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In this episode of #FunWithFlags I talk about the Maritime Flags that countries use. How they range from Civil to State, Naval Ensigns, Jacks, etc.
There's no unique rule to how countries represent themselves at sea. A lot of times these flags can be used together or individually. And the type of flag used by each category can be unique or equal to those used on land.
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[@General.Knowledge]

Which naval flag is your favorite? I love Hungary's!

[@ZEKESasaMo]

I love Belgium's!

[@ruffkuntry2574]

How do landlocked countries have navies? Hungary’s is pretty cool.

[@Bellasie1]

Thailand! That was a very interesting video, yes please do more on the various types of flags! Thank you!

[@MustraOrdo]

Australia, Hungary and Singapore all have aesthetics

[@arditqorrolli7693]

I didn't know that Hungary has a navy. You learn something new everyday,I guess😂(yea im just fucking joking)

[@jottenuytten8591]

Hungary is landlocked but still having one of the best naval flags😂

[@General.Knowledge]

Agreed!

[@DominikVarga0207]

navy at balaton

[@howardthealien2606]

Is it possible a country being Sealocked or even *Airlocked*

[@markthebikethief1248]

Howard The Alien *perhaps*

[@rubberduck3y6]

@@howardthealien2606 A sealocked country would surely be any island country with no land borders?

[@timi1655]

My country has naval forces and one of the coolest naval flag. Now we only need a coast.

[@sch0146]

*t r u e*

[@bajlozi6873]

Reloades Ak. Ready? Joke

[@sch0146]

@@bajlozi6873 ?

[@firdaus99031]

Swiss?

[@timi1655]

@@firdaus99031 Hungarian

[@tschetatsch]

The naval flag designs are really cool stuff, all are unique and interesting in their own ways

[@josueveguilla9069]

Agreed.

[@howardthealien2606]

Russia’s looks like Scotland but if Blue was white and blue was on the X

[@tschetatsch]

@Howard The Alien yeah inverted Scottish flag

[@luigidgp9491]

My favourite navals flags are Italy, Saudi Arabia, Malta, Poland, Hungary, Belgium, Luxembourg, UK and Thailand

[@paolob.5667]

I think the history of the Italian jack is pretty cool: it uses the 4 flags of 4 medieval city States: Venice, Genoa, Pisa and Amalfi. These were naval powers in the Mediterranean during the middle ages.

[@paolob.5667]

@@leonardodavid2842 yes, thank you for reminding me the exact names for them

[@paolob.5667]

@@leonardodavid2842 thanks, I didn't know their history very well.

[@Javimpr]

Just wanted to point out that the Naval Jack, as far as I've seen in NATO ships, is usually hoisted at the bow. Just as a curiosity, in Spain it is used in 5 cases: Sundays. Festive days. Days when you fly all the flags (I don't know how to say it in English, but we call it "engalanado"). When a foreign ship is in the same port. When you are in a foreign port. Of course, never used while sailing. Great video, and great work.

[@atesdumanoglu]

I just want an F to pay respects for Bolivias Naval Ensign

[@romerobritto9094]

it's funny, because they have no coast hahahahajajajajaja

[@alejandropalenciano2319]

Hungary also doesn't have coastline but for some reason they have a naval ensign :v

[@Luzitanium]

@@alejandropalenciano2319 dramatic sound with dramatic look..... ( o_O )

[@b.botond4222]

@@alejandropalenciano2319 maaan, we have rivers

[@howardthealien2606]

Romero Britto they still do kinda have access to The Pacific Ocean and Atlantic but they have to pass Chile and Then pass Uruguay for Pacific and Atlantic

[@paapeeraa5325]

Italy: *_It's showtime_*

[@francescoboselli6033]

I show only one Italian flag, and for just one second 😅

[@ZazoShamo]

When I saw Bolivia's naval flag, I was laughing hard about how they're salty about losing their coastline which is reflected in their flag design. 😂😂😂😂

[@nachoqualsevol554]

...and it's used by vessels in lakes and rivers

[@realhawaii5o]

Yes! They have an extra star for the Pacific coast state

[@a2falcone]

It's officially called the "Flag of the maritime claim" and used in all the events related to that claim. So yes, it is the "we're salty about losing our coast" flag. The existence of a Bolivian Navy as a separate branch of the military is out of saltiness too. They didn't even bother to create a navy while they had a coast.

[@ZazoShamo]

Guys, has any of you heard of sarcasm? 😅

[@rafaelparo2229]

Loved the video! The naval jack for Belgium is pretty cool. Thanks a lot for the info!

[@Vivi-yw1eu]

*starts talking about signal flags* WoWs players: *leonardo di caprio pointing at tv*

[@jakobnuernberger94]

when i was in the navy i had to work with that. the german navy has a special signals-section, wich works with, you guessed it, signal flags among others. really niche and i dont know if other navies have such a dedicated section for this.

[@tomkerruish2982]

Thank you. This channel is not only highly informative, interesting, and enjoyable on its own, but also (for me) is a welcome respite from my usual diet of political commentary.

[@mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150]

Great work! I keep learning with your channel!

[@aby6808]

I’d love to see more videos on flags like this! Or more videos on flags in general!

[@leonpomme-epine2742]

Arf, can't believe you didn't show the maritime jack of the Netherlands ! It's my favourite, to be honest. The design is really unique and uses the three colours of their national flag.

[@benjaminprietop]

Hungary's one looks like a Christmas decoration, I love it!

[@sanmarino5787]

Mongolia has a naval flag but only has one ship and they are a landlocked country.

[@paapeeraa5325]

Hey sono Italiano ciao

[@TheRealKingLeopoldII]

Apparently only one person that works in the Mongolian Navy can swim

[@clishe7395]

@@TheRealKingLeopoldII They can swim in their lakes.

[@TheRealKingLeopoldII]

@@clishe7395 I know but in their navy (that I think only has 9 people), only 1 person can swim or so I've heard

[@davidt3500]

@@TheRealKingLeopoldII They don't need to swim. They have a ship and the chances of someone sinking it is very low :D

[@sergiocastropena5671]

Hace poco habia leido sobre el tema pero no lo habia entendido muy bien y aqui me lo aclaraste perfectamente, GRACIAS!!, exelente canal, exelente contenido.

[@lucretiuscaro]

The Spanish naval ensign is the one that was popularized back in the 1800s when it took over from the so-called San Andrés flag, which at the time was the land army flag, to represent the nation as a whole.

[@comradeedwin1006]

Love your videos! Keep the great work up!

[@donshymske2550]

i’ve never been this lucky to see such a great video so early

[@matthewmclean9012]

Early squad

[@General.Knowledge]

Thanks!

[@RobertMihalache]

Very interesting video. I have learn things that i have never thought about. Thanks a lot.

[@Naif10]

I would not add something, I will just say it .. you are giving us information with simple joy and entertainment in it.

[@emil6890]

Haven't watched this video yet, but keep up all the great work, man.

[@General.Knowledge]

Thanks!

[@kazimierzziezio2293]

A Jack is flown from the bow, not the stern, while anchored or docked, and removed as soon as the vessel has way on.

[@reminder9146]

LOWDER FOR THE FOLKS IN THE BACK!

[@theteutonking3306]

To give reason for the Jack (at least for british ships), you fly it whilst at anchor. There are numerous reasons, for example, if its flying whilst sailing it could be damaged due to the spray and winds, it shows other vessels that you're stationary or that there is (as you said) a special reason for it being up, with the events usually taking place whilst stationary.

[@ernestorafaeldiaz8374]

Adoro teus vídeos meu amigo.

[@constantinomesropian8751]

I'm from Argentina and I can tell you that in the 80s the civilian flag changed including the "Sol de Mayo" (the sun), that was used only in wars and stuff like that. Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷❤️

[@DrPooch-ov5sy]

This is an amazing video, even better wheb you're early

[@forthrightgambitia1032]

Probably the most famous if the signal flags is P, known as the Blue Peter (from which a well known kid's program in the UK is named after), several pubs in the UK are named after it and it is the flag that you as a passenger see means you need to get on board quickly!

[@nazongo]

Mexico 🇲🇽 has a similar case. Its naval flag originally was the classic green, white and red in vertical bars but the flag was always confused with the Italia flag so they changed the orden of colors and turn in diagonal design with a small anchor in the middle next to 3 stars.

[@Kathkere]

Wow. Maritime signal flags is one of those things I've wondered about my whole life but never having taken time to research :P

[@MichaelScheele]

There is also the first Naval Jack of the US, it's a variant of the Gadsden flag ("Don't tread on me") with red and white horizontal stripes. It was the US Navy jack from 2002-2019.

[@adamlatosinski5475]

7:00 aah, Finland's "special" lion

[@user-vv7mz6ps4k]

The armed and crowned lion.

[@pabloalcaino123]

Italian flag is a historic reference to the former maritime republics: venice, Amalfi, Genova and Pisa.

[@FullaEels]

Yeah Belgium has a really cool one. Scotland’s one is just the saltire in the canton with a red field. It was used in pre union times, and I think was re adopted after devolution

[@theosvult4857]

6:13 surprised you mentioned my country! Sad we can't really use since we are landlocked. Only real usage is in Lake Titicaca.

[@roelantverhoeven371]

belgium has two more dedicated maritime flags, both are variations on the tricolor, there's a state ensign putting the crowned lion in black on the yellow and the yacht flag, having a golden crown on the black in the upper hoist corner

[@antonellogiannuzzi6609]

The Italian flag has the simbol of the the four maritime repubilcs:Venice, Genoa, Pisa and Amalfi

[@JohnSmith-nz4bn]

Australia has the red ensign for civilian maritime use too!

[@sandervanschijndel4215]

I am really dissapointed That the Dutch Naval ensign was not featured the so called "Geuzenvlag" Which comes as the double for navy ships and single for everyone else nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geus_(vlag)

[@GiselleGewellle]

Man the you should show the swiss one, its epic

[@archstanton6102]

The British Union Flag is only officially the Union Jack when flown from Jack Staff of a ship. We had a Jack Staff from old ship at our University Hall of Residence and therefore the only Union Jack flying.

[@airman22]

Forgot the “don’t tread on me” jack for the US navy when the war on terror was being officially fought. It was very resent that the navy got back to using the Union Jack.

[@lipsarath8728]

IT WAS AN EXCELLENT TOPIC TO LEARN ABOUT!!!!!!!👌👌 THANKS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 👍👍.... WHY DON'T YOU MAKE A VIDEO ON TIME ZONES OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES??

[@robertnortan87]

Outmost interresting, you could add some developing the matter on every country. T is the originary French Republic flag which started being red white and blue.

[@mysterious7215]

So early for a informative video

[@benjamindowell2312]

So, as a former member of the US Navy, I was about to complain that that was no longer the US Naval Jack, we switched to the "First Naval Jack"in 2002. But before posting my complaint, I double checked to see if there had been any changes. And I'll be damned, there was. We switched back last year!! I haven't been out of the service that long, but long enough to be out of touch. Well, I appreciate you keeping me up to date. Thank you, Sir.

[@therealdavyjones6859]

Howdy, shipmate! I had forgotten about the "first naval jack" being deployed during that time (especially since I left active service years before it was authorized).

[@jacobbailey-lawton1086]

Halo mein general das video ist sehr güt I have been studying german over the past few months

[@alejandropalenciano2319]

Hello, good but you made a small mistake: you wrotte "Halo", while it is spelled " *Hallo* " Btw, Ich lerne auch Deutsch (in der Schule)

[@jacobbailey-lawton1086]

@@alejandropalenciano2319 oh cool, thank you for the advice

[@allangibson8494]

I am surprised you missed the Australian civil marine ensign - following British tradition it has a RED field with white stars rather than the blue field of the shore flags. Most Commonwealth countries and British colonies follow this pattern for flags at sea. This is derived from the Admiralty division flags - which was where you got Admiral if the Red, White & Blue as position descriptions.

[@kizzer14100]

Yeah but the RAN ensign is a reverse of the national flag

[@allangibson8494]

kieran halloran No - it is a derivative of the Royal Navy white ensign as a result of Australian involvement in the Vietnam War.

[@revjohnlee]

The US Naval Jack was changed for a while by President Bush from the 50 stars to a version of the Gadsen flag. The jacks are usually displayed at the bow, not the stern, when not under way. The "yachting" ensign with the vertical stripes was not really a yachting ensign. It is the ensign of the US Power Squadron and is flown by vessels, which usually are yachts, engaged in the business of the Power Squadron; it is civil volunteer organization that assists the USCG and USCG Auxiliary in matters of yachting safety. Also, the international signal flags are also used in combination for some simple and common messages. These messages are less common than the one letter codes but they are common enough to warrant 2 letter codes. If memory serves, there are also a few 3 letter codes.

[@atr_g10]

I love how some countries have naval flags without having a sea coast

[@xhonshehu9703]

Me: *Albanian Also me when see Albania flag: *CLICK ON THE VIDEO RREALLY FAST

[@itsgenti8910]

Shqipee

[@lionely3485]

Ca ke, u suprizove

[@arianhoxha5593]

Mendova qe jam i vetmi shqiptar ktu. Bravo shqipe 🇦🇱🇽🇰

[@bajlozi6873]

Ue paska shqiptar haha. Ckemi shqipe

[@tunelessguide2771]

🇦🇱🇦🇱

[@realhawaii5o]

I have seen French and Spanish yacht ensigns in Portugal.

[@AmsterdamKayakGuy]

The Dutch navy is one of the oldest in the world and also has a naval ensign and jack, maybe should of been there? But great video nonetheless!

[@zefyrisd69]

6:14 Bolivia's naval ensign looks like a part of it has been censored with a censor mosaic lol

[@zozzy4630]

"a rectangle catches the wind better than any other shape" * draws a wind sock *

[@catalinacalero740]

Queen's colours exist too at least in the commonwealth where a special flag is put on the ship the monarch is on

[@octotitan4574]

Hungary has a Navy flag even tough they don't have a coastal Acess

[@b.botond4222]

The Danube is going trough Budapest

[@octotitan4574]

@@b.botond4222 Ah yes, I forgot about it

[@Dave_Sisson]

Hungary used to have a coastline in Dalmatia (now part of Croatia), but they lost it in 1918.

[@octotitan4574]

@@Dave_Sisson I think thé ships are to old now to be use

[@sch0146]

@@octotitan4574 We still have shipyards.

[@mishapurser4439]

Major missing details: There are also civil jacks and commissioning pennants. Correction: The non-rectangular Nordic flags mentioned are types of swallowtail, not pennants. Correction: jacks are flown at the bow (front) of a ship, ensigns are usually flown at the stern (back).

[@russkiydurak]

I'm working on a project to improve the Russian maritime flags and such, so your correction helped me complete it more accurately, thank you!

[@janroed]

The Danish Naval flag (da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dannebrog#/media/Fil:Naval_Ensign_of_Denmark.svg) is in fact slightly different from the state flag (da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dannebrog#/media/Fil:Flag_of_Denmark_(state).svg). The "red" in naval flag is "deep red" (pantone 194C) compared with the red in the state flag (pantone 186C). Also the relative dimensions are slightly different.

[@therealdavyjones6859]

Having served under the star field jack, I still have a soft spot in my heart for it. :) Go Navy! Beat Army!

[@krimenet4376]

nice video General Knowledge Do u know Blas de Lezo?

[@KingEthread]

A few corrections: The Jack flag is flown from the bow (front) of the ship not the stern (back). The yachtsmans ensigns can for a great number of countries be flown outside of their territorial waters including the Spanish yacht ensign defaced with a blue crown. The US one supposedly should not. The French yachting ensign you displayed is only for members of the French yachting club, a fee paying club akin to the RYA in the UK. However the French ensign is different to the national flag in that the white and red sections are each wider than the predecessor nearer to the flagstaff so that when it is fluttering in the wind it will still look the right proportions. The Swis ensign is square just like their national flag. And the British ensigns, well where do we start, suffice to say its all to do with class but they have three different basic types which can in turn be defaced to denote a region or a special warrant but you could do a while video on the British ones alone.

[@ZEKESasaMo]

Although it didn't appear in this video, Japan also has a wonderfully designed Naval ensign!

[@General.Knowledge]

It does!

[@nickkei2838]

Disclaimer: it symbolizes the enlightenment of Japan after Meiji restoration unlike another famous design which symbolizes a particular ideology.

[@Alaois]

Rising sun?

[@ZEKESasaMo]

@@Alaois yup

[@lbb4677]

Presidential/monarch flags next?

[@_Delphi]

in the jacks section I believe it's not Lithuania but guessing Finland (lion trampling a sabre)

[@pepel252]

Can you make a video of every active us flags

[@AZZACraft]

Whilst we spoke about different sections of Naval flags, I feel that we were missing an explanation of a certain nations flags. White Ensign, Red Ensign and the Blue Ensign, White ensign is commonly used by Commonwealth nations on Warships, Red Ensign is used on Merchant and Civilian vessels and the Blue Ensign is used on State vessels. The Red and Blue Ensign have both been used for nation and colonial/dominion flags.

[@GeoNeilUK]

From what I understand, the Royal Navy fly the White Ensign (flag of England with the Union Jack in the canton) and the British merchant navy fly the red ensign (red flag with the Union Jack in the canton) the Australian naval flag is a variant of the British Royal Navy flag.

[@mishapurser7542]

I loved this video. I'm surprised that I never requested it.

[@WW2GM]

correction naval jack is used on the bow not in the rear (from a portuguese navy's sailor)

[@mimatri2000]

Why do you use only Austrian marches for backround music? I'm totally okay with it, but are you from Austria or do you love them so much?

[@Claro1993]

The Philippine war ensign is probably the most unique as it’s basically the national flag flown upside down. (Red at the top blue down)

[@cuidadocomomatheus]

Ingredientes Para o Bolo: 2 xíc. De farinha de trigo 1 colh. (sopa) de fermento em pó 1/2 xíc. Cacau em pó 32% 1/2 xíc. De açúcar mascavo 1 xíc. De água (fervida) 1 xíc. De açúcar 3 ovos 1 xíc. De manteiga (temperatura ambiente) 1 colh. Essência de baunilha Para a Cobertura: 4 colh. (sopa) de leite 1 colh. (sopa) de manteiga 4 colh. (sopa) de cacau em pó 50% 2 colh. (sopa) de açúcar mascavo Preparo Comece misturando o chocolate em pó 32% com o açúcar mascavo e a água fervendo. Quando estiver homogêneo, reserve. Na batedeira, coloque a manteiga com o açúcar e bata até virar um creme branco. Depois, adicione a essência de baunilha, misture um pouco e adicione os ovos um a um, misture um pouco mais. Reserve. Em outra vasilha, misture a farinha de trigo peneirada com o fermento em pó. Agora vc vai misturar as três vasilhas diferentes. Coloque um pouco da primeira vasilha (chocolate com água e açúcar), um pouco da segunda (a da manteiga e essência de baunilha) e a terceira (farinha e fermento). Misture suavemente e vá acrescentando as vasilhas de pouco em pouco até acabar tudo. Coloque em uma forma untada em um forno pré aquecido em 180 graus por 40 minutos (faça o teste do palitinho pra ver se tá bom). Misture os ingredientes da cobertura tudo em uma panela até começar a ferver, sempre misturando. Quando ferver, desligue do fogo e despeje sobre o bolo já pronto.

[@deltazoth3987]

In Japan, rising sun flag is still used in Naval Ensign. but it's off centered. centered one was used in army but now decommissioned.

[@P45K141N3N]

Fun fact: many people in Finland opposed the adoption of the blue Nordic Cross because it looked too similiar to the Helsinki yacth clubs ensign. Arguing it was too casual and Helsinki centric to be a national flag.

[@thesouthernservesthesouth25]

9:30 The Y/I require assistance naval flag also looks like the flag of Alabama strangely.

[@andreasmetzger7619]

I love how polands yacht ensign is basically the german empire with sth else in the middle xD

[@juliens8587]

7:15 looks like Novorossiya

[@Rustycaddy17]

That's because the flag of Novorossiya is based on the naval jack of the Imperial Russian/Modern day Russian navy.

[@82hawkeye82]

The naval jacks you show are flown at the bow and not at the stern as you said

[@Adiee5Priv]

those martime internat. flags reminded me of krusty krab :D

[@AlxzAlec]

wow I was never a early viewer on any of your videos

[@mohamedsuhail001]

I have some queries... 1. Why does landlock country had navy? 2. If it is landlock country how they access to their country? 3. Where does landlock country use their base? 4. Is there any country with sea border has no navy? Just curiousity to learn... No harm intention...

[@attilaedem101]

1. Just because a country didnt have access to sea dosnt mean it didnt have significant amouth of water it need to cover - for example Hungary have 1 pretty big (with European standards) lake and an another rather large on the border of Austria (and just to put that one into perspective - Hungary was under a soviet puppet government during the cold war while Austria was a free "neutral" country - so that lake was find itself literally being part of the Iron Curtain - do i need to say more?). And we didnt even talked about rivers in larger rivers like the Danube having some military grade small vessels can come in handy in many circumstances. 2. i cant necessarily answer this one, but if there is even a chase like that i think the answer is likely similar of how Armenia and Azerbaijan "solved" (when their actually didnt shoot or butcher each other with whatever come in hand) their little border dispute - namey their set up a zone where Azerbaijanis can enter into the landlocked enclave which is cut of from the rest of their country by Armenia. Treaties very likely cover those circumstances. 3. Dunno 4. Im not sure, but im pretty sure Somalia is a strong candidate to be an example (that country didnt have anything organized like that afterall).

[@mohamedsuhail001]

@@attilaedem101 thanks for the info and effort... God bless you...

[@ArmaBulgarian]

The flag shown in the Number 3 example of what a flag can be is the Bulgarian Naval Ensign from 1990, and yeah, it conforms to the stereotype of an extensive amount of white. It's actually an adaptation of the older naval flag, which featured the same equal tri-colour as the current one, with the Lion at the top. The older naval flag is also something commonly thought of as the real flag of the Tsardom of Bulgaria, even Hearts of Iron 4 fell for it...and they aren't really wrong, but the more accurate one is the one we also currently have....as for why we use the Lion, or the Golden Lion, that is just something we associate with extensively, including in our national songs, so it's there and it will always be.

[@rosa-brawlstars1160]

I like the flag. It is one of two to use a double-headed eagle. The other one is Montenegro

[@callumhey8577]

The Australian (British and New Zealand - suspect Canada too) actually have 3 Naval Ensigns. National Flag on a white background for Military Naval Vessels, NAtional Flag on a Red background for merchant (and recreational) naval vessels, and National Flag on a Blue background (so for Australia and NZ - just their National Flag) where the skipper and 1st Mate are members of the Royal Naval Reserve (or Royal Naval Reserve of the particular Realm), But I got a sense you were deliberately trying to avoid using British and Commonwealth Flags as your examples.

[@troelspeterroland6998]

Hi General knowledge. There is actually a subtle difference between the Danish state ensign and the naval ensign, as the naval ensign has a darker hue of red, known here as naval red. Here you seem to present both the state ensign and the naval ensign as naval red but the state ensign should be lighter.

[@tjay84]

Denmarks Naval and yacht ensings are also a darker shade of red than the normal Dannebrog.. 😁🇩🇰

[@goki6548]

1:32 alanya turkey, tourist ship tours

[@Jabberjai]

"you better fear the US navy" *blue background with some stars lmao*

[@jackin_it]

Something about Russia's naval flag is just so appealing.

[@bramilan]

Imagine there would be maritime flags, flags for airplanes, flags for cars, flags for bikes, flags for bicycles, flags for spaceships, flags for pedestrians, flags for... Good Lord. Of course, great video, as always!

[@taidordz]

Fun Fact: The Qing Naval Flag (a dragon with yellow background) was too complex that it ended up looking like a child’s drawing of a snake

[@christophestevenson1448]

Hi, I believe that you made a slight mistake on the subject of the Jack. Jacks are found on the front of the ship, not the back.

[@Pidalin]

So next time when I will be smugling something, I will use yacht flag and I should be ok. :-D

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Bahamian civil ensign: exists American cruise ships: it's free real estate I've seen so many cruise ships fly that flag

[@giorgi2702]

I see you everywhere

[@paapeeraa5325]

1 like lel

[@zmaxii1337]

Thats because these ships are registered in the Bahamas mainly for lower taxes and lower minimum wages.

[@solehsolehsoleh]

If you want to know about that you should watch Patriot Act: Real Cost of Cruises

[@fl4486]

Sorry the Jack flag is only flown at the bow (head) of the ship as said at the beginning of the video not at the ship stern as said at 6:24

[@dasy2k1]

And then you have the UK that has so many maratine flags it's probably also a video in its own right. Incidentally the only time the national flag is flown on a vessel is when a court martial is in progress!!! And also the UK has a state ensign used at sea (blue) but no equivalent used on land (national flag used instead) And just to confuse it again we have a second military ensign along the line of the the white ensign (navy) but used by the air force! (sky blue with a red white blue roundel)