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The Fijian Red Ensign with the Union Flag in the first quarter, and the shield from the coat of arms of Fiji in the fly became the official flag in Fiji for civilian vessels since 10 October 1970. Previously the ensign was displayed the full coat of arms on a white disc from 1908.
The first Commonwealth country to drop the Union Flag was Canada in 1965, after adopting a new national flag. The most recent country to drop the Union Flag from its flag was South Africa in 1994, after adopting a new national flag. The only overseas territory without the Union Flag on its current flag is Gibraltar.
The jack of the United States, referred to as the Union Jack [1] by the U.S. Navy, is a maritime jack flag flown on the bow of U.S. vessels that are moored or anchored. In addition to commissioned U.S. Navy ships, the jack is used by the U.S. Coast Guard, [2] the Military Sealift Command, the ships of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other U.S. government entities.
An Australian red ensign (Royal Museums Greenwich) The Australian red ensign is a predominantly red version of the Australian national flag, using the same shade of red as the Cross of Saint George which is part of the Union Jack present in the canton.
Flag of Saint Helena; Flag of Somerset County, Maryland; Flag of South Africa (1928–1994) South African Red Ensign; Flag of South Australia; Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; Flag of Southern Rhodesia
Additionally, the Union Jack features in many territorial and sub-national flags. These are often Red Ensigns (e.g., Bermuda ) or Blue Ensigns (e.g., New South Wales and Anguilla ). A small number have backgrounds of other colors (e.g. British Antarctic Territory and Niue ) or a unique pattern in the field (e.g. British Indian Ocean Territory ...
The proposed flag had consisted of three horizontal stripes (red, white, red), with a Union Flag in the top left corner, overlaid by a black coconut palm tree on a white circle. [1] When the islands were annexed by New Zealand in 1901, the New Zealand flag was used instead. [1] In 1973 a contest was held to design a new flag, with 120 entries.
The Flag of Hawaii, also known as the Hawaiian flag, [a] is the official flag of the U.S. state of Hawaii, consisting of a field of eight horizontal stripes, in the sequence of white, red, blue, white, red, blue, white, red with a British Union Jack depicted as a canton (placed in the upper-left corner).