Ukraine - Historical Naval Flags (1918) - Part 2

Last modified: 2004-07-31 by dov gutterman
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• Part 1
• July 1918 Flags
  • Naval Ensign
  • Naval Jack
  • Coast Guard Ensign
  • Guard Ships Ensign
  • Pilot
  • Black Sea and Danube Fleet Pennant
  • Auxiliary Fleet
  • Merchant Ship Commanded by a Navy Reserve Officier
  • Customs Flag 
  • Lighthouse Vessel
  • Lighthouses and Ports
  • Volunteer Vessels
  • Fleet of Odessa, Port Police
  • Fleet of Odessa, Fire Department
  • Fishing National Society

see also:

• Ukraine
• Ukraine - Naval Flags
• Ukraine - Historical Naval Rank Flags (1918)
• Ukraine - Historical Air Force Flags (1918)
• Ukraine - Historical Flag (1917-1918)
• Ukraine - Historical Rank Flags (1918)
• Ukraine - Historical Flag - Hetmanete Flags (1918)
• State Symbol (The Trident)
• Ukraine - Historical Flag - Index

July 1918 Flags

In summer of 1918 new flags were designed. The flags were adopted by hetman (head of state) P.Skoropadsky on 18, July, 1918.
- Navy ensign - white with blue cross (cross with thin white and blue borders), national colours in canton, gold (bronze) trident in the centre of canton. Ratio - unknown; width of the cross - 1/11 of flag-height; widths of blue and white borders - 1/8 of width of the cross.
Source: V.Trembitsky, article in ukrainian bulletin "Znak"
Victor Lomantsov, 27 December 2000

Note: Victor Lomantsov and Grzegorz Skrukwa show the cross as darker shade of blue then the national colors at the canton. Jaume Olle' uses the same color.

Naval Ensign

by Jaume Olle, 31 August 2001

It is not known if was adopted 22-3-1918 or in this date it was only regulated the old flag. But in any case, it was in use short after coup d'etat dated 19-4-1918.
Jaume Olle, 25 August 2001

Naval ensign. Philippe follow here the image according Klimberick (or Klimwick) but the scandinavian type cross is rejected by Tembricky. Not quoted neither pictured by Montells. Ratio 5:9.
Jaume Olle, 31 August 2001

At http://www.heritage.com.ua/istorija/geraldika/RIZNE/GrechPrap.htm, located by Dov Gutterman, there is an article of well-known ukrainian vexillologist and heraldist A.Grechilo. He describes national symbols of Ukraine. Article is written still in communist period (1989). Flag of Ukraine in that time was the Soviet red flag with a blue stripe at the bottom. The author proves, that the national symbolics is not "bad".
This flag described as navy ensign of Ukraine adopted in 1918, 16, July.
Victor Lomantsov, 1 July 2002

This flag wrongly appears at http://www.uarmy.com.ua/ALMANAH/ALMANAH03/article12/art12.html as "Flag of Navy Minister, 1918". The flag which is wrongly described there as "Navy Ensign of Ukraine, adopted 18, July, 1918" is really the Flag of Navy Minister.
Victor Lomantsov, 6 July 2002

In 1918 hetmanate navy ensign (officially): BLUE (synij) cross and   - yellow - light blue (blakytnyj) bicolor in canton.
Victor Lomantsov, 21 December 2002

For Grzegorz Skrukwa image click here

Naval Jack