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Regulations & Instructions - 1808
Relating to His majesty's service at sea.
Section IV - Chapter I
Of Colours.
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| Article I |
| ALL Flag Officers and Captains are strictly forbidden to carry any other flag or pendant than that which belongs to their rank, except when His Majesty or any of the Royal Family are on board, or unless they shall be directed to do so by the Admiralty, or by their superior Officer. |
Flag Officers and Captains to carry no other flag or pendant than such as belongs to their rank. |
| Article II |
| Where two Flag Officers, carrying the same Flag at the same masthead, shall serve together, the Commander in Chief may order either of them to carry such other Flag as he shall think fit, to prevent the confusion which might otherwise be occasioned. |
When two Flag Officers carry the same flag, Commander in Chief to order either of them to carry such other flags as he may think fit. |
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| Article III |
When Flag Officers shall think fit to carry their flags at the head of their Boats, their ranks are to be distinguished as follows, viz.
The Admiral of the Fleet, and the Admirals of the Red, White and Blue, are to carry their proper flags ; the Vice Admirals of the Red and Blue are to carry one white ball, and Vice Admirals of the White one Blue ball, in their respective flags. Rear Admirals of the Red and Blue to carry two white balls, and Rear Admirals of the White two blue balls in their respective flags.- The balls are to be large enough to be easily distinguished, and are to be in the upper part of the flag, and near the staff. |
How the ranks of Flag Officers are to be distinguished when carrying their flags at the head of their Boats. |
| Article IV |
| Packets employed by the post-office, and having Commanders appointed by Commission from the Admiralty, are permitted to carry a red ensign, a jack, and a pendant ; but His Majesty strictly forbids all Masters of Merchant Ships, and all Ships and Vessels employed in the Service of any Public Office, or in raising seamen, or in transporting troops, except those on board of which a commissioned Officer of the Navy shall be embarked, to carry any pendants, or what may be taken for them ; and if they shall offend herein, and presume to wear Flags or Pendants, or any other Colours than those hereafter specified, it is His Majesty's pleasure that the Captains, or any other Officers of His Majesty's Ships of War who shall see them, do seize the said Colours, flags or Pendants, and report the names of the Master, and of the Ship or Vessel, the place to which she belongs, and the Merchants who are owners of her, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, together with Affidavits of two Witnesses to the Fact ; in order that the person so offending may be proceeded against in the High Court of Admiralty. |
Port-office packets having Commanders on board appointed by commission permitted to carry a red ensign a jack, and a pendant ; merchant Ships not to carry pendants.
Officers of His Majesty�s Ships of War to seize such colours. |
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| Article V |
| Merchant Ships are to carry a Red Ensign with the Union Jack in a canton, at the upper corner next the staff, and a White Jack with a Red Cross, commonly called St. George's Cross, passing quite through it. |
Merchant Ships to carry a red ensign &c. |
| Article VI |
| Ships having private Commissions, or Letters of Marque or Letters of Reprisal, are to carry the same Ensigns as Merchant Ships, and an Union Jack with a broad red border at the end and foot thereof. |
Ships having Letters of Marque, &c., to carry same Ensigns as Merchant Ships. |
| Article VII |
| Ships and Vessels employed in the service of any Public Office, are to carry the same ensign and Jack, as Ship having Letters of Marque ; except that, in the fly of the ensign, there shall be described the Seal of the Office to which they belong, |
Ships employed in the service of a Public Office � what colours to carry. |
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| Article VIII |
| The Commanders of His Majesty's Ships are not to suffer any Foreign Ships to ride in his ports or roads, with false colours ; but if they persist in doing so, after being admonished, they are to put the Ships under arrest, and to send an account thereof to the Secretary of the Admiralty. |
Officers commanding His Majesty�s Ships not to suffer Foreign Ships to ride in his ports with false colours. |
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