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image by Yosef Obskura and Željko Heimer, 06 Apr 1999
Flag of "Kordebatali" (i.e Main fleet) (1700-1712)
Željko Heimer, 06 Apr 1999, quoting from
Flag-znamya korablya,
Russian Navy website, consulted 07 Mar 1999
The French originals are of course
"Corps de Bataille",
"Avant Guarde" and
"Arrière Guarde".
These were standard military terms in the early modern
period.
Norman Martin, 13 Mar 1999
In fact since 1701 the Russian fleet was divided into
3 formations, each of them using a different flag: the
first formation's (battle vessels) flag was white, the
second one's (vanguard) was blue and
the third one's (rear-guard) was red.
All of them have a white canton with a blue St.Andrew
cross.
Giuseppe Bottasini, quoting
[zig94]
image by Yosef Obskura and Željko Heimer, 06 Apr 1999
Flag of "Avangard" (i.e. Avant Guarde) (1700-1865)
Željko Heimer, 06 Apr 1999, quoting from
Flag-znamya korablya,
Russian Navy website, consulted 07 Mar 1999
image by Yosef Obskura and Željko Heimer, 06 Apr 1999
Flag of "Arergard" (i.e. Arriáre Guarde
- Rear Guard) (1700-1865)
Željko Heimer, 06 Apr 1999, quoting from
Flag-znamya korablya,
Russian Navy website, consulted 07 Mar 1999
image by António Martins, 21 Oct 1997
From 1700 till
1845 used on cargo vessels of the fleet and was called
"proviant flag", from 1705-1917 this
flag was used by merchant vessels. In
1883 it became the state flag
of Russia.
Stern flag [i.e. ensign] (1697-1700).
Željko Heimer, 03 Apr 1999, quoting from
Flag-znamya korablya,
Russian Navy website, consulted 07 Mar 1999
Identical to the current national flag
António Martins, 23 Oct 1999