A ship's flag is referred to as an Ensign .
Flags flown by ships are also called ensigns.
The ships of the First Fleet carried the British flag.
Many dozens. In addition to the Naval Ensigns, the Union flag and the flag of the King (this is why it was called a flag-carrier), all naval ships of this time carried signalling flags which could be used to communicate between ships of the fleet.
It is a semaphore. They use flag signals to communicate with other ships.
It is correctly called the Union Flag, and only the Union Jack when it is flown on a ship, the flag would be hoisted up a ships 'jackstay' a rope which runs up the main ships mast, hence the name Union Jack. Most British citizens offhandedly call it the "Union Jack" though, in much the same way Americans call their flag "Old Glory". They called it the old glory because it is old.
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some ships move by wind or a flag.
The Union Jack is let to fly on the ships also on sea but the Union Flag is let to fly on Land. That is the difference between the two two flags. Hope this Helps. :) The Union Jack was never called the union flag, The Union Jack was the flag of England
the reason is to know how to separate your ships. to mark a ship from a distance, is very hard unless you have a flag.
Only when flown from a ship. It is the union flag on land. (Not quite): "The original Union Flag was introduced in 1606 as a maritime flag, and in 1634 a Royal Proclamation laid down that the Union Flag was reserved for His Majesty's Ships of War and forbid merchant ships to wear it.......... It is quite clear that the name Union Jack was the name given to the distinguishing flag of His Majesty's Ships, and that it is proper to call this flag a Union Jack when flying in a ship, but this flag which was formerly purely maritime is now used as the National flag of Britain and some consider that it is incorrect to call it a Union Jack when it is not flying in a ship and that when flying ashore it should be called the Union Flag. Strictly this view may be correct, and there would be no doubt as to its correctness if the flagused were the 1900 War Office pattern, but this is not so, and the flag that is seen in Britain flying from the Houses of Parliament and other public buildings is the pattern adopted by the Royal Navy. Furthermore, it has been called the Union Jack in modern times in Parliament and so by common useage it is considered that it IS CORRECT to call this flag, which is to all intents the National flag of the United Kingdom, the UNION JACK . It would also appear that the 1900 War Office version should not be called the Union Jack; in fact it is generally known as the 'Gret Union Flag'." "Flags of the World" Edited by E.M.C Barraclough C.B.E., R.N. and W.G. Crampton M.ED.
The California flag is called the bear flag.
the ships carrying emigrants were called "coffin" ships