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Mauritius’ ensigns

State Ensign
Civil Ensign
Coast Guard Ensign

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Mauritius

State Ensign

image by Željko Heimer, 14 Jun 2002

The Album 2000 [pay00] says:

3. Civil Ensign. 1:2

Blue ensign, based on British model, with the national flag in canton and coat of arms (without the white disk) in fly.
Željko Heimer, 14 Jun 2002

Civil Ensign

by Željko Heimer, 14 Jun 2002

The Album 2000 [pay00] says:

3. Civil Ensign. 1:2

Red ensign, based on British model, with the national flag in canton and coat of arms on a white disk in fly.
Željko Heimer, 14 Jun 2002

I am not avare if there is a regulation regarding the size of the disk. It’s certainly bigger then traditional British disk of 4/9ths hoist (which also the Brits dropped lately).
Željko Heimer, 14 Jun 2002

Coast Guard Ensign

image by Željko Heimer, 13 Jun 2002

Mauritius has an unusual naval ensign of several unequal red, white and blue stripes. In the middle white panel is set a red anchor with a green cable and a five-pointed white star outlined in yellow on top. The anchor has two bars on the lower right side. If you cover the extensions on the bottom of the anchor, a key will appear. This is a reference to the motto found on Mauritius’ coat of arms: «Stella Clavisque Maris Indici» or «The star and the key of the Indian Ocean». Both the key and the star are also found in the coat of arms. Mauritius introduced the naval ensign in April 1974. It has the unusual proportions of 26:57. Source: “New Flags”, The Flag Bulletin [tfb] 123 (1987).
Jan Oskar Engene, 19 Aug 1996

The Album 2000 [pay00] says:

Coast Guard Ensign. 26:57

Vertically divided in three fields, the first and last both include vertical stripes of red-white-red-white-blue at hoist, i.e. blue-white-red-white-red at fly, and the middle, white stripe contains a red anchor combined with a key, cable with green rope and topped with yellow five-pointed star. The ratio of stripes is 4+2+2+2+4+14+4+2+2+2+4. The colours used are those of the national flag.
Željko Heimer, 13 Jun 2002