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Paraguayan Navy

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Neubecker [neu92] shows rank flags in ratio 2:3, while current sources (Album 2000 [pay00], for instance) show them 1:2. Natural question is when they were redesigned, however I am aware that the answer to this may not be easy. The national flag ratio changed with time, too, so in Neubecker’s time (1939) it was 333:500, i.e. ~2:3. In 1967 this was changed to 1:2, and the rank flags may have followed then or latter on, by some regualtion on by practice. However, in 1988 the national flag chnaged the ratio to 3:5. It is possible that the rank flags followed too, but we have yet no info on it. Or, it may be that the rank flags have not yet been regulated anew.
Željko Heimer, 25 Oct 2002

Znamierowski 1999 [zna99] notes that the Navy Jack is in use since 1934. This may also be the date of introduction of the blue set of naval rank flags, as shown in Neubecker 1939 [neu92] and still used today with only minor differences.
Željko Heimer, 25 Oct 2002

Landlocked Paraguay has a navy, with 19 river patrol boats (and 7 more currently in command in Spain), 1 repair-ship, 4 transports, 1 hydrographer, 5 planes, 4 helicopters, and 3,700 men. (Source: Cdt Prézelin: Flottes de Combat (Combat Fleets of the World). Edilarge, sa: Rennes, 1998, & Naval Institute Press: Annapolis)
Armand Noel du Payrat, 03 Feb 1998

Paraguay has a Navy (as Bolivia does too) and it's not so landlocked since you can easily reach the sea in Buenos Aires from Asunción through the rivers Paraguay and Paraná. Other landlocked countries that have merchant navies coming to mind are Luxembourg and Switzerland and both have naval ensigns.
Vantuyl Barbosa, 03 Feb 1998


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