Ranks of The Turkish Navy - Rank Pennants and Flags (ensigns)

Rank Pennants and Flags (ensigns)

Pennants are only flown for officers who assume command of an independent unit. Staff officers who work in headquarters do not fly pennants.

• Flandra (Masthead Pennant) : The Flandra is flown when the ship's commanding officer boards the ship. It is quite like a very long red stripe with a crescent moon and star close to the mast.
• Group Commander : For group commanders, a red triangular pennant with one bomb (twenty pointed white star) is flown.
• Regiment Commanders : For regiment commanders, a square red flag with an anchor in the middle is flown.
• Commodores : A swallow-tailed red pennant with two bombs (one on the upper left corner, the other one below that) is flown.
• Rear Admirals(LH) : A R.Adm. LH flies a square red flag with a bomb right at the center.
• Rear Admirals(UH) : A square red flag with two bombs (aligned parallel to the mast and halfway through the flag) is flown for a R.Adm. UH
• Vice Admirals: For Vice Admirals, a red square flag with three bombs (two of them aligned parallel to the mast and are close to it, the other one is on the further side, forming an equilateral triangle with the others) is flown.
• Admirals: For the admiral who assumes command of the Turkish Fleet (Donanma), a red square flag with four bombs is flown.
• Commander of the Naval Forces : For the Commander of the Naval Forces, a red square flag with four bombs and an anchor in the middle is flown.