further to the above, various flags or pennants would be flown depending on what the ship was doing at the time. they could have had flying operations, RAS's, OOW manoeuvres, man overboard, divers down etc etc etc etc. numerous occasions for other cloths to be flown.
Thank you TB.
size 4 white ensign on the main mast at sea.
when at anchor, union jack on the pointy end and a size 10 white ensign (normally) on the blunt end, this is the same when in harbour (alongside). cannot answer the question regarding other flags flown when in foreign ports as i was...
used this to pick teams or to see who would be last in a group,
as i was walking down inky pinky lane, i met some inky pinky children, they asked me this, they asked me that, they asked me the colour of the union jack, red, white or blue?
red is for danger, danger, danger, red is for danger out...