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List of Singaporean flags

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National

Flag	Duration	Use	Description
	1959 –	Flag of Singapore	A horizontal bicolour of red over white, charged in white in the canton with a crescent facing, towards the fly, a pentagon of five stars.

Government

Duration	Use	Description
1960 –	Presidential standard	Used to denote the presence of the President of Singapore while in the country.
1960 –	State marine ensign	Used by non-military, government vessels. Referred colloquially to as the Blue Ensign.
1966 –	Civil ensign	Used by Singapore-registered civilian ships. Referred to in law as the Red Ensign.

Military

Flag	Duration	Use	Description
	[[File:Copyrighted_flag.svg	150px	link=File:Singapore Armed Forces flag.svg]]	1965 –	Flag of the Singapore Armed Forces	State flag with the emblem of the Singapore Armed Forces on the lower right.
	[[File:Copyrighted_flag.svg	150px	link=File:Singapore Army service flag.svg]]	1965 –	Service flag of the Singapore Army	Crescent and stars in a red field on the top left, with the remaining 3/4 of the flag in yellow, and the emblem of the Singapore Armed Forces on the lower right.
	1965 -	Colour of the Singapore Army	Same flag of Singapore Army without emblem
	[[File:Copyrighted_flag.svg	150px	link=File:Republic of Singapore Air Force service flag.svg]]	1990 –	Service flag of the Republic of Singapore Air Force	Crescent and stars in a red field on the top left, with the remaining 3/4 of the flag in blue, and the Lion Head symbol on the lower right.
[[File:Singapore Air Force colour.svg	150x150px]]	1990 -	Colour of the Republic of	Same flag of Republic of Singapore
[[File:Naval Ensign of Singapore (legal ratio).svg	border	150px]] [[File:Naval Ensign of Singapore.svg	border	150px]]	1967 –	Service flag and naval ensign of the Republic of Singapore Navy	Crescent and stars in a red field on the top left, with the remaining 3/4 of the flag in white, and the mariner's compass rose on the lower right. The naval ensign is mandated to be of a 1:2 ratio (top) as set out in the Misc.1 of 1967 legislation passed in the Parliament of Singapore. However, a 2:3 variant is used today (bottom).
[[File:Commissioning Pennant of Singapore.svg	150px]]	1965 –	Commissioning pennant	Triangular pennant with the crescent and stars on the far left; flown at the highest mast of commissioned naval ships at all times.
	[[File:Copyrighted_flag.svg	150px	link=File:SAF DIS logo.png]]	2022 –	Service flag of the Digital and Intelligence Service	Crescent and stars in a red field on the top left, with the remaining 3/4 of the flag in dark grey, and the DIS logo on the lower right.
[[File:Singapore_DIS_colour.svg	150px]]	2022	Colour of the Digital Intelligence Service	Same flag as DIS without the crest

Miscellaneous

Flag	Duration	Use	Description
	1929–2021	Malaysia Preventive Service flag	To be used by Malaysian owned ships when operating in Singaporean waters
Repealed on 1 March 2021.

Historic

Flag	Duration	Use	Description
	1025–1070	Chola dynasty	A red swallowtailed field with a tiger in the center.
[[File:Naval flag of Majapahit Kingdom.svg	border	150px]]	1398–1400	Majapahit	13 horizontal stripes alternating red and white.
[[File:Flag of Portugal (1495).svg	border	150px]]	1511–1521	Portuguese Malacca	A White banner with the coat of arms of the Kingdom in the center.
[[File:Flag of Portugal (1521).svg	border	150px]]	1521–1578	Portuguese Malacca	A White banner with the coat of arms of the Kingdom in the center.
[[File:Flag of Portugal (1578).svg	border	150px]]	1578–1614	Portuguese Malacca	A White banner with the coat of arms of the Kingdom in the center.
[[File:Flag of Aceh Sultanate.svg	border	150px]]	1614–1636	Aceh Sultanate	A Red Banner with a white crescent moon and a 5 pointed star. a sword is below them.
[[File:White Flag of the Malay Sultanates.svg	border	150px]]	1636–1819	Johor Sultanate	A simple white banner.
[[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg	border	150px]]	1819–1868	British East India Company	A striped banner with the Union Jack in the canton.
[[File:Flag of the British Straits Settlements (1868–1877).svg	border	150px]]	1868–1877	Straits Settlements
[[File:Flag of the British Straits Settlements (1874–1904).svg	border	150px]]	1877–1904	Straits Settlements	Officially adopted in 1877 when Singapore was joined with Malacca and Penang as a single Crown colony.
[[File:Flag of the British Straits Settlements (1904–1925).svg	border	150px]]	1904–1925	Straits Settlements	similar to the previous flag, with different crowns.
[[File:Flag of the British Straits Settlements (1925–1946).svg	border	150px]]	1925–1942
1945–1946	Straits Settlements	similar to the previous flag, without the white disc.
[[File:Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg	border	150px]]	1942–1945	Flag of Japan	Used during the Japanese occupation of Singapore. The actual flag is still used in Japan as the national flag (officially since 1999 after some modifications).
[[File:Flag of Singapore (1946–1952).svg	border	150px]]	1946–1952	Crown colony of Singapore	Adopted when Singapore became a Crown colony on its own following the dissolution of the Crown colony of the Straits Settlements.
[[File:Flag of Singapore (1952–1959).svg	border	150px]]	1952–1959	Crown colony of Singapore	Modification from the previous flag; this version has a slightly modified crown.
[[File:Flag of Malaysia.svg	border	150px]]	1963–1965	Flag of Malaysia	Used in Singapore during the statehood in Malaysia. Still the current flag of Malaysia.

References

"Malaysia Revenue Vessels Act (Repealed)".

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