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>I found this on <a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://www.fotw.net/flags/xf-cntn.html">http://ww >w.fotw.net/flags/xf-cntn.html</a> > >And we know that the largest UK ensign in 1687 was 24 >x 42 feet (7.3 x 12.8 meters) for a 1st rate ship of >the line. A surviving white ensign flown at the battle >of the Glorious First of June (1794) measures 20 x 40 >feet, and per the 1822 Royal Navy specifications, the >largest ensign flown by a 1st rate ship of the line >would have been 19.5 x 37 feet. (All from Timothy >Wilson's Flags at Sea [wil86] and [wil99]). > >Cy > >>>Many thanks to you both for that help - I'm still >>>stuck with the sizes of the flags, and what sails >were >>>used on that day - any ideas? >> >>Because of the very light winds, the fleet is >>generally reported to have gone into action under >>royals and studding sails. Are you working on a model >>or a painting that you want to be historically >>realistic? >> >><i>Victory</i>'s master (navigating officer), Thomas >>Atkinson, recorded the following for October 21, 1805, >>as reprinted in T. Sturges Jackson, <i>Logs of the >>Great Sea Fights,</i>, II, 183: >> >>"At 6 [a.m.], observed the enemy E by S, distance 10 >>or 12 miles. Bore up to the eastward. Out all reefs >>[of] topsails. Set steering sails and royals." >> >>"Steering sails" is another term for "studding sails," >>light sails set outboard of the yardarms on removable >>or temporary booms. I do not think the royal yards >>carried studding sails, but the topgallant yards did. > >> >>I'm not sure that the exact dimensions of >><i>Victory</i>'s flags were recorded. I think the >>Jack would have been smaller than the ensign.

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