Note: The Red Flag

Abstract

The author reproduces an extract from the diary of a Revd. Robert Knopwood, Hobart Tasmania, which purports to explain the origin of the use of the Red Flag by the Royal Navy. However, the editor adds a note which repudiates the claim.

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Filed under: Other (Nineteenth C) | Other (Eighteenth C) | Pacific
Subjects include: Navies