Yacht Club Italiano, Italy

Royal Italian Yacht Club

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• Post-WW2 flags
• Club Pennant (Guidone sociale)
• Commodore (Commodoro)
• Vice Commodore (Vice commodoro)
• President (Presidente)
• Vice President (Vice presidente)
• Section President (Presidente di sezione)
• Club founders and benefactors (Socio fondatore e soci benemeriti)
• Pre-WW2 flags
• Commodore (Commodoro)
• Vice Commodore (Vice commodoro)
• Rear Commodore (Contro commodoro)
• Fleet Captain (Commandante Capo)
• Founding Member (Socio Fondatore)
• Active Member (Socio Promotore)

See also:

• Italy
• Italy - Yacht Clubs

Post-WW2 flags

Club Pennant (Guidone sociale)

Only one Club in Italy, AFAIK, the "Yacht Club Italiano", Genoa, is granted the use of a special national ensign. The Club, established in 1879, as "Regio Yacht Club Italiano", was presided in 1935 by His Royal Highness Amedeo di Savoia, and in 1942 "e conferito l'onore ed il diritto di battere la Bandiera della Marina Militare. Diritto revocato dal Capo di Stato Maggiore del Ministero Difesa-Marina nel 1967." Which means they were granted the right and the honor of flying the Italian Naval Military flag, but I have a doubt about the Italian word "revocato". If it means revoked, then the privilege is over since 1967, but later editions of "Lloyd's Register of Shipping" still published the military flag as the Club's ensign. If the privilege was revoked, they can still use the Civil Ensign, that is, with the lion of Venice holding a book, not a sword, and without the naval crown.
Jose C. Alegria, 5 February 2000

The Dumpy Book of Ships and the Sea" [sam57] report for Royal Italian Yacht Club - Red with a white cross, and with the centre of the cross covered by a shield (red with a white cross) and surmounted by a crown.
James Dignan, 12 February 2008

Commodore (Commodoro)

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Vice Commodore (Vice commodoro)

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President (Presidente)

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Vice President (Vice presidente)

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Section President (Presidente di sezione)

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Club founders and benefactors (Socio fondatore e soci benemeriti)

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Pre-WW2 flags

Est: 1879.
Note: Since 1945 known as the Yacht Club Italiano.
Location: Genoa.
Source: Club's Yearbook 1883.
Peter Edwards, 2 January 2018

Commodore (Commodoro)

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Distinguishing Flag: Swallowtail 2:3. Red field with Arms and Crown of Savoy superimposed on a white St. Georges Cross. White discs in canton and lower hoist quarter.
Peter Edwards, 2 January 2018

Vice Commodore (Vice commodoro)

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Distinguishing Flag: Same as Commodoro but with only one white disk in canton.
Peter Edwards, 2 January 2018

Rear Commodore (Contro commodoro)

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Distinguishing Flag: Same as Commodoro but without white discs.
Peter Edwards, 2 January 2018

Fleet Captain (Commandante Capo)

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Distinguishing Flag: Pennant. 2:3. Same as Commodoro.
Peter Edwards, 2 January 2018

Founding Member (Socio Fondatore)

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Distinguishing Flag: Pennant 2:3. Same as Vice Commodoro.
Peter Edwards, 2 January 2018

Active Member (Socio Promotore)

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Distinguishing Flag: Pennant. 2:3. Same as Contro Commodoro.
Peter Edwards, 2 January 2018