Uruguayan naval ranks ensigns in 1939

Last modified: 2004-08-20 by francisco gregoric
Keywords: navy | armada nacional | sun: 16 rays | star: 5 points (blue) | stars: 2 | stars: 3 | anchor (blue) | general inspector of the navy | vice admiral | rear admiral | seniority pennant | commission pennant | masthead pennant |
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• Presentation

• Government ranks ensigns
  
  • President of the Republic
  • Minister of Defense
• Navy officers ranks ensigns (with command)
  • Inspector General of the Navy
  • Vice Admiral
  • Rear Admiral
  • Captain in Command of a Naval Force
  • Commander of a Group (Less than a Captain)
  • Masthead (Commission) Pennant
• Army and Air Force Officers on board ranks ensigns (without command)
  
  • Inspector General of the Army flag
  • Chief Major General
  • Chief of a Region - General Rank
  • Senior Officer Afloat (Seniority Pennant)
    

• Additional information

• Uruguay
• Navy flags
• Uruguayan Naval ranks ensigns
• Uruguayan Naval ranks ensigns in 1929

Presentation

Images based on the 1939 Flaggenbuch [neu39]. As usual in the overall series, I have retailed the shades (of blue in this case) the same as for the current flag for the uniqueness, unless there is some evidence providing for different procedure, which there is not in this case, I believe.
Zeljko Heimer, 9 Jul 2004

Government ranks ensigns

President of Republic

President of the Republic flag ratio: 3:5
Same as previously sent (see here), i.e. COA in the white flag, but for the ratio.
Zeljko Heimer, 9 Jul 2004

Minister of Defense

A blue rectangular flag with a white cable anchor. The width is 5/9 of the hoist.
Zeljko Heimer, 11 Jul 2004

Navy officers rank ensigns (with command)

Naval Ranks ensigns for Navy Officers.

Inspector General of the Navy

Inspector General of the Navy ratio: 3:5
A white flag with a blue cabled anchor in the middle and two blue five-pointed stars, one at each side of the anchor. The anchor width (i.e. horizontal dimension) is 1/3 of the length of the flag, and the stars are inscribed in the circles 2/9 of the hoist in diameter (in this and subsequent flags).

This is similar to the C-in-C of today, but for the number of stars, that probably indicate the admiral's rank of the one holding the function anyway.
Zeljko Heimer, 10 Jul 2004

Vice Admiral

Source is apparently Flaggenbuch [neu39]; this is not shown in Album 2000 [pay00]
Ivan Sache, 10 Jan 2001

Vice Admiral flag ratio: 3:5
White flag with three blue five-pointed stars, one and two. (as today but for the ratio).
Zeljko Heimer, 10 Jul 2004

Rear Admiral

Source is apparently Flaggenbuch [neu39].
Ivan Sache, 10 Jan 2001

Rear Admiral flag ratio: 3:5
White flag with two blue five-pointed stars. (as today but for the ratio).
Zeljko Heimer, 10 Jul 2004

Captain in Command of a Naval Force

Source is apparently Flaggenbuch [neu39].
Ivan Sache, 10 Jan 2001

The flag is shown in 1939 Flaggenbuch but not in 1926 issue (just as all of the flags in the pattern, differing only in ratio there 3:5), so it must have been adopted in between.
Zeljko Heimer, 26 Jul 2003

Captain in Command flag ratio: 3:5
White flag with a blue five-pointed star. (as today but for the ratio).
Zeljko Heimer, 10 Jul 2004

Chief of a Group (rank below captain)

Commander of a Group pennant ratio: 3:5
A white triangular pennant with a blue cross (basically same as today, but the cross is thinner and the overall ratio different).
Zeljko Heimer, 10 Jul 2004

Masthead (Commission) Pennant

Source is apparently Flaggenbuch [neu39].
Ivan Sache, 10 Jan 2001

Masthead Pennant. 1:12 As today with minor differences in the sun artwork, but I don't think it deserves to be pictured separately.
Zeljko Heimer, 10 Jul 2004

Army Officers on board rank ensigns (without command)

These flags are for Army officers on board Navy ships. These officers do not have command power.
Francisco Gregoric, 3 Aug 2004

Inspector General of the Army

Inspector General of the Army flag ratio: 3:4
A blue rectangular swallow-tailed flag with three white five-pointed stars along the horizontal median. Star diameter 2/9 of the flag hoist again.
Zeljko Heimer, 11 Jul 2004

In old times the name of the Commander in Chief of the Army was Inspector General of the Army
Francisco Gregoric, 3 Aug 2004

This flag is still in use today
Francisco Gregoric, 3 Aug 2004

Chief Major General

Chief of the General Staff flag ratio: 3:4
A blue rectangular swallow-tailed flag with two white five-pointed stars.
Zeljko Heimer, 11 Jul 2004

This flag is still in use today
Francisco Gregoric, 3 Aug 2004

Chief of a Region - General Rank

Chief of Military Region and General flag ratio: 3:4
A blue rectangular swallow-tailed flag with a white five-pointed star in the middle.
Zeljko Heimer, 11 Jul 2004

This flag is still in use today
Francisco Gregoric, 3 Aug 2004

Senior Officer Afloat (Senniority Pennant)

Senior Officer Afloat ratio: 3:5
A blue trinagular pennant, same as today, but for the ratio.
Zeljko Heimer, 11 Jul 2004

Additional information

A note states that the international signal is used to denote pilot vessels and for calling up pilots.
Zeljko Heimer, 11 Jul 2004