10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHITE ENSIGN»
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White Ensign in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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White Ensign Flying: Corvette HMCS Trentonian
Corvette HMCS Trentonian Roger Litwiller. Trentonian ROGER LITWILLER
ROGER LITWILLER WHITE ENSIGN FLYING WHITE ENSIGN FLYING Corvette
HMCS WHITE ENSIGN FLYING This page intentionally left blank. WHITE
ENSIGN.
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Hunt's Yachting Magazine
for bo rescinding such permission being " that the Royal Yacht Squadron of
England had the exclusive privilege to carry and use such
White Ensign of the
Fleet on board their vessels." [Friday 29<A July."] ...
3
Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
My Lords therefore regret that they cannot comply with your Lordship's request,
and in accordance with the decision at which they have arrived, they have
cancelled the warrant under authority of which the white ensign is now worn by
the ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1859
In a picture of sixty years later date, representing the attack upon St. Domingo by
Sir C. Knowlcs, a.d. 1748, a white ensign appears, and is displayed by a ship
which carries at her maiu the simple banner of St. George, and at her fore a plain
...
5
The Sea Rover's Practice: Pirate Tactics and Techniques, ...
French vessels flew the pavillon blanc or white ensign, sometimes referred to
derisively by the English as the ''white sheet,'' with or without gold fleurs-de-lys or
royal insignia. Although the white ensign was prohibited to merchantmen, most ...
The flag we showed was the white ensign, with the red cross of St. George on a
white ground and the Union Jack in the upper left quadrant, or canton, next to the
flagstaff. The white ensign was the exclusive prerogative of the Royal Navy, ...
7
Now That You Asked: Nelson's Navy
They were distinguished from Admirals' flags by having the cross of St. George in
a canton in the upper corner next to the staff. During the Spanish Succession War
, the White Ensign was charged with the cross of St. George in its field to ...
John Masefield, Tom Grundner, 2007
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The Flags of the Confederacy: An Illustrated History
The Royal Navy flies the canton of its white ensign as a jack, which tradition was
carried over into the navies of both the United States and the Confederate States.
The commission pennant is flown from the main mast of. 66 Chapter 9: The Flag ...
Cannon, Jr., Devereaux D.
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The Sea Rover’s Practice
The other flew the “white flag, though English”—probably St. George's Cross—at
the mainmast, a white ensign with “four small red squares in one of the quarters” (
perhaps a white cross on a red field in the canton, the reverse of the red ensign) ...
Benerson Little autofilled, 2005
10
Nation's Navy: In Quest of Canadian Naval Identity
The White Ensign and the British-style uniforms of 1956 gave way, in the 1960s,
to a Canadian flag and distinctively Canadian uniforms. The curious would also
come across some very revealing artifacts. When the ship was commissioned in ...
Michael L. Hadley, Robert Neil Huebert, Fred W. Crickard, 1996
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHITE ENSIGN»
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White Ensign is used in the context of the following news items.
100 Kiwi Stories of WW1: Giant white ensign powerful reminder of …
78 As HMS Queen sailed towards Gallipoli Peninsula, anxious troops sat holding their helmets under a giant white ensign fluttering in the morning breeze. «New Zealand Herald, Mar 15»
Lowering the Ensign on 32 years of history: Hundreds wave …
Hundreds of people turned out to honour the Royal Navy helicopter carrier, HMS Illustrious, as it retired following a 32-year career. The ship's White Ensign was ... «Daily Mail, Aug 14»
Merseyside flag firm setting the standard on the world stage
The Union flag, White Ensign and Netherlands national flag, costing £700 each, plus 10 seven and a half feet wide Union flags, were made for a stage show at ... «Liverpool Echo, Aug 14»
Indian Navy to finally correct anomaly in its flag and crest
The Navy has a white ensign with a horizontal and a vertical red stripe intersecting at the centre of the flag. A golden state emblem is superimposed on the ... «India Today, Aug 14»
150 years of the Royal Navy's White Ensign
The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity and the White Ensign Association want to raise the profile of the charity's aims and the level of support needed by ... «Portsmouth News, Jul 14»
Dog and duck grounding drives on Holmes
'I used to play with Paul Benson for a team called White Ensign on parks pitches ... 'With those of us that played non-league, every time we go over the white line ... «Portsmouth News, Jun 14»
Tales of HMCS Trentonian
The story in Litwiller's second book, White Ensign Flying, is of HMCS Trentonian, a corvette in the Royal Canadian Navy that served extensively on the North ... «Belleville Intelligencer, Apr 14»
Plymouth based HMS Echo becomes the first Royal Navy ship to …
No ship under the White Ensign has come alongside in Duqm harbour in Oman. The former fishing village has been transformed into a major new port and ... «Plymouth Herald, Mar 14»
Missing historic Great War naval flag mystery
An article in the Epsom Advertiser , dated 23 June 1916, said a white ensign from the Warrior had been placed at the church after being brought back by an ... «Your Local Guardian, Feb 14»
HMS Aldenham's White Ensign 'retired'
A White Ensign that was getting ragged with age has been 'retired' and a new one has ... The standard was thought to have been the ensign on destroyer HMS ... «Herts Advertiser, Jan 14»
