Yves As far as I am aware Canadian ships flew the Canadian Red Ensign which was the same as the national flag, essentially a Red Ensign with the arms of Canada in the fly. British ships wore the plain Red Ensign. Both Canadian and British warships flew the White Ensign. Towards the end of the war Canadian warships attached a green maple leaf to the funnel to identify their 'Canadianess'. With the adoption of the new Canadian flag in 1965 the use of the White Ensign ceased. Sometime after WWII but before the new Canadian flag the green maple leaf was replaced by the red on the funnel was replaced by the red. Certainly the red maple leaf was in evidence on photos of ships in the 1950's and included Canadian Coastguard cutters. A Blue Ensign defaced by the arms of Canada was used as a jack by Canadian warships and other Govt vessels until 1965. Hope this helps. Andy Adams Hope this helps In a message dated 04/10/2011 16:56:37 GMT Daylight Time, Yves-Guy.Bertrand@wanadoo.fr writes: Hello dear Friends Have you received my email because until now I don’t received any answer. Please, another enquiry: I am looking for photos of Parks, mainly during the war, who could help me? Cheers Yves From: yves bertrand Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 2:35 PM To: Mariners@rootsweb.com Subject: Flags on Parks an also Canadian Ships Bonjour à Tou(te)s May I ask you, the Flags during the WW2 for the Canadian warships and merchant ships was the same for United Kingdom or specific for Canada? White – Blue – Red Ensign? For example for the Parks: - Ship for Canadian Government (Park SS Co. Ltd, mgrs) like MONTMORENCY PARK. - Ship for United Kingdom Ministry of War Transport (MOWT) William Dickinson & Co.Ltd, managers like CAMP DEBERT (launched as HECTOR PARK). Cheers Yves from France Please be indulgent with my bad english, thanks ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message