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![[Derwent Sailing Squadron burgee]](../images/a/au~derss.gif)
image by
Rob Raeside, 5 February 2019
Estb: 1906. Location: Marieville Esplanade, Sandy Bay, TAS.
Source:
Lloyd’s Register of Yachts. London, 1910.
Burgee: Pennant 4:7 (print
image). “As per the current constitution The Squadron Burgee shall be Red, with
White Cross and Navy Blue Maltese Cross in the upper inner canton.”
Source:
Abbalena Whelan, DSS Administration Manager. Email 29 January 2019.
"The
Derwent Sailing Squadron, under the name of the Domain Sailing Squadron, was
formed in February 1906 . . ."
"[In] 1907. The Domain Sailing Squadron was
renamed Derwent Sailing Squadron following the Derwent Sailing Club receiving
Royal Charter and renaming itself the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania."
Source:
accessed 25 January 2019,
https://dssinc.org.au/welcome/history/
Peter Edwards,
2 February 2019
DERWENT SAILING SQUADRON INC. RULES
Version 2.3 - 3 May 2018:
"FLAGS ETC.
40
The Squadron Burgee shall be Red, with White Cross and Navy
Blue Maltese Cross in upper inner canton.
FLAG OFFICERS' PENNANTS
41.
The Commodore's Flag shall be the Squadron Burgee with swallow-tail. The Retired
Commodore's Flag shall be similar to the Commodore's Flag with the letter "R" in
the lower inner canton (their flag to be worn only by members who have held the
office of Commodore of the Squadron). The Vice-Commodore's Flag, a similar flag
with one navy blue ball in the lower inner canton, and the Rear Commodore's
Flag, a similar flag with two navy blue balls in the lower inner canton and
placed horizontally."
https://dssinc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Derwent-Sailing-Squadron-Constitution-Version-2.3-2018.pdf
Photographs showing their 2017/18 Summer Prize Night include the hoist
of a prize pennant in two cases:
https://dssinc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/IMG_9753.jpg
https://dssinc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/IMG_9759.jpg
Though the
Maltese Cross looks really black in these, these pennants probably give an
impression of the current design of the burgee.
(The source page uses the
full-sized photographs as thumbnails, thus loading something like 300 times too
much information. Start loading the page at your own risk.
https://dssinc.org.au/2018/05/2017-18-summer-prize-night-photos)
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 6 February 2019
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