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![[Naval ensign]](../images/s/sa~war.gif)
by Mario Fabretto & António
Martins
The Flags of all Nations chart
[man36] shows the naval ensign as
the national flag, with an additional blue vertical stripe at the
hoist with a yellow astrolabe centered on it. This stripe is
separated from the rest of the field by a white fimbriation.
Whitney Smith got the official contract to redesign the flags for the
Saudi Navy in the 1970's. He selected a gold astrolabe (as seen below
on the former jack,) on green as the identifying
emblem of the Saudi Navy and designed a suite of flags for them.
Nick Artimovich, 25-29 April 1996
![[Jack]](../images/s/sa~jack.gif)
by Santiago Dotor and Mario
Fabretto
Former jack
![[Former jack]](../images/s/sa~_jack.gif)
by Zeljko Heimer
Used since 1970's until late 1990's.
Source: The World Encyclopaedia of flags [zna99]
The circular emblem is supposed to be a medieval Arab astrolabe, a navigational instrument that was a precursor of the modern sextant.
Joseph McMillan, 17 March 2000
![[Commission pennant]](../images/s/sa~wp.gif)
by Zeljko Heimer
Used since 1970's until late 1990's.
Source: The World Encyclopaedia of flags [zna99]
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