white ensign
the British naval ensign, consisting of the red cross of St. George on a white field, with the British union occupying the upper quarter along the hoist.
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Running up the white ensign, the screens were dropped, and every available gun opened fire.
The Heroic Record of the British Navy | Archibald HurdI opened fire with my starboard gun, hoisting white ensign at the main.
The Story of Our Submarines | John Graham BowerStars and stripes on one shoulder, the white ensign on the other!
Mr. Punch In Society | VariousOf the sixteen cruisers which formed the wings, seven were French—and every warship of the whole lot was flying the white ensign!
The World Peril of 1910 | George GriffithFrom a flag-staff on one corner of this fluttered a red and white ensign, which gave way on Sundays to a Grinnell flag.
North-Pole Voyages | Zachariah Atwell Mudge
British Dictionary definitions for White Ensign
the ensign of the Royal Navy and the Royal Yacht Squadron, having a red cross on a white background with the Union Jack at the upper corner of the vertical edge alongside the hoist: Compare Red Ensign, Blue Ensign
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