webcraft
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Anyone know the best place to order one online?
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Scottish red ensign
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madabouttheboat
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Probably the same place that sells pirate flags 
wonkywinch
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st599
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Luckily Scotland freely entered in to a perpetual and everlasting Union with the rest of the UK, so you can use the red duster.
Tranona
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They are meaningless as ensigns as that is not an approved defacement although useful as party flags.
lustyd
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Better off with a proper Saltire, the UK ensign is one of very few which isn't the national flag, and since this isn't a real ensign there's no reason to copy that odd behaviour.
Chiara’s slave
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Even so, no harm is done. If people want to, let them. I appreciate it’s not legal for going foreign, though the French don’t seem to complain. I daresay if you’re a polite, friendly sort it’s fine, but it might be a stick to beat you with if you’re a miserable bar steward.
lustyd
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It's not illegal either as far as I can tell, just that the Navy won't be obliged to come to your aid if needed. I suspect the actual Saltire would draw fewer negative comments since it's a real flag of a country, while the one on red is not a real flag at all so may be taken as either a joke or an insult depending who you meet, but certainly not as an ensign or a national flag since it is neither.
Chiara’s slave
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I thought the regs say that the ensign/ flag SHALL be displayed. Which would make flying the wrong one illegal, but not many are going to take it so seriously.
capnsensible
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I wouldn't order one from Panama. Look what happened last time.....
ImpImp
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Just strike it before going anywhere near the Black Sea or at least the Ukrainian part thereof
russian naval ensign - Google Suche
dunedin
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For maximum wind up why go red - a Scottish White ensign would be ideal.
PS With the added advantage of easy DIY manufacture from a Saltire plus white sheet
lustyd
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I thought it was the other way around. You're not allowed to wear the wrong one for your registered state, but you're not technically obliged to have a registered state or ensign. I'm sure some places would insist with local laws, so wouldn't dream of trying to sail internationally as unregistered.
Chiara’s slave
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You could easily be right. We’d both do the same thing, so its not high on the urgent list.
ctva
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When a techy web designer asks that sort of question, they are not looking for an answer, just trolling.
webcraft
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Prior to 1707, the Scottish Red Ensign was flown by ships of the Royal Scots Navy, with a saltire in the canton.
ylop
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Have you forgotten which way round the colours are on a saltire?
awol
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Any ideas where I can get a warrant for a Scottish Blue ensign?
jamie N
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In Kerrera a few weeks ago, I was discussing flags, ensigns & courtesy flags together with a couple of crews from German & French boats, that had both gone to great lengths to ensure that they'd the proper national flag for each separate country in the UK, and were concerned that on Orkney & Shetland they'd give offence by not having their flags.
RunAgroundHard
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Is Britain’s reputation abroad that that bad?
