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Jamaica - Flags for Use at Sea

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Coast Guard Ensign

[Ensign of Jamaica]
by Željko Heimer, 26 Febuary 2002

Proportions about 4:9.
Source: Flag table in Jane's Fighting Ships, and Smith: Flags Through the Ages and Across the World [smi75b].
Jan Oskar Engene, 18 September 1996

Coast Guard Ensign and Jack (same as national flag) photograps in use on several ships/boats at <www.jdfmil.org>
Željko Heimer, 23 Febuary 2002

According to l'Album 2000 [pay00] - Coast-Guard Ensign (---/-S- 1:2) - White ensign (with red St. George cross) and the national flag in the canton. Following the British tradition I guess it is safe to suppose that the same construction details are used here as in the British White Ensign - the width of the cross is 2/15 of the hoist (i.e. hoist is divided 13+4+13). Red used should match the UJ red (somewhat darker then "medium" red). Regarding the usage symbols (though this is a fuzzy thing, of coruse) I would guess that the Coast Guard is closes thing to the navy that Jamaica has, and that we could maybe safely designate this as ---/--W, but it is a minor quiestion. Smith [smi82] indeed mark it so, but it also giver ratio  as 4:9 !?
Željko Heimer, 26 Febuary 2002<