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image by Željko Heimer, 2 October 2001
Proportions: 3:4 (approximate)
Source: Album des Pavillons (2000) [pay00] (modified)
A note in Album des Pavillons explains that this flag is hoisted instead of
the masthead pennant when the ship is dressed (I believe that should mean both
in "petit pavois" and "grand pavois"). The flag is white
with a tricolour horizontally divided stripe at the hoist and with (what I
believe to be) the Navy emblem in the middle of the white field. The emblem
consists of the shield from the coat of arms held by the golden panthers (much
as in the coat of arms) and behind it an anchor, a
parachute and a coil of string.
The image in Album is, in my opinion, erroneous - it is missing lower portions
of the anchor at least. On the other hand - my image is missing the coil
around lower part of the shield - I was not able to draw it properly.
Željko Heimer, 4 October 2001
A note on the recently updated Shipmate
flag chart refers to this flag as the Gabonese "ensign".
However, this quoted "ensign" is only used to replace the masthead
pennant when dressing a ship ("petit pavois"). Gabonese warships use
a plain tricolor as both the ensign and jack.
Jan Zrzavy and Armand du Payrat, 14 February 2002
image by Željko Heimer,
2 October 2001
Proportions: 3:4 (approximate)
White swallow-tailed flag with horizontally divided tricolour stripe at
hoist and with two anchors in saltire in upper fly.
Source: Album des Pavillons
Željko Heimer, 4 October 2001
image by Željko Heimer, 2 October
2001
Proportions: 3:4 (approximate)
Flag similar to Chief of Naval Staff, but instead of the anchors five
golden five-pointed stars in the middle of the fly, arranged 1-3-1.
Source: Album des Pavillons
Željko Heimer, 4 October 2001
