Last modified: 2003-09-13 by joe mcmillan
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1. The flag of an admiral (of any rank) who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Esquadra (i.e., the fleet) is same as the appropriate flag for the Commander-in-Chief's rank with an anchor added in the lower hoist quarter and a star set the in lower fly quarter.Zeljko Heimer, 25 March 2001
2. The flag for an admiral (of any rank) commanding a force (almirante comandante de força) is the same as the appropriate admiral's rank flag with an anchor added in the lower hoist quarter (unless the command is of a Marine force (Fuzileiros Navais), when the FN badge is set there).
I believe força refers to an operational command of any size, since there are flags
for relatively junior officers commandante de força provided for in
the Brazilian Navy Ceremonial manual, cited as
MB Cerimonial.
Joseph McMillan, 23 March 2001
Admirals of the Brazilian Navy originally flew the Cruzeiro as their flag of
rank, the point of hoist (mainmast, foremast, mizzenmast) corresponding to
their rank, as in other navies at the time. The use of stars in the upper
hoist to indicate rank (as well as the flag of the Minister of Marine with
the star of the republican coat of arms in the upper hoist) date from the
1890s.
Joseph McMillan, 28 October 2002
Almirante (Admiral of the Fleet)
by Zeljko
Heimer
Source: Album des Pavillons, 2000
The cruzeiro flag defaced in the canton with five white stars set in points of an imagined pentagon. This agrees well with MB Cerimonial, apart from the question of the size of the aditional stars. Album de Pav