Croatia - Naval Flags - Part I

Last modified: 2004-03-06 by dov gutterman
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• Naval Ensign
• Naval Jack
• Transitional Croatian Navy flag (and Jack (?))
• Supreme Commander of the Republic of Croatia Armed Forces
• President of Sabor (the Parliament)
• President of the Government
• Minister of Defense
• Part II
• Part III

See also:

• Croatia
• Croatia - Naval Flags - Legislation

Naval Ensign

by Zeljko Heimer

The Naval Ensign - (the text call it literary "stern flag", but that is because this is precise term used in Croatian for an ensign. In part with images it is captioned litterary "Flag of naval ships of RH (on stern)".
As far as I know, this is a new flag, i.e. before this decision the Croatian Navy used the same flag as civil vessels did, i.e. the national flag in 2:3 ratio.
The Naval Ensign is equal to the Civil Ensign (tricolour with Coat of Arms in the middle), differentiated in two yellow anchors in saltire behind the coat of arms.
Zeljko Heimer, 24 October 1999

One may not see the red outline of the Coat of Arms in the crest that is otherwise "lost" in the red field of the flag. There is, of course, also a white line between this red and the shield proper, but hardly visible on such small images.
Zeljko Heimer, 4 October 2000

Beautiful photo of the Croatian naval ensign beneath a rainbow, taken in December 2002 in Komiža, island of Vis at <www.morsko-prase.hr>.