Department of Trade and Industry (Britain)

Board of Trade

Last modified: 2004-11-13 by rob raeside
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by Graham Bartram

Source: Graham Bartram, British Flags and Emblems, Tuckwell Press, 2004.

• Description of the flag
• Variant with red ensign in badge

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• United Kingdom

Description of the flag

The badge was original introduced, possibly in about 1850 on a Red Ensign, for the Board of Trade. It displays a sailing ship flying an ensign.
David Prothero, 24 September 2004

The ensign was discontinued in 1949 but re-instated 1954.
David Prothero, 30 June 2004

We still have a Board of Trade (it's part of the Department of Trade and Industry) so that ensign should still be current.
Graham Bartram, 29 June 2004

Variant with Red Ensign in Badge

by Miles Li

The flag is a blue ensign, with a badge consisting of a disc divided light blue (sky) over medium blue (sea), with 3-masted sailing ship flying a jack and a red ensign.
Source: Campbell & Evans
Miles Li, 15 June 2004