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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