Belgium: Naval flags, 1936

Part 2: Rank and service flags

Last modified: 2011-11-12 by ivan sache
Keywords: director general of the navy | anchor (black) | anchors: 2 (black) | crown (black) | star (yellow) | star (red) | star (black) | scheldt | senior officer |
Links: FOTW homepage | search | disclaimer and copyright | write us | mirrors

• Introduction
• Director General of the Navy
• Territorial Commander of the Navy
• Belgian Permanent Commissioners for River Scheldt
• Commander of a First-Order Division of Vessels
• Senior Officer with Command
• Officer with Temporary Command

See also:

• Belgium
• Belgium: History of the Navy
• Belgium: Naval flags, 1936 - Part 1: Ensigns
• Belgium: Naval flags, 1936 - Part 3: Rank and service flags (continued)

Introduction

A Royal Decree dated 28 October 1936, modified on 12 May 1938, approved the Regulation Règlement relatif aux Pavillons, Honneurs et visites en usage dans la Marine Belge (Regulation prescribing Ensigns, Honours and Visits in use in the Belgian Navy).
The text prescribes ensigns, salutes and other courtesy items, including two new ensigns for State and private ships, whereas the merchant ensign is not changed. House flags have to be allowed. A yacht ensign was also adopted.

Sources:

• L. Nyssen. Einige Flaggen der belgischen Marine von 1815 bis heute [nys96], Flaggenkurier [dfk] (1995), also available online.
• M. Lupant. Flags and Coats of Arms of the Kingdom of Belgium [lup98]

All the images shown on this page were drawn after Flaggenbuch [neu92]. The flag construction details come from the same source.

Ivan Sache & Jan Mertens, 12 May 2004

Director General of the Navy

Flag of the Director General of the Navy - Image by Željko Heimer, 3 March 2001

The flag of the Directeur Général de la Marine during the 1936-1940 period was a square Belgian tricolor flag with a crowned anchor in the yellow stripe.

Marcus Wendel, 5 September 1999

Territorial Commnder of the Navy

Flag of the Territorial Commander of the Navy - Image by Željko Heimer, 3 March 2001

The flag of the Territorial Commander of the Navy is a triangular Belgian tricolor flag, in proportion 4:5, with a crowned anchor in the yellow stripe.

Ivan Sache, 3 March 2001

Belgian Permanent Commissioners for the river Scheldt

Flag of the Belgian Permanent Commissioners for the river Scheldt, left, French version; right, Dutch version - Images by Željko Heimer, 3 March 2001

The pennant of the Belgian Permanent Commissioners for the river Scheldt is white, in proportion 3:4. Two unfouled black anchors crossed in saltire are placed near the hoist. In the upper quarter of the saltire is a crown, in the left one a golden "C", in the right one a golden "P", and in the lower one a "B". "CPB" stands for Commissaires Permanents Belges (French). The caption in Flaggenbuch [neu92] says that the letters "BCP" (Belgische Permanente Commissarissen, Dutch) could be used alternatively.

Ivan Sache, 3 March 2001

Commander of a First-Order Division of Vessels

Flag of a Division Commander - Image by Ivan Sache, 3 March 2001

The flag of a Division Commander is the Belgian tricolor flag, in proportion 2:3, swallow-tailed, with a yellow star in canton.

Ivan Sache, 3 March 2001

Senior Officer with Command

Flag of a Senior Officer with command - Image by Ivan Sache, 3 March 2001

The flag of a Senior Officer with command is a yellow triangular flag, in proportion 3:4, with a black star in canton.

Ivan Sache, 3 March 2001

Officer with temporary command

Flag of an Officer with temporary command - Image by Ivan Sache, 3 March 2001

The flag of an Officer with temporary command is a black triangular flag, in proportion 3:4, with a red star in canton.

Ivan Sache, 3 March 2001