Corsair Ensign 19th Century (Spain)

Last modified: 2002-12-20 by santiago dotor
Keywords: corsair | coat of arms: per pale (castle: yellow) | coat of arms: per pale (lion: red) | crown: royal |
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by Zeljko Heimer, coat-of-arms by Jaume Ollé

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• Other Ensigns and Naval Flags 1785-1931 (Spain)
• Spain

The Spanish corsair ensign of 1820 was the civil ensign (YRYRY 1:1:2:1:1) with the coat-of-arms (oval escutcheon with per pale Castile and Leon, royally crowned), offset to the hoist. Source: Calvo and Grávalos 1983.

Santiago Dotor, 5 July 1999

Znamierowski 1999, p. 20 shows an 1819 flag chart [Pavillons des Puissances Maritimes en 1819] with some other Spanish ensigns like [Royal Company of the] Philippines and Pavillon Merchand Armé en Course [corsair ensign] and so on.

Zeljko Heimer, 6 August 2001