On this day in 1801, the current version of the Royal Navy White Ensign and other ensigns was established following the Irish Union with Great Britain, adding the Red St Patrick's saltire to the Union Flag which was first created by Scottish King James I (of Great Britain) in 1606.
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Stores Basin, Sembawang Dockyard, Singapore, 1974. RFA TIDESURGE and RFA TIDESPRING visiting with HMS LONDONDERRY, HMS SYCLLA, HMS DANAE, HMS CHICHESTER, HMAS VENDETTA, HMS HYDRA, HMS ARIADNE, HMS WASPERTON, HMS YARNTON, HMNZS OTAGO,
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