Portugal - flags of use at sea

Last modified: 2005-08-26 by antonio martins
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• Portuguese ensign
• Pilot flag

• Portugal
• Portuguese Navy
• Flags of portuguese shipping companies
• Portuguese yachting flags

• Page about naval insignia at the excellent site of Associação Nacional de Cruzeiros, quite well informed and researched — I wouldn’t be surprised if its author is some retired Navy officer. Apparently unchanged since 1997.
  António Martins, 10 Apr 1999

Portuguese ensign

The naval ensign (pavilhão nacional) of Portugal is the national flag (bandeira nacional).
António Martins, 03 Feb 1998

All ships must hoist the national flag at the bow

• all the time when sailing
• from 8 a.m. to sunset when docked or moored.

Pilot flags

Pilot signal

Portuguese TV showed the main building of some port with a flag flying there. It was a white flag with a blue border and a large blue "P" on the center.
João Madureira, 04 Aug 1998

Strange to see the flag flown on land…
Jorge Candeias, 04 Aug 1998

According to Flaggenbuch [neu39],