Blue Ensign
Position of Flag:
Flag of Home Country
"Titanic" had been granted an Admiralty warrant to fly the Blue Ensign from her stern
flagpole. It indicated that
- she was British (although she in fact was owned by IMM, a US based trust),
- Captain Edward J. Smith was a Royal Navy Reserve officer and
- a specified number of crew members were RNR, too.
The Blue Ensign made "Titanic" something special among other British merchant vessels,
which normally were required to fly the Red Ensign, also nicknamed the "Red Duster".
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