Naval Flags of Uruguay

Last modified: 2000-01-21 by antonio martins
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• Chief of a Group (Less than a Captain)
• Seniority Pennant
• Commission Pennant

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The somewhat recently readopted jack is a white saltire with the sun of Uruguay in the center. This flag replaces the majestic Artigas banner of Uruguayan history; however, this jack has a history with the Uruguayan Navy. Gordon [gor24] describes this flag as «practically the Russian ensign with a sun in the center». Therefore, this apparently new design is merely a return to quite possibly the original jack.
Calvin Paige Herring, 11 Jun 1998

The sun in the Uruguayan jack is not the same as that used on the national flag, it is more circular shaped.
Calvin Paige Herring, 09 Jul 1998, and Armand Noel du Payrat, 12 Jun 1998

I have just spoken with the Uruguayan embassy, and a secretary spoke with the naval attaché, and confirmed that their “navy flag” is white with a blue diagonal cross and their sun-symbol at the crossing.
John Ayer, 1998.02.10

Perhaps the reversion is motived by the adoption, in the near argentine province of Entrerríos, of a flag in the same pattern as the [old] Uruguayan Jack.
Jaume Ollé, 1998.02.15

I do not know when Uruguay changed her jack, but I can tell you why: because the Tupamaros used the Artigas flag as their symbol.
Juan Morales, 1998.06.08

I think that the new reported Urguayan Jack is the same that appear in Flaggenbuch 1905 but is little different: The centre of the diagonal cross is white and then the four arms don't touch the sun. I assume that the 3:4 is the correct ratio.
Jaume Ollé, 15 Feb 1998

The General Inspector of the Navy has a white flag with a blue anchor set towards the hoist and a blue star set towards the fly. (Source: [bcr81])
Calvin Paige Herring, 11 Jun 1998