Naval Jack c.1954-c.1980 (Lebanon)

Last modified: 2024-07-20 by ian macdonald
Keywords: lebanon | cedar (green) | tree: cedar (green) | anchors: 2 (red) |
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2:3 image by Santiago Dotor and Željko Heimer
Flag adopted between 1943-1954, abolished c. 1980

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• Navy Flag
• Military Flags (Lebanon)
• Lebanon

According to [Barraclough and Crampton 1981, the only flag in Lebanon apart from the national flag is the jack.
Santiago Dotor, 10 May 1999

I went personally to Beirut a few years ago and had a look on Lebanese Navy ships: they fly the normal national flag as ensign and as jack.
Armand Noel du Payrat, 10 May 1999

Based on [Pedersen 1971, I must agree with Santiago. At least in the 1970s, Lebanon had a separate jack. Pedersen shows it with rounded anchors with smaller points and black lines separating the anchor portions from the national (square) and, of course, the older tree with the brown trunk. But otherwise it is the same as Santiago Dotor reported.
Michael P. Smuda, 11 May 1999

[Pedersen 1971 says about the Lebanese jack, "Introduced before 1954."
Santiago Dotor, 06 May 2003

According to this Wikipedia page, there is a Lebanese Jack, which is the Lebanese tricolor with 2 vertical white bands, each with a red anchor. It has been used since 1950.

I can’t say whether this flag exists or doesn’t, but I haven’t seen in it in Lebanon. (Actually, I haven’t seen too many Lebanese vessels, only boats along the South Lebanese shores.) This flag is best considered unconfirmed.
Zoltan Horvath, 26 June 2024