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Anaval ensign is anensign (maritime flag) used bynaval ships of various countries to denote theirnationality. It can be the same or different from a country'scivil ensign orstate ensign.[1]
It can also be known as awar ensign. A large version of a naval ensign that is flown on awarship's mast just before going into battle is called abattle ensign. An ensign differs from ajack, which is flown from ajackstaff at the bow of a vessel.
Most countries have only onenational flag and ensign for all purposes. In other countries, a distinction is made between the land flag and the civil, state and naval ensigns. TheBritish ensigns, for example, differ from the flag used on land (theUnion Flag) and have different versions of plain and defacedRed andBlue ensigns for civilian and state use, as well as the naval ensign (White Ensign). Some naval ensigns differ in shape from the national flag, such as the Nordic naval ensigns, which have 'tongues'. On the other hand, countries may also have different regulations and usage of naval ensigns, with some defining the naval ensign as a principal national flag at see (under military context), while some others use naval ensigns as secondarystandards denoting theservices or as indication for the nature of authorized operations, as supplement but not a replacement of their primarynational flags.
Naval ensigns that are different from thecivil ensign and thenational flag:
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