Sri Lanka Naval Rank Flags

Last modified: 2005-09-17 by rob raeside
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• Vice Admiral
• Rear Admiral
• Commodore
• Masthead Pennant

These rank flags were first published in Album des Pavillons (2000).  For all of the Vice Admiral, Rear Admiral, and Commodore flags and pennant, the lion is red - I saw the flag two months ago in Colombo. Album des Pavillons (2000) earlier showed it as golden, but that is an error.
Michel Lupant, 19 June 2005

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• Former series of Sri Lankan naval rank flags

Vice Admiral

According to Album des Pavillons (2000), the ratio is given as ~2:3.
Martin Grieve, 27 July 2002

A white flag with a red anchor ensigned with a red lion passant holding the sword and in base three red six-pointed stars, two and one. The red used here is neither the brown-red of the national flag, nor the "normal" red, but kind of a carmine. Just as the red in national flag is often replaced with normal red in practice, I guess it may be case here, too.
Željko Heimer, 25 January 2003

Rear Admiral

image by Željko Heimer

According to Album des Pavillons (2000), the ratio is given as ~2:3.
Martin Grieve, 27 July 2002

A white flag with a red ancho