Greece: Boat flags

Last modified: 2003-11-22 by ivan sache
Keywords: boat ensign | letter: greek | port authority | port inspection | customs | post | health |
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• Overview
• Port authority
• Port inspection
• Army station
• Customs administration
• Post
• Health service

See also:

• Greece

Overview

Boat flags are square, with white Greek letters on a blue field.

• Lambda: Port authority
• Epsilon Lambda: Port inspection
• Sigma Beta: Army station
• Tau: Customs administration
• Tau Tau Tau: Post
• Upsilon: Health Service

The specifications for the size of the letters are the following:

• height is 5/11 of the flag width
• width is 3/11 of the flag width
• downstroke width is 4/55 of the flag width.

Source: Flaggenbuch (1939-1941) [neu], so the ensigns might be outdated.

Ivan Sache, 5 February 2000

The letters are probably the initials of the service Greek names, for instance L(ambda) from Limani (port) and Y(psilon) from Ygiia (Health - origin of the word hygiene).

Herman De Wael, 18 July 1999

Port authority

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