GERMAN ENSIGN
Courtesy Flag Of Royal Navy (N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON, Aug. 19. The German naval ensign reported earlier this week to have been flown by the Graf Spee was in fact supplied to the Admiralty for use as a courtesy flag, according to information received at the Navy Office today. It is customary for ships of the Royal Navy to carry foreign flags to fly when firing salutes to foreign countries, or on certain occasions, when dressing in foreign ports. The British manufacturer, J. W. Plant and Company, of Leeds, has advised that the flag was part of an order for 40 German naval ensigns supplied to the Royal Navy in 1937. Meanwhile in Flensburg, West Germany, a naval expert. Captain Karl Raeder, has said that the Graf Spee's flag probably was burnt when the ship was scuttled in 1939. “The ship was burnt from stem to stern. I can only presume that the flag she was .flying went up in flames,” | Captain Raeder said.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31143, 20 August 1966, Page 1
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