Album 1995 still showed the square version. Star is inscribed in a circle of diameter one half of the flag side. The square flag with a white star is shown in Flaggenbuch as naval jack ( Gösch der Kriegschiffe). The same flag is described as " yacht flag." The question is - are these two one and the same, the image being somewhat distorted, or is there really a special flag for Chile to be used on private yachts? The hoisted jack was definitively rectangular. ![]() ![]() I remember having seen TV images of an historical Chilean sailing ship owned by the Navy. The Album 2000 shows a 2:3 blue flag with a white star, inscribed in a circle of diameter 1/3rd of the flag height at hoist. Source: photo in Alejandro Preneta: La Armada de Chile (Boulogne: Delroisse, 1985): 91. The Chilean Navy's standard is blue with the arms of the navy (a blue shield bordered in gold and ensigned with a gold naval crown, bearing an upright anchor, also gold). Keywords: navy | jack | star: 5 points (white on blue) | naval standard | anchor (golden) | star: 5 points (black) | chile | This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Chilean Navy Armada de Chile
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