Chilean Navy naval rank flags

Last modified: 2005-04-09 by antónio martins
Keywords: commander-in-chief of the navy | admiral | vice admiral | rear admiral | commodore | bay | star: 5 points (white) | stars: 3 | stars: 4 | stars: triangle | stars: 2 | stars: row | star: 5 points (blue) |
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• Commander-in-Chief of the Navy
• Vice Admiral
• Rear Admiral
• Commodore
• Senior Officer afloat
• Missile Boats Flotilla Commander or Senior Officer
• Torpedo Boats Flotilla Commander

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Commander-in-Chief of the Navy

The Album 2000 [pay00] shows a 2:3 blue flag with a white star in each corner. Already shown in Flaggenbuch [neu39] as «Flagge des Generaldirectors der Marine» (Flag of the General Director of the Navy).
Ivan Sache, 09 Apr 2001

Rank flag of Army Chief Commandant.
Jaume Ollé, 31 Aug 1996

Vice Admiral
(also Chief of Joint Staff, Chief of Navy Staff)

The Album 2000 [pay00] shows a 2:3 blue flag with three white stars in triangle. Already shown in Flaggenbuch [neu39]. A note in Album says the flag is also used by the Chief of Joint Staff or Navy Staff.
Ivan Sache, 09 Apr 2001

Vice Admiral not in command

At least during World War II the flag of a Vice admiral was different if he was commanding (this one) from if he wasnʼt (red instead of blue), ie. the same principle as with rear admiral. (Source: Janeʼs Fighting Ships of World War II [jfs98]
Marcus Wendel, 05 Sep 1999

This confirmed neither by Flaggenbuch [neu39] nor by Album [pay00]. We can guess it was only used during Second World War.
Ivan Sache, 09 Apr 2001

Rear Admiral with Command in Chief

The Album 2000 [pay00] shows a 2:3 blue flag with two white stars placed vertically in the middle of the flag. Already shown in Flaggenbuch [neu39], with the same allocation, and also «als Chef des Stabes in Ministerium (as Chief of Staff in Ministery). If the ministery of Navy was suppressed, that allocation automatically disappeared, too.
Ivan Sache, 09 Apr 2001

Rear Admiral with Subordinate Command

In Album 2000 [pay00], a note to Rear Admiral says: «with red field, not in command». Already shown in Flaggenbuch [neu39].
Ivan Sache, 09 Apr 2001

Commodore or Captain in Command

The Album 2000 [pay00] shows a 2:3 swallow-tailed flag with a white star in the middle. The fork spreads over 2/5th of the flag length.
Ivan Sache, 09 Apr 2001

Commodore with Subordinate Command

A red version of Commodore rank flag. (Source: Janeʼs Fighting Ships of World War II [jfs98]
Marcus Wendel, 05 Sep 1999

In Album 2000 [pay00], a note to Commodore says: «with red field, not in command». Already shown in Flaggenbuch [neu39] and also «eines Divisionschefs als Oberbefehlshaber» (Chief of a Division with Superior Command).
Ivan Sache, 09 Apr 2001

Senior Officer Afloat

The Album 2000 [pay00] shows a 2:5 blue pennant with a white star near the hoist. Star has the same size as in the new naval jack.
Ivan Sache, 09 Apr 2001

Previous version

Flaggenbuch [neu39] shows a 2:3 red pennant with a white star near the hoist as «Dienstalterstander» (Senior Officer Afloat). The same flag was described but not shown in Album 1995 [pie95].
Ivan Sache, 09 Apr 2001

This is the flag of Chief of Bay.
Jaume Ollé, 06 Sep 1996

Missile Boats Flotilla Commander or Senior Officer

The Album 2000 [pay00] shows a 2:3 swallow-tailed flag, horizontally divided blue-white-blue, with a blue star in the middle of the white stripe.
Ivan Sache, 09 Apr 2001

Torpedo Boats Flotilla Commander

The Album 2000 [pay00] shows a 2:3 swallow-tailed flag, horizontally divided red-white-red, with a blue star in the middle of the white stripe.
Ivan Sache, 09 Apr 2001