Latvia - Naval Flags

Last modified: 2002-11-02 by dov gutterman
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• Overview
• Naval Ensign
• Naval Jack
• Warship Flag

See also:

• Latvia
• Latvia - Military and Naval Rank Flags
• Latvia - Military Flags
• Latvia - Military Flags
• Latvia - Military Flags
• Latvia - House Flags of Latvian Shipping Companies
• Latvia - Flaggenbuch Era Flags

Other Sites:

• www.navy.lv
• www.lvnslinga.lv

Overview

Before the [Second World] war, Latvia had a red-white-red flag for civil and state use and a white flag with a white cross bordered red for warships.The jack was also based on the jack of Russia.
Pascal Vagnat 27 November 1995

Latvia 1941: The merchant ensign is the same as the current national flag. The state ensign is white with a burgundy (same color as the national flag) cross with a narrow white cross on top of it. The jack adds a burgundy saltire and a narrow white saltire on top of it.
Nathan Augustine, 5 December 1995

I've seen the Latvian Ensign on a river patrol boat photographed for the 1995 Military Technology Almanac (Military Technology being a monthly magazine published in the Netherlands). It also appears in the 1995-96 Jane's Fighting Ships. However, it is referred to as the Ensign, not the WAR Ensign. I believe, but have absolutely no evidence, that this flag is used on both military and private vessels.
Nathan Augustine, 5 September 1996

Naval Ensign