This is a guide to the use of flags for merchant ships in ship articles and lists of shipwrecks. For usage of flags for naval vessels, see Template:Navy.

Africa

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Asia

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Europe

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Albania

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{{flag|Albania}}   Albania Since 1912

Austria

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{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Archduchy of Austria]]   Archduchy of Austria 1453 - 1786
[[File:Austria-Hungary-flag-1869-1914-naval-1786-1869-merchant.svg|22px]] [[Archduchy of Austria]]   Archduchy of Austria 1786 - 1804
[[File:Austria-Hungary-flag-1869-1914-naval-1786-1869-merchant.svg|22px]] [[Austrian Empire]]   Austrian Empire 1804 - 1867
{{flag|Austria-Hungary|civil}}   Austria-Hungary 1867 - 1918
{{Flag|Austria}}   Austria 1918 - 1938, Since 1945

Belgium

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{{flag|Belgium|1830}}   Belgium 1830 - 1831
{{flag|Belgium}}   Belgium Since 1831

British Isles

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(United Kingdom, Irish Republic, Channel Islands, Isle of Man)

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{{Flagcountry|Kingdom of England}}   England C10th - 1649, 1660 - 1707
{{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Scotland}}   Scotland C9th - 1654, 1660 - 1707
{{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Ireland}}   Ireland 1542 - 1652, 1660 - 1800
{{Flag|Ireland}}   Ireland Since 1923
[[File:Flag of The Commonwealth.svg|22px|border]] [[Commonwealth of England]]   Commonwealth of England 1652-1660
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|naval}}   Great Britain 1707-1800
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|blue}}   Great Britain 1707-1800, government vessels
{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}   United Kingdom 1801-1923
{{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}   United Kingdom 1801-1923, government vessels
{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}   United Kingdom Since 1923
{{flag|United Kingdom|government}}   United Kingdom Since 1923, government vessels
[[File:HM Customs Ensign.svg|22px]] [[Board of Customs]]   Board of Customs 1801-1909
[[File:HM Customs Ensign.svg|22px]] [[HM Customs and Excise]]   HM Customs and Excise 1909-2005
[[File:HM Customs Ensign.svg|22px]] [[HM Revenue and Customs]]   HM Revenue and Customs Since 2005
[[file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg|22px|border]] [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]]   Royal National Lifeboat Institution RNLI vessels since 1865
{{flagicon|UK|naval}} [[The Yacht Club]]   The Yacht Club YC vesssels 1815-20
{{flagicon|UK|naval}} [[Royal Yacht Club]]   Royal Yacht Club RYC vesssels 1820-33
{{flagicon|UK|naval}} [[Royal Yacht Squadron]]   Royal Yacht Squadron RYS vesssels since 1833
{{flagicon|UKGBI|government}} [[Royal Engineers#Royal Engineers' Yacht Club|Royal Engineers' Yacht Club]]   Royal Engineers' Yacht Club Since 1812
[[file:British East India Company flag.svg|22px|border]] [[East India Company]]   East India Company 1591-1707
[[file:Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg|22px]] [[British East India Company]]   British East India Company 1707-1800
[[file:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|22px]] [[British East India Company]]   British East India Company 1801-58
[[File:Trinity House Ensign (pre-1937).svg|22px]] [[Trinity House]]   Trinity House 1801-1937
[[File:Trinity House Ensign.svg|22px]] [[Trinity House]]   Trinity House Since 1937
{{flagicon|UK|civil}} [[Jersey]]   Jersey 1800 - 2010
{{flag|Jersey|government}}   Jersey Since 1907, government vessels
{{flag|Jersey|civil}}   Jersey Since 2010
{{flagicon|UK|civil}} [[Guernsey]]   Guernsey 1800 - ????
{{flag|Guernsey|civil}}   Guernsey Since ????
{{flagicon|UK|civil}} [[Isle of Man]]   Isle of Man 1800 - 1971
{{flag|Isle of Man|civil}}   Isle of Man Since 1971

Bulgaria

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{{flag|Bulgaria|1878}}   Bulgaria 1878 - 1944
{{flag|Bulgaria|1944}}   Bulgaria 1944 - 1946
{{flag|Bulgaria|1946}}   Bulgaria 1946 - 1967
{{flag|Bulgaria|1967}}   Bulgaria 1967 - 1971
{{flag|Bulgaria|1971}}   Bulgaria 1971 - 1990
{{flag|Bulgaria}}   Bulgaria Since 1990

Cyprus

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{{flagicon|Ottoman Empire|red}} [[Ottoman Cyprus|Cyprus]]   Cyprus 1793 - 1878
{{flagicon|Cyprus|1878}} [[British Cyprus|Cyprus]]   Cyprus 1878-81
{{flagicon|Cyprus|1881}} [[British Cyprus|Cyprus]]   Cyprus 1881-1922
{{flagicon|Cyprus|colonial}} [[British Cyprus|Cyprus]]   Cyprus 1922 - 1960
{{flag|Cyprus|April 1960}}   Cyprus 1960
{{flag|Cyprus|1960}}   Cyprus 1960 - 2006
{{flag|Cyprus}}   Cyprus Since 2006

Denmark

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{{flag|Denmark}}   Denmark Since 1397

Estonia

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{{flag|Estonia}}   Estonia 1918 - 1940 and since 1989

Faroe Islands

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{{flag|Faroe Islands}}   Faroe Islands Since 1940

Finland

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{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Grand Duchy of Finland]]   Grand Duchy of Finland 1809 - 1853, 1856 - 1917
[[File:Alkuperalippu.svg|22px|border]] [[Grand Duchy of Finland]]   Grand Duchy of Finland 1853 - 1856
[[File:Flag of Finland 1918 (state).svg|22px]] [[Finland]]   Finland 1917 - 1918
[[File:Flag of Finland 1918 (merchant).svg|22px]] [[Finland]]   Finland 1918
[[File:Flag of Finland (1918-1920).svg|22px]] [[Finland]]   Finland 1918 - 1920
{{Flag|Finland}}   Finland Since 1920

France

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{{Flagcountry|Kingdom of France|civil}}   France Until 1790
{{flag|France|1790}}   France 1790 - 1794
{{flagicon|Corsica}} [[Anglo-Corsican Kingdom]]   Anglo-Corsican Kingdom 1794 - 1795
{{flag|France}}   France 1794 - 1940 and since 1945
{{flagicon|France}} [[Vichy France]]   Vichy France 1940 - 1945
{{Flag|Free France}}   Free France 1940 - 1945

Germany

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Hanseatic cities

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{{Flag|Bremen}}   Bremen Until 1871
[[File:Wroclaw horizontal flag.svg|border|22px]] [[Breslau]]   Breslau Until 1871
[[File:Gdansk flag.svg|22px]] [[Danzig]]   Danzig Until 1871
{{flagicon|Danzig}} [[Free City of Danzig|Danzig]]   Danzig 1920 - 1939
[[File:POL Elbląg flag.svg|22px|border]] [[Elbing]]   Elbing Until 1871
[[File:Hissflagge der Stadt Greifswald.svg|22px|border]] [[Greifswald]]   Greifswald Until 1871
{{Flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}   Hamburg Until 1871
[[File:POL Kołobrzeg flag.svg|22px|border]] [[Kolberg]]   Kolberg Until 1871
[[File:Flagge der Hansestadt Lübeck.svg|22px|border]] [[Lübeck]]   Lübeck Until 1871
[[file:Flagge der Hansestadt Rostock.svg|22px]] [[Rostock]]   Rostock Until 1871
[[File:POL Szczecin flag.svg|22px]] [[Stettin]]   Stettin Until 1871
[[File:POL Słupsk flag 1.svg|22px]] [[Stolp]]   Stolp Until 1871
[[File:Flag of Stralsund.svg|22px]] [[Stralsund]]   Stralsund Until 1871
[[File:POL Toruń flag.svg|22px|border]] [[Toruń|Thorn]]   Thorn Until 1871
[[file:Flagge Wismar.svg|22px|border]] [[Wismar]]   Wismar Until 1871

Territories

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{{flagcountry|Electorate of Hanover}}   Hanover 1692 - 1727
{{flagcountry|Electorate of Hanover|civil}}   Hanover 1727 - 1807
[[File:Flag of Hesse.svg|border|22px]] [[Electorate of Hesse]]   Electorate of Hesse 1814 - 1866
[[File:Flagge Großherzogtümer Mecklenburg.svg|22px]] [[Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]   Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1815 - 1871
{{flag|Kingdom of Hanover|civil}}   Kingdom of Hanover 1814 - 1866
[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Westphalia.svg|22px|border]] [[Kingdom of Westphalia]]   Kingdom of Westphalia 1807 - 1814
[[File:Civil flag of Oldenburg.svg|22px]] [[Grand Duchy of Oldenburg]]   Grand Duchy of Oldenburg 1814 - 1871
[[File:Merchant Ensign of Holstein-Gottorp (Lions sinister).svg|22px]] [[Duchy of Holstein]]   Duchy of Holstein 1474 - 1864
{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Duchy of Schleswig]]   Duchy of Schleswig 1058 - 1866
[[File:Svensk flagg 1815.svg|22px]] [[Swedish Pomerania]]   Swedish Pomerania 1630 - 1815
{{flag|Prussia|civil}}   Prussia 1701 - 1871
[[file:Flag of British Heligoland.svg|22px|border]] [[Heligoland]]   Heligoland 1807 - 1890
[[File:Flag of the Klaipėda Region.svg|border|22px]] [[Memel Territory]]   Memel Territory 1919-39
{{flagcountry|German Empire}}   Germany 1871 - 1919
{{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}   Germany 1919 - 1935
{{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}   Germany 1935 - 1945
{{flagcountry|Allied-occupied Germany}}   Germany 1945 - 1949
{{flag|West Germany}}   West Germany 1949 - 1989
{{flag|East Germany|1949}}   East Germany 1949 - 1959
{{flag|East Germany}}   East Germany 1959 - 1989
{{flag|Germany}}   Germany Since 1989

Gibraltar

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{{flagicon|UK|civil}} [[Gibraltar]]   Gibraltar 1800 - 1996
{{flag|Gibraltar|civil}}   Gibraltar Since 1996
{{flagicon|UK|civil}} [[Gibraltar Yacht Club]]   Gibraltar Yacht Club 1829 - 1837
{{flagicon|UK|naval}} [[Gibraltar Yacht Club]]   Gibraltar Yacht Club 1837 - 1842
{{flagicon|UK|government}} [[Gibraltar Yacht Club]]   Gibraltar Yacht Club 1842 - 1933
{{flagicon|UK|government}} [[Royal Gibraltar Yacht Club]]   Royal Gibraltar Yacht Club 1933 - ????
[[File:Ensign of the Royal Gibraltar Yacht Club.svg|22px]] [[Royal Gibraltar Yacht Club]]   Royal Gibraltar Yacht Club Since ????

Greece

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[[File:Flag of the Septinsular Republic.svg|22px]] [[Septinsular Republic]]   Septinsular Republic 1800-14
[[File:Flag of the United States of the Ionian Islands.svg|22px]] [[United States of the Ionian Islands]]   United States of the Ionian Islands 1814-64
[[File:Greek merchant navy flag.svg|22px]] [[First Hellenic Republic|Hellenic Republic]]   Hellenic Republic 1822 - 1828
{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Kingdom of Greece|Greece]]   Greece 1828 - 1832
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}   Greece 1832 - 1924, 1935 - 1941, 1944 - 1973
{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Second Hellenic Republic|Greece]]   Greece 1924 - 1935
{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Hellenic State (1941–44)|Greece]]   Greece 1941 - 1944
{{flag|Greece}}   Greece Since 1973

Greenland

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{{flag|Greenland}}   Greenland Since 1985

Hungary

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{{flag|Austria-Hungary|civil}}   Austria-Hungary 1867 - 1918
{{flag|Hungary|civil}}   Hungary Since 1918

Iceland

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{{flag|Iceland|1918}}   Iceland 1918 - 1944
{{flag|Iceland}}   Iceland Since 1944

Italy

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[[File:Flag of the Repubblica Cisalpina.svg|22px]] [[Cisalpine Republic]]   Cisalpine Republic 1797 - 1802
[[File:Flag of the Duchy of Modena.svg|22px]] [[Duchy of Modena and Reggio]]   Duchy of Modena and Reggio 1452 - 1796, 1814 - 1859
[[File:Flag of the Duchy of Lucca.svg|22px|border]] [[Duchy of Lucca]]   Duchy of Lucca 1815 - 1847
[[File:Flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.svg|22px]] [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany]]   Grand Duchy of Tuscany 1815 - 1840
[[File:Flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1840).svg|22px]] [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany]]   Grand Duchy of Tuscany 1840 - 1848, 1849 - 1860
[[File:State Flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1848-1849).svg|border|22px]] [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany]]   Grand Duchy of Tuscany 1848 - 1849
[[File:Flag of the Italian Republic (1802).svg|22px]] [[Italian Republic (Napoleonic)|Italian Republic]]   Italian Republic 1802 - 1805
[[File:Flag of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy.svg|22px]] [[Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)|Kingdom of Italy]]   Kingdom of Italy 1805 - 1814
[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg|22px|border]] [[Kingdom of Naples]]   Kingdom of Naples 1738 - 1806, 1815 - 1816
[[File:Flag of Kingdom of Naples (1806-1808).svg|22px]] [[Kingdom of Naples]]   Kingdom of Naples 1806 - 1808
[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Naples (1808).svg|22px]] [[Kingdom of Naples]]   Kingdom of Naples 1808 - 1811
[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Naples (1811).svg|22px]] [[Kingdom of Naples]]   Kingdom of Naples 1811 - 1815
[[File:Merchant Flag of the Kingdom of Sardinia (c.1799-1802).svg|22px]] [[Kingdom of Sardinia]]   Kingdom of Sardinia c.1799-1802
[[File:Merchant Flag of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1802-1814).svg|22px]] [[Kingdom of Sardinia]]   Kingdom of Sardinia 1802-14
[[File:Merchant Flag and War Ensign of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1814-1816).svg|22px]] [[Kingdom of Sardinia]]   Kingdom of Sardinia 1814-16
[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Sardinia.svg|22px]] [[Kingdom of Sardinia]]   Kingdom of Sardinia 1816 - 1848
[[File:Flag of Kingdom of Sardinia (1848).svg|22px]] [[Kingdom of Sardinia]]   Kingdom of Sardinia 1848 - 1851
[[File:Flag of Italy (1861–1946).svg|22px]] [[Kingdom of Sardinia]]   Kingdom of Sardinia 1851-61
[[file:Bandiera del Regno di Sicilia 4.svg|22px|border]] [[Kingdom of Sicily]]   Kingdom of Sicily 1130 - 1816
[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg|22px|border]] [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]]   Kingdom of the Two Sicilies 1816 - 1848, 1849 - 1860
[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1848).svg|22px]] [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]]   Kingdom of the Two Sicilies 1848 - 1849
[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1860).svg|22px]] [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]]   Kingdom of the Two Sicilies 1860 - 1861
[[File:Flag of the Papal States (pre 1808).svg|22px]] [[Papal States]]   Papal States Before 1808, introduced post 1771
[[File:Flag of the Papal States (1808-1870).svg|22px|border]] [[Papal States]]   Papal States 1808 - 1870
[[File:Flag of the Principality of Lucca (1805-1809).svg|22px|border]] [[Principality of Lucca and Piombino]]   Principality of Lucca and Piombino 1805 - 1815
[[File:Flag of Genoa.svg|22px|border]] [[Republic of Genoa]]   Republic of Genoa 1005 - 1797, 1814 - 1815
[[File:Flag of Genoa.svg|22px|border]] [[Ligurian Republic]]   Ligurian Republic 1797 - 1805
[[File:Flag of Lucca.svg|22px]] [[Republic of Lucca]]   Republic of Lucca 1160 - 1805
[[File:Flag of Most Serene Republic of Venice.svg|22px]] [[Republic of Venice]]   Republic of Venice 697 - 1797
[[File:Flag of Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia.svg|22px]] [[Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia]]   Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia 1815-66
[[File:Free Territory Trieste Flag.svg|22px]] [[Trieste]]   Trieste 1719 - 1891
{{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy|civil}} [[United Provinces of Central Italy]]   United Provinces of Central Italy 1859-60
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}   Italy 1861 - 1946
{{flag|Italy|civil}}   Italy Since 1946

Latvia

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{{flag|Latvia}}   Latvia 1918 - 1940 and since 1990

Lithuania

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{{Flag|Lithuania|1918}}   Lithuania 1918 - 1940
{{flag|Lithuania}}   Lithuania Since 1989

Luxembourg

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{{flag|Luxembourg|civil}}   Luxembourg Since 1972

Malta

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[[File:Flag of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.svg|22px]] [[Malta]]   Malta 1530 - 1798
{{flagicon|France}} [[Malta]]   Malta 1798 - 1800
{{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} [[Malta]]   Malta 1800
{{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Malta]]   Malta 1801 - 1814
{{flag|Malta|1814}}   Malta 1814 - 1875
{{flag|Malta|1875}}   Malta 1875 - 1898
{{flag|Malta|1898}}   Malta 1898 - 1923
{{flag|Malta|1923}}   Malta 1923 - 1943
{{flag|Malta|1943}}   Malta 1943 - 1964
{{flag|Malta|civil}}   Malta Since 1964

Netherlands

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{{flag|Dutch Republic}}   Dutch Republic 1581 - 1795
{{flag|Batavian Republic}}   Batavian Republic 1795 - 1806
{{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Kingdom of Holland]]   Kingdom of Holland 1806 - 1810
{{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands|Netherlands]]   Netherlands 1813 - 1815
{{Flagcountry|United Kingdom of the Netherlands}}   Netherlands 1815 - 1839
{{flag|Netherlands}}   Netherlands Since 1839
[[File:Flag of the Dutch East India Company.svg|22px]] [[Dutch East India Company]]   Dutch East India Company 1602 - 1799

Norway

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{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Norway]]   Norway 1746 - 1814
{{flag|Norway|1814}}   Norway 1814 - 1821[Note 1]
[[file:Svensk flagg 1815.svg|22px]] [[Norway]]   Norway 1815 - 1818,[Note 2] optional until 1821
{{flag|Norway}}   Norway 1821 - 1838,[Note 1] since 1899
{{flag|Norway|1818}}   Norway 1818 - 1844[Note 2][Note 3]
{{flag|Norway|1844}}   Norway 1844 - 1899
{{flag|Norway}}   Norway Since 1899

Poland

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{{flag|Poland|state}}   Poland Since 1919

Portugal

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{{flag|Portugal|1495}}   Portugal 1495 - 1578
{{flag|Portugal|1578}}   Portugal 1578 - 1640
{{flag|Portugal|1640}}   Portugal 1640 - 1707
{{flag|Portugal|1707}}   Portugal 1707 - 1750
{{flag|Portugal|1750}}   Portugal 1750 - 1816
{{flag|Portugal|1816}}   Portugal 1816 - 1830
{{flag|Portugal|civil}}   Portugal 1830 - 1911
{{flag|Portugal}}   Portugal Since 1911
{{flag|Azores}}   Azores Since 1979

Romania

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{{flag|Moldavia|1834}}   Moldavia 1834-59
[[File:Flag of Wallachia.svg|22px]] [[Wallachia]]   Wallachia 1330-1859
[[File:Flag of the United Principalities of Romania (1862 - 1866).svg|22px]] [[United Principalities]]   United Principalities 1859-66
{{flagicon|Romania}} [[United Principalities]]   United Principalities 1866-81
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Romania}}   Romania 1881-1947
{{flagcountry|Socialist Republic of Romania}}   Romania 1947-91
{{flag|Romania}}   Romania Since 1991

Russia

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[[File:Flag of Adygea.svg|22px]] [[Circassia]]   Circassia c.1500-1864
[[File:Flag of Courland (state).svg|22px]] [[Duchy of Courland and Semigallia]]   Duchy of Courland and Semigallia 1561-1795
[[File:Flag of the Courland Governorate.svg|22px]] [[Courland Governorate]]   Courland Governorate 1795-1918
[[File:Flag of Odessa.svg|22px]] [[Odessa]]   Odessa 1819-59
{{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}   Russia 1721 - 1914
[[File:Flag of the Russian-American Company.svg|22px]] [[Russian-American Company]]   Russian-American Company 1799-1867
{{flagcountry|Russian Empire|1914}}   Russia 1917 - 1917
{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Russian Republic]]   Russian Republic 1917
[[File:Flag of Russian SFSR (1918-1937).svg|22px]] [[Soviet Russia|Russia]]   Russia 1917 - 1922
{{flag|Soviet Union}}   Soviet Union 1922 - 1991
{{flag|Russia}}   Russia Since 1991

Spain

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{{flag|Spain|1506}}   Spain 1506 - 1701
{{flag|Spain|1701}}   Spain 1701 - 1785
{{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}   Spain 1785 - 1927
{{flag|Spain|1785}}   Spain 1927 - 1931
{{flag|Spain|1931}}   Spain 1931 - 1939
{{flag|Spain|1938}}   Spain 1939 - 1945
{{flag|Spain|1945}}   Spain 1945 - 1977
{{flag|Spain|1977}}   Spain 1977 - 1978
{{flag|Spain}}   Spain Since 1978
{{flag|Spain|civil}}   Spain Since 1978

Sweden

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[[file:Svensk flagg 1815.svg|22px]] [[Sweden]]   Sweden 1815 - 1844
{{flag|Sweden|1818}}   Sweden 1818 - 1844[Note 2]
[[File:Flag of Sweden (1818-1844) (alternative).svg|22px]] [[Sweden]]   Sweden 1838 - 1844, mail ships
{{flag|Sweden|1844}}   Sweden 1844 - 1905
[[File:Flag of Sweden (1897-1905) (alternative).svg|22px]] [[Sweden]]   Sweden 1844 - 1897, mail ships
{{flag|Sweden}}   Sweden Since 1905

Switzerland

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{{flag|Switzerland}}    Switzerland Since 1815

Turkey

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{{flag|Ottoman Empire|red}}   Ottoman Empire 1793 - 1923
{{Flag|Turkey}}   Turkey Since 1923

Yugoslavia

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(Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Yugoslav Republic)

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{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}   Bosnia and Herzegovina Since 1992
{{flag|Croatia|civil}}   Croatia Since 1991
[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Dalmatia.svg|22px]] [[Kingdom of Dalmatia]]   Kingdom of Dalmatia 1815-1918
{{flagcountry|Republic of Macedonia}}   Macedonia Since 1991
[[File:Flag of the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro2.svg|22px]] [[Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro]]   Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro 1516 - 1852
[[File:Flag of the Principality of Montenegro.svg|22px]] [[Principality of Montenegro]]   Principality of Montenegro 1852 - 1910
[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Montenegro.svg|22px]] [[Kingdom of Montenegro]]   Kingdom of Montenegro 1910 - 1918
{{flag|Montenegro}}   Montenegro Since 2006
[[File:Flag of Republic of Ragusa.svg|22px]] [[Republic of Ragusa]]   Republic of Ragusa 1358 - 1807
[[File:Civil Flag of Serbia.svg|22px]] [[Principality of Serbia]]   Principality of Serbia 1815 - 1882
[[file:State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg|22px]] [[Kingdom of Serbia]]   Kingdom of Serbia 1882 - 1918
{{flag|Serbia}}   Serbia Since 2006
{{flag|Serbia and Montenegro}}   Serbia and Montenegro 1992 - 2006
[[File:Flag of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs.svg|22px]] [[State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs]]   State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs 1918
{{flag|Slovenia|civil}}   Slovenia Since 1991
{{flag|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}   Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1918 - 1943
{{flag|Yugoslavia}}   Yugoslavia 1943 - 1990/93
  1. ^ For vessels north of Cape Finisterre, Spain
  2. ^ For vessels south of Cape Finisterre
  3. ^ All vessels 1838 - 1844


North America

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Anguilla

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{{Flagicon|United Kingdom|civil}} [[Anguilla]]   Anguilla Since ????

Antigua and Barbuda

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{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}   Antigua and Barbuda Since 1967

Aruba

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{{flag|Aruba}}   Aruba Since 1976

Bahamas

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{{flag|Bahamas|1869}}   Bahamas 1869-1923
{{flag|Bahamas|1904}}   Bahamas 1904-23
{{flag|Bahamas|1923}}   Bahamas 1923-53
{{flag|Bahamas|1953}}   Bahamas 1953-64
{{flag|Bahamas|colonial}}   Bahamas 1964-73
{{flag|Bahamas}}   Bahamas Since 1973
{{flag|Bahamas|civil}}   Bahamas Since 1973

Barbados

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{{flag|Barbados|1885}}   Barbados 1885-1958, 1962-66
{{flag|West Indies Federation}}   West Indies Federation 1958-62
{{flag|Barbados}}   Barbados Since 1966

Belize

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[[File:Flag of British Honduras (1870–1919).svg|22px]] [[British Honduras]]   British Honduras 1870-1919
{{flag|British Honduras}}   British Honduras 1919-81
{{flag|Belize}}   Belize Since 1981

Bermuda

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{{flag|Bermuda}}   Bermuda Since 1910

Canada

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{{flagicon|Canada|1867-official}} [[Dominion of Canada]]   Dominion of Canada 1867-68
{{flagicon|Canada|1868}} [[Dominion of Canada]]   Dominion of Canada 1868-1921
{{flagicon|Canada|1921}} [[Dominion of Canada]]   Dominion of Canada 1921-57
{{flagicon|Canada|1957}} [[Dominion of Canada]]   Dominion of Canada 1957-65
{{flag|Canada}}   Canada Since 1965
[[File:Flag of Newfoundland 1862-1870.svg|22px]] [[Newfoundland Colony]]   Newfoundland Colony 1867-70
{{flagicon|Dominion of Newfoundland}} [[Newfoundland Colony]]   Newfoundland Colony 1870-1907
{{flag|Dominion of Newfoundland}}   Dominion of Newfoundland 1907-44

Caribbean Netherlands

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(BES Islands)

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{{flag|Caribbean Netherlands}}   Caribbean Netherlands Since 1937

Cayman Islands

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{{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain|naval}} [[Cayman Islands]]   Cayman Islands 1707-1800
{{flagicon|United Kingdom|civil}} [[Cayman Islands]]   Cayman Islands 1801-1958
{{flag|Cayman Islands|civil}}   Cayman Islands Since 1958

Costa Rica

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[[File:Flag of Costa Rica (1821-1823).svg|22px]] [[Costa Rica]]   Costa Rica 1821-23
[[File:Flag of Costa Rica (1823-1824).svg|22px]] [[Costa Rica]]   Costa Rica 1823-24
[[File:Flag of the United Provinces of Central America.svg|22px]] [[United Provinces of Central America]]   United Provinces of Central America Mar-Nov 1824
[[File:Flag of Costa Rica (1824).svg|22px]] [[Costa Rica]]   Costa Rica Nov 1824
[[File:Flag of Costa Rica (1824-1840).svg|22px]] [[Costa Rica]]   Costa Rica 1824-40
{{flag|Costa Rica|1839}}   Costa Rica 1839?
[[File:Flag of Costa Rica (1840-1842).svg|22px]] [[Costa Rica]]   Costa Rica 1840-42
[[File:Flag of Costa Rica (1842-1848).svg|22px]] [[Costa Rica]]   Costa Rica 1842-48
{{flag|Costa Rica|1848}}   Costa Rica 1848-1906
{{flag|Costa Rica}}   Costa Rica Since 1906

Cuba

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Code Produces Dates
{{flagicon|Spain|1506}} [[Captaincy General of Cuba|Cuba]]   Cuba 1607-1701
{{flagicon|Spain|1701}} [[Captaincy General of Cuba|Cuba]]   Cuba 1701-85
{{flagicon|Spain|civil-1785}} [[Captaincy General of Cuba|Cuba]]   Cuba 1785-1849
{{flag|Cuba}} [[Captaincy General of Cuba|Cuba]]   Cuba 1849-98
{{flagicon|United States|1896}} [[Cuba]]   Cuba 1899-1902
{{flag|Cuba}}   Cuba Since 1902

Curaçao

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Code Produces Dates
[[File:Flag of the Dutch West India Company.svg|22px]] [[Dutch West India Company]]   Dutch West India Company 1602-1792
{{flag|Dutch Republic}}   Dutch Republic 1792-95
{{flag|Batavian Republic}}   Batavian Republic 1795-1806
{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Kingdom of Holland]]   Kingdom of Holland 1806-10
{{flagicon|France}} [[First French Empire]]   First French Empire 1810-13
{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands|Netherlands]]   Netherlands 1813-15
{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Curaçao and Dependencies]]   Curaçao and Dependencies 1815-1954
{{flag|Netherlands Antilles}}   Netherlands Antilles 1954-2010
{[flag|Curaçao}}   Curaçao Since 2010

Dominica

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Code Produces Dates
{{flag|Dominica|1955}}   Dominica 1955-65
{{flag|Dominica|1965}}   Dominica 1965-78
{{flag|Dominica|1978}}   Dominica 19778-81
{{flag|Dominica|1981}}   Dominica 1981-88
[[File:Flag of Dominica (1988-1990).svg|22px]] [[Dominica]]   Dominica 1988-90
{{flag|Dominica}}   Dominica Since 1990

Dominican Republic

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Code Produces Dates
{{flag|Dominican Republic|1844}}   Dominican Republic 1844-49
{{flag|Dominican Republic|1863}}   Dominican Republic 1863-??
{{flag|Dominican Republic|civil}}   Dominican Republic Since ????

El Salvador

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Code Produces Dates
[[File:Flag of the Federal Republic of Central America.svg|22px]] [[United Provinces of Central America]]   United Provinces of Central America 1822-23, 1841-42, 1844-65
[[File:Flag of the United Provinces of Central America.svg|22px]] [[United Provinces of Central America]]   United Provinces of Central America 1823-24, 1842-44
[[File:Flag of the Federal Republic of Central America.svg|22px]] [[Flag of the Federal Republic of Central America]]   Federal Republic of Central America 1824-41, 1921-22
[[File:Flag of El Salvador (April 1865).svg|22px]] [[El Salvador]]   El Salvador 1865
[[File:Flag of El Salvador (June 1865).svg|22px]] [[El Salvador]]   El Salvador 1865-69
{{flag|El Salvador|1869}}   El Salvador 1869-73
[[File:Flag of El Salvador (1873-1875).svg|22px]] [[El Salvador]]   El Salvador 1873-75
[[File:Flag of El Salvador (1875-1877).svg|22px]] [[El Salvador]]   El Salvador 1875-98, 1898-1912
[[File:Zentralamerikanische Großrepublik 1898.svg|22px]] [[Greater Republic of Central America]]   Greater Republic of Central America 1898
{{flag|El Salvador|civil}}   El Salvador Since 1912

Grenada

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Code Produces Dates
{{flagicon|Kingdom of France|civil}} [[Grenada]]   Grenada 1650-1763, 1779-83
{{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} [[Grenada]]   Grenada 1763-79, 1783-1800
{{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Grenada]]   Grenada 1801-1875
{{flag|Grenada|1875}}   Grenada 1875-1903
{{flag|Grenada|1903}}   Grenada 1903-67
{{flag|Grenada|1967}}   Grenada 1967-74
{{flag|Grenada|civil}}   Grenada Since 1974

Guadeloupe

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French flag applies.

Guatemala

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Code Produces Dates
[[File:Flag of Guatemala (1825-1838).svg|22px]] [[Federal Republic of Central America]]   Federal Republic of Central America 1825-38
{{flag|Guatemala|1839}}   Guatemala 1838-43
[[File:Flag of Guatemala (1843-1851).svg|22px]] [[Guatemala]]   Guatemala 1843-51
[[File:Flag of Guatemala (1851-1858).svg|22px]] [[Guatemala]]   Guatemala 1851-58
[[File:Flag of Guatemala (1858–1871).svg|22px]] [[Guatemala]]   Guatemala 1858-71
{{flag|Guatemala|civil}}   Guatemala Since 1871

Haiti

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Code Produces Dates
{{flagicon|Kingdom of France|civil}} [[Saint Domingue]]   Saint Domingue 1659-1790
{{flagicon|France|1790}} [[Saint Domingue]]   Saint Domingue 1790-94
{{flagicon|France|1794}} [[Saint Domingue]]   Saint Domingue 1794-1804
[[File:Flag of Haiti 1964 (civil).svg|22px]] [[First Empire of Haiti|Haiti]]   Haiti 1804-06
[[File:Flag of Haiti 1964 (civil).svg|22px]] [[Republic of Haiti]]   Republic of Haiti 1806-11
{{flagicon|Haiti|1806}} [[State of Haiti]]   State of Haiti 1806-11
{{flagicon|Haiti|1811}} [[Kingdom of Haiti|Haiti]]   Haiti 1811-14
{{flagicon|Haiti|1814}} [[Kingdom of Haiti|Haiti]]   Haiti 1814-20
{{flag|Haiti|}}   Haiti 1820-49
{{flagicon|Haiti|1849}} [[Second Empire of Haiti|Haiti]]   Haiti 1849-59
{{flagicon|Haiti|1859}} [[Republic of Haiti (1859–1957)|Haiti]]   Haiti 1859-1964
{{flag|Haiti|civil}}   Haiti Since 1964

Honduras

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Code Produces Dates
{{flagicon|Spain|1506}} [[Spanish Honduras]]   Spanish Honduras 1524-1701
{{flagicon|Spain|1701}} [[Spanish Honduras]]   Spanish Honduras 1701-85
{{flagicon|Spain|civil-1785}} [[Spanish Honduras]]   Spanish Honduras 1785-1821
[[File:Bandera del Primer Imperio Mexicano.svg|22px]] [[First Mexican Empire|Mexican Empire]]   Mexican Empire 1821-23
[[File:Flag of the Federal Republic of Central America.svg|22px]] [[United Provinces of Central America]]   United Provinces of Central America 1823-38
{{flag|Honduras|1839}}   Honduras 1839-66
{{flag|Honduras|1866}}   Honduras 1866-98
{{flag|Honduras}}   Honduras Since 1898

Jamaica

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Code Produces Dates
{{flagicon|Spain|1506}} [[Viceroyalty of New Spain]]   Viceroyalty of New Spain 1506-1655
[[File:Flag of The Commonwealth.svg|22px|border]] [[Jamaica]]   Jamaica 1655-60
{{flagicon|Kingdom of England}} [[Jamaica]]   Jamaica 1660-1707
{{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} [[Jamaica]]   Jamaica 1707-1800
{{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Jamaica]]   Jamaica 1801-75
[[File:Flag of Jamaica (1875–1906).svg|22px]] [[Jamaica]]   Jamaica 1875-1906
{{flag|Jamaica|1906}}   Jamaica 1906-57
{{flag|Jamaica|1957}}   Jamaica 1957-58
{{flag|West Indies Federation}}   West Indies Federation 1958-62
[[File:Flag of Jamaica (1962).svg|22px]] [[Jamaica]]   Jamaica 1962
{{flag|Jamaica}}   Jamaica Since 1962

Leeward Islands

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Code Produces Dates
{{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[British Leeward Islands|Leeward Islands]]   Leeward Islands 1671-1871
{{flagcountry|British Leeward Islands}}   Leeward Islands 1871-1956

Martinique

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Flag of France applies.

Mexico

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Code Produces Dates
{{flag|Mexico|1821a}}   Mexico 1821
{{flag|Mexico|1821}}   Mexico 1821-23
{{flag|Mexico|1823}}   Mexico 1823-64
{{flag|Mexico|1864}}   Mexico 1864-67
{{flag|Mexico|1867}}   Mexico 1867-93
{{flag|Mexico|1893}}   Mexico 1893-1916
{{flag|Mexico|1916}}   Mexico 1916-34
{{flag|Mexico|1934}}   Mexico 1934-68
{{flag|Mexico}}   Mexico Since 1968

Montserrat

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Code Produces Dates
{{flag|Montserrat}}   Montserrat Since 1958

Nicaragua

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Code Produces Dates
{{flag|Nicaragua|1839}}   Nicaragua 1839-58
{{flag|Nicaragua|1858}}   Nicaragua 1858-89
{{flag|Nicaragua|1889}}   Nicaragua 1889-93
{{flag|Nicaragua|1858}}   Nicaragua 1893-96
{{flag|Nicaragua|1896}}   Nicaragua 1896-1908
{{flag|Nicaragua|1908}}   Nicaragua 1908-71
{{flag|Nicaragua}}   Nicaragua Since 1971

Panama

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Code Produces Dates
{{flag|Panama}}   Panama Since 1925

Puerto Rico

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Code Produces Dates
{{flag|Puerto Rico|1868}}   Puerto Rico 1868-95
{{flag|Puerto Rico|1895}}   Puerto Rico 1895-98
{{flag|Puerto Rico|1898}}   Puerto Rico 1898-1908
{{flag|Puerto Rico|1908}}   Puerto Rico 1908-12
{{flag|Puerto Rico|1912}}   Puerto Rico 1912-59
{{flag|Puerto Rico|1958}}   Puerto Rico 1959-95
{{flag|Puerto Rico}}   Puerto Rico Since 1995

Saint Barthélemy

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Flag of France applies

Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla

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Code Produces Dates
{{Flag|West Indies Federation}}   West Indies Federation 1958-62
[[File:Flag of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (1958-1967).svg|22px]] [[Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla]]   Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla 1962-67
[[File:Flag of St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla (1967).svg|22px]] [[Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla]]   Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla 1967
{{flag|Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla}}   Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla 1967-83

Saint Kitts and Nevis

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{{Flag|West Indies Federation}}   West Indies Federation 1958-62
{{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}   Saint Kitts and Nevis Since 1983

Saint Lucia

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Saint Martin

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Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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Sint Maarten

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Trinidad and Tobago

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{{flag|West Indies Federation}}   West Indies Federation 1958-62

Turks and Caicos Islands

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United States

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Virgin Islands

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West Indies Federation

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{{flag|West Indies Federation}}   West Indies Federation 1958-62

Windward Islands

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{{flag|West Indies Federation}}   West Indies Federation 1958-62

South America

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Argentina
Code Produces Dates
{{flag|Argentina|civil}}   Argentina Since 1812
Bolivia
Code Produces Dates
[[File:Flag of Bolivia (1826-1851).svg|22px]] [[Bolivia]]   Bolivia 1826 - 1851
{{flag|Bolivia|civil}}   Bolivia 1851 - 1884
Brazil
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[[File:Flag United Kingdom Portugal Brazil Algarves.svg|22px|border]] [[United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves]]   United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves 1815 - 1822
{{flagcountry|Empire of Brazil}}   Brazil 1822 - 1889
{{flagicon|Brazil|1889}}[[First Brazilian Republic|Brazil]]   Brazil 1889 - 1930
{{flagicon|Brazil|1889}} [[Vargas Era|Brazil]]   Brazil 1930 - 1946
[[File:Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg|22px]] [[Second Brazilian Republic|Brazil]]   Brazil 1946 - 1960
{{flagicon|Brazil|1960}}[[Second Brazilian Republic|Brazil]]   Brazil 1960 - 1964
{{flagicon|Brazil|1960}} [[Brazilian military government|Brazil]]   Brazil 1964 - 1968
{{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} [[Brazilian military government|Brazil]]     Brazil 1968 - 1985
{{flag|Brazil|1968}}   Brazil 1985 - 1992
{{flag|Brazil}}   Brazil Since 1992
Chile
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{{flag|Chile}}   Chile Since 1818
Colombia
Code Produces Dates
[[file:Flag of the Gran Colombia (1819-1820).svg|22px]] [[Gran Colombia]]   Gran Colombia 1819 - 1820
[[file:Flag of the Gran Colombia (1820-1821).svg|22px]] [[Gran Colombia]]   Gran Colombia 1820 - 1821
[[file:Flag of the Gran Colombia.svg|22px]] [[Gran Colombia]]   Gran Colombia 1821 - 1822
[[file:Flag of the Gran Colombia (1822 proposal).svg|22px]] [[Gran Colombia]]   Gran Colombia 1822 - 1830
[[file:Flag of New Granada.svg|22px]] [[Republic of New Granada]]   Republic of New Granada 1830 - 1858
[[file:Flag of New Granada.svg|22px]] [[Granadine Confederation]]   Granadine Confederation 1858 - 1863
{{Flagicon|Colombia}} [[United States of Colombia]]   United States of Colombia 1863 - 1886
{{flag|Colombia}}   Colombia Since 1886
Ecuador
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[[file:Flag of Ecuador (1820-1822).svg|22px]] [[Ecuador]]   Ecuador 1820 - 1822
[[file:Flag of Ecuador (1822).svg|22px]] [[Ecuador]]   Ecuador 1822
{{flag|Ecuador|1830}}   Ecuador 1830 - 1835
[[File:Flag of Ecuador (1830-1845).svg|22px]] [[Ecuador]]   Ecuador 1830 - 1845
[[file:Flag of Ecuador (1845).svg|22px]] [[Ecuador]]   Ecuador 1845
{{Flag|Ecuador|1845}}   Ecuador 1845 - 1860
{{flag|Ecuador|civil}}   Ecuador Since 1860
Falkland Islands
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{{flag|Falkland Islands|1876}}   Falkland Islands 1876 - 1925
{{flag|Falkland Islands|1925}}   Falkland Islands 1925 - 1948
{{flag|Falkland Islands|Ensign-1948}}   Falkland Islands 1948 - 1976
{{flag|Falkland Islands|Ensign}}   Falkland Islands Since 1976
Guyana
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{{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[British Guiana]]   British Guiana 1814 - 1875
[[file:Flag of British Guiana (1875–1906).svg|22px]] [[British Guiana]]   British Guiana 1875 - 1919
{{flag|British Guiana}}   British Guiana 1919 - 1954
[[file:Flag of British Guiana (1955–1966).svg|22px]] [[British Guiana]]   British Guiana 1954 - 1966
{{flag|Guyana}}   Guyana Since 1966
Paraguay
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[[file:Flag of Paraguay 1811.svg|22px]] [[Paraguay]]   Paraguay 1811
[[file:Flag of Paraguay June 1811.svg|22px]] [[Paraguay]]   Paraguay 1811
[[file:Flag of Paraguay (1811-1812).svg|22px]] [[Paraguay]]   Paraguay 1811 - 1812
{{flag|Paraguay|1812}}   Paraguay 1812 - 1826
{{flag|Paraguay|1826}}   Paraguay 1826 - 1842
{{flag|Paraguay|1842}}   Paraguay 1842 - 1954
{{flag|Paraguay|1954}}   Paraguay 1954 - 1988
{{flag|Paraguay|1988}}   Paraguay 1988 - 1990
{{flag|Paraguay|1990}}   Paraguay 1990 - 2013
{{flag|Paraguay}}   Paraguay Since 2013
Peru
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{{flag|Peru}}   Peru Since 1825
Suriname
Code Produces Dates
{{flagicon|Dutch Republic}} [[Surinam (Dutch colony)|Surinam]]   Surinam 1667 - 1795
{{flagicon|Batavian Republic}} [[Surinam (Dutch colony)|Surinam]]   Surinam 1795 - 1806
{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Surinam (Dutch colony)|Surinam]]   Surinam 1806 - 1814
{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Dutch Guiana]]   Dutch Guiana 1814 - 1954
{{flag|Dutch Guiana}}   Dutch Guiana 1954 - 1975
{{flag|Suriname}}   Suriname Since 1975
Uruguay
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{{flag|Uruguay|1828}}   Uruguay 1828 - 1830
{{flag|Uruguay}}   Uruguay Since 1830
Venezuela
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{{flag|Venezuela|1836}}   Venezuela 1836 - 1859
{{flag|Venezuela|1859}}   Venezuela 1859 - 1863
{{flag|Venezuela|1863}}   Venezuela 1863 - 1905
{{flag|Venezuela|1905}}   Venezuela 1905 - 1930
{{flag|Venezuela|1930}}   Venezuela 1930 - 1954
{{flag|Venezuela|1954}}   Venezuela 1954 - 2006
{{flag|Venezuela}}   Venezuela Since 2006