What flags and pennants were flown by the RMS Titanic? Flags. Discussions

Flag protocols are often misunderstood, quoted from the incorrect time period, or assumed to have been followed when they were not. The Pilot Flag is a good example of this: countless writers state that the Pilot Flag was hoisted above the bridge when Titanic cast off her hawsers at Southampton, and yet this flag does not appear in a single ...

2000年1月4日 · That's right. As I understand, the national flag of the country of the ship's next destination was flown from the foremast--the French flag when Titanic headed for Cherbourg and the U.S. flag when she left for New York. I don't know about the Queenstown stop though--does anyone know if Titanic flew the Irish colors en route there?

2004年8月29日 · This flag is "to be hoisted at the Fore by all British Vessels requiring a Pilot." In Titanic's case, the "Fore" in this regulation refers to the jackstaff at the stem of the vessel, not the foremast. There is a photograph of Titanic "all dressed …

2001年6月11日 · Smith did not fly the Commodore flag, because the rank and flag were not reinstated in the White Star Line until 1922. Dave pretty much covered the Blue Peter. The Merchant Jack was only flown when a pilot was aboard; likewise, the Royal Mail pennant would have only flown while Titanic was waiting for her tugs in New York (to show her priority).

2020年10月28日 · Later History. Other notable events in the history of the Line have been the transference, in 1907, of the main service—Liverpool, Queenstown, and New York—to Southampton, Cherbourg, Queens¬ town, and New York, and the passage of its control to the International Mercantile Marine Company, of which the White Star Line forms the most …

What normal steaming lights did Titanic display at night? Did Captain Smith fly a personal flag from Titanic, as befitted his position as Commodore of the White Star Line? What flags were flown by Titanic? What flag was flown on the jackstaff forward? Didn't the ship sink because they used inferior steel in her construction?

2018年11月5日 · From the Belfast News-Letter, the White Star Line's flag was flown at the bow. Code flags spelling "success" were also displayed. These would have been the code flags of 1911, which were not quite like the present international code. Ten minutes before the launch, a red warning flag was hoisted at the stern.

2006年1月8日 · Of course specific flag signals would be made in an emergency always assuming there were other vessels or aircraft to acknowledge them. Signal and courtesy flags are kept in, and would be returned to, a specially configured pigeon-hole type cabinet in the chartroom.

2007年5月8日 · When I took a cruise aboard the QE2 in April of either 2002 or 2003,I did see the White Star Line burgee on the QE2's mast along with the Cunard Line Flag.I think that the QE2's crew placed the White Star Line burgee on the QE2's mast because it was at the time of the anniversary of the Titanic tragedy and the QE2 just completed a Westbound Transatlantic …