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Under what law is it illegal? With what crime would I be charged if I flew a White Ensign from my house? The Merchant Shipping Act, 1995 forbids unauthorised vessels from flying "any colours usually worn by Her Majesty’s ships". However, I couldn't find any legislation relevant on land. Mtford 02:05, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
[Added 15 August 2010 - I have removed this paragraph as it is incorrect; there is nothing 'technically illegal' about the White Ensign as there is no UK law which governs its use. As with most flag matters in the UK, the 'rules' are by custom and use. Also the statement: "... but now the Royal Navy have given permission for this purpose" cannot be true for the same reason. There is no crime committed but it might not be 'correct' which is a different question. For further information see the website of The Flag Institute, London. Rich0908 ( talk) 10:50, 15 August 2010 (UTC) Rich0908 ]
I see no point in including a reference to the liberation of South Georgia purely as it contains a reference to the Ensign. I have thus deleted the passage.
The White Ensign flies above the Seraph Monument at the Citadel, the U.S. military college in South Carolina. The Seraph Monument "is a memorial consisting of relics from H.M.S. Seraph, including the periscope and a forward torpedo loading hatch. Both the U.S. and British flags fly from the structure to symbolize that this English submarine was placed under the command of an American Naval officer for a special mission during World War II. It is the only shore installation in the U.S. permitted to fly the Royal Navy Ensign.
Seraph became known as "the special missions submarine" because of its involvement in the most famous seaborne covert missions in the European Theater of World War II. It was the vessel that took then Major General Mark Clark and several others to Algeria in October of 1942 on a successful secret mission to win support of the Vichy French forces prior to the Allied landings in North Africa. Days later Seraph was dispatched to southern France to rescue General Henri Giraud, a Vichy officer who wished to cooperate with the allies; because he would only deal with the Americans, Seraph's British markings were painted over, she flew a U.S. flag and temporarily became the U.S.S. Seraph under the command of a U.S. Navy Captain. Seraph later acted as a beacon ship for General George Patton's forces in the invasion of Sicily as well as for the D-Day landings in Normandy; she also transported several commando units on clandestine missions in southern Europe. Late in the war she was converted to a high speed anti-submarine warfare training platform and remained in service with the Royal Navy until 1962.
The HMS Seraph played a major role in Operation Mincemeat, one of the most successful deception operations ever mounted in warfare. The elaborate ruse involving the planting of fake documents on a body set adrift off Spain convinced Hitler's High Command that the next allied landings would be at Sardinia when the real target was Sicily. Operation Mincemeat is the subject of several books and a movie titled The Man who Never Was.
This monument is dedicated to Anglo-American cooperation during WWII." citation: http://www.citadel.edu/main/about/campusguide/virtualtour/monuments.html
Also see MacIntyre, Ben, Operation Mincemeat(2010) Harmony Books, Adobe Digital Edition, p 321. Quatrefilles ( talk) 18:41, 23 September 2010 (UTC)quatrefilles
Not sure why File:British-White-Ensign-1707.svg isn't included in the article... AnonMoos ( talk) 18:58, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
This flag is listed elsewhere on wikipedia as the "Auxiliary ensign of the Bahamas" but other websites suggest it is actually the non-military government ensign. Can anybody find an official source explaining which it is?
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I think the symbol in the infobox is wrong. The White Ensign is both a naval ensign and a yacht club ensign, albeit for only one club. Perhaps War flag, civil ensign. The text in the article makes clear the duel use of the white ensign. Jacksoncowes ( talk) 13:42, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
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Under what law is it illegal? With what crime would I be charged if I flew a White Ensign from my house? The Merchant Shipping Act, 1995 forbids unauthorised vessels from flying "any colours usually worn by Her Majesty’s ships". However, I couldn't find any legislation relevant on land. Mtford 02:05, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
[Added 15 August 2010 - I have removed this paragraph as it is incorrect; there is nothing 'technically illegal' about the White Ensign as there is no UK law which governs its use. As with most flag matters in the UK, the 'rules' are by custom and use. Also the statement: "... but now the Royal Navy have given permission for this purpose" cannot be true for the same reason. There is no crime committed but it might not be 'correct' which is a different question. For further information see the website of The Flag Institute, London. Rich0908 ( talk) 10:50, 15 August 2010 (UTC) Rich0908 ]
I see no point in including a reference to the liberation of South Georgia purely as it contains a reference to the Ensign. I have thus deleted the passage.
The White Ensign flies above the Seraph Monument at the Citadel, the U.S. military college in South Carolina. The Seraph Monument "is a memorial consisting of relics from H.M.S. Seraph, including the periscope and a forward torpedo loading hatch. Both the U.S. and British flags fly from the structure to symbolize that this English submarine was placed under the command of an American Naval officer for a special mission during World War II. It is the only shore installation in the U.S. permitted to fly the Royal Navy Ensign.
Seraph became known as "the special missions submarine" because of its involvement in the most famous seaborne covert missions in the European Theater of World War II. It was the vessel that took then Major General Mark Clark and several others to Algeria in October of 1942 on a successful secret mission to win support of the Vichy French forces prior to the Allied landings in North Africa. Days later Seraph was dispatched to southern France to rescue General Henri Giraud, a Vichy officer who wished to cooperate with the allies; because he would only deal with the Americans, Seraph's British markings were painted over, she flew a U.S. flag and temporarily became the U.S.S. Seraph under the command of a U.S. Navy Captain. Seraph later acted as a beacon ship for General George Patton's forces in the invasion of Sicily as well as for the D-Day landings in Normandy; she also transported several commando units on clandestine missions in southern Europe. Late in the war she was converted to a high speed anti-submarine warfare training platform and remained in service with the Royal Navy until 1962.
The HMS Seraph played a major role in Operation Mincemeat, one of the most successful deception operations ever mounted in warfare. The elaborate ruse involving the planting of fake documents on a body set adrift off Spain convinced Hitler's High Command that the next allied landings would be at Sardinia when the real target was Sicily. Operation Mincemeat is the subject of several books and a movie titled The Man who Never Was.
This monument is dedicated to Anglo-American cooperation during WWII." citation: http://www.citadel.edu/main/about/campusguide/virtualtour/monuments.html
Also see MacIntyre, Ben, Operation Mincemeat(2010) Harmony Books, Adobe Digital Edition, p 321. Quatrefilles ( talk) 18:41, 23 September 2010 (UTC)quatrefilles
Not sure why File:British-White-Ensign-1707.svg isn't included in the article... AnonMoos ( talk) 18:58, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
This flag is listed elsewhere on wikipedia as the "Auxiliary ensign of the Bahamas" but other websites suggest it is actually the non-military government ensign. Can anybody find an official source explaining which it is?
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I think the symbol in the infobox is wrong. The White Ensign is both a naval ensign and a yacht club ensign, albeit for only one club. Perhaps War flag, civil ensign. The text in the article makes clear the duel use of the white ensign. Jacksoncowes ( talk) 13:42, 13 March 2021 (UTC)