue ⓘ
flagFamily	British ensigns ⓘ
flagType	Blue Ensign ⓘ surface form: blue ensign
hasVariant	Saint Helena flag ⓘ surface form: defaced Blue Ensign British Blue Ensign self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: plain Blue Ensign
positionOfCanton	upper hoist-side quarter ⓘ
regulatesUse	Admiralty warrants ⓘ UK maritime flag regulations ⓘ
relatedTo	British Red Ensign ⓘ surface form: Red Ensign White Ensign ⓘ
scriptDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
shape	rectangular flag ⓘ
symbolizes	British nationality at sea ⓘ
usedBy	British government-chartered vessels ⓘ British public bodies ⓘ UK government ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom government certain yacht clubs ⓘ
usedFor	civil maritime purposes under warrant ⓘ government service at sea ⓘ
usedIn	British overseas territories (defaced variants) ⓘ
uses	British government vessels ⓘ authorized organizations ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Flag of the Governor of New South Wales → basedOn → British Blue Ensign ⓘ

Flag of Anguilla → designOrigin → British Blue Ensign ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Blue Ensign tradition

Flag of Ascension Island → flagFamily → British Blue Ensign ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Blue Ensign family

Flag of the Governor of New South Wales → flagField → British Blue Ensign ⓘ

British Blue Ensign → hasVariant → British Blue Ensign self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: plain Blue Ensign

Australian national flag → inspiredBy → British Blue Ensign ⓘ

Flag of Ceylon → predecessor → British Blue Ensign ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Blue Ensign with Ceylon badge

Flag of the Falkland Islands → relatedFlag → British Blue Ensign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blue Ensign of the United Kingdom

RAF ensign → relatedTo → British Blue Ensign ⓘ

Flag of the Cayman Islands → usesDesign → British Blue Ensign ⓘ