Flag of Bermuda

Bermuda
Red Ensign with Union Flag in the canton and Bermuda coat of arms in the fly.
Name Flag of Bermuda
Use Civil and state flag, civil ensign
Proportion 1:2
Adopted 4 October 1910 (1910-10-04)
Design Red Ensign with the coat-of-arms of Bermuda in the fly.

Blue Ensign with Union Flag in the canton and Bermuda coat of arms in the fly.

Variant flag of Bermuda
Name Government Ensign of Bermuda
Use State ensign
Proportion 1:2
Design Blue Ensign with the coat-of-arms of Bermuda in the fly.

A Union Flag defaced with the coat-of-arms of Bermuda

Variant flag of Bermuda
Name Flag of the Governor of Bermuda
Use Other
Proportion 1:2
Design A Union Flag defaced with the coat-of-arms of Bermuda.
Flag of Bermuda flown on a ship.

The flag of Bermuda was adopted on October 4, 1910. It is a British Red Ensign with the Union Flag in the upper left corner, and the coat of arms of Bermuda in the lower right.

The flag is unusual for a British overseas territory in that it is used on land in a red ensign form; most other British overseas territories use a version of the blue ensign for general use ashore. Bermuda's use of a red ensign on land is in keeping with Canada (pre-1965) and the Union of South Africa (pre 1928), both of which used red ensigns ashore as local flags in the early part of the 20th century. Bermuda's flag is an appropriate civil ensign for vessels registered on the Bermuda portion of the British Register, by virtue of the Bermuda Merchant Shipping Act of 2002. The Governor of Bermuda uses a Union Flag defaced with the coat of arms, a design traditional for Governors of the British overseas territories. For the state ensign, a blue ensign is used.

Coat of arms

The Latin inscription on the coat of arms reads Quo Fata Farunt ("Wither the Fates Carry"). The coat of arms shows a lion holding a shield which bears a picture of a shipwreck on a rock.

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