Houses and marks of the national marine

House of the marine

The house of the National marine differs from the national flag by blue slightly darker, and dimensions of the three bands, proportions 30:33: 37 (against 1:1: 1 for the national flag). This provision was adopted at the 19th century for optical reasons when the house floats with the wind.

This house is carried:

with damping: with the poop and in house of bowsprit (when it is not replaced by the house of the FNFL or a flame of decoration)
at sea: with the horn

Its dimension varies according to the size of the building, the circumstances (ceremony or servicing) and according to its position (poop, bowsprit or horn).

Houses and flames of bowsprit

house of the FNFL

This house is carried to damping by the buildings which fought in the free French Naval forces (FNFL), like the two goélettes-schools the Star and the Beautiful-Hen , or which took again the name of a ship of the FNFL, in particular the Nuclear submarine of attack Casabianca , the furtive frigate Aconit or the TCD Ouragan ; the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle also inherits this tradition.

The Tunisian destroyer of escort (ex US Crosley - OF 108) also had the privilege to raise the house of the FNFL, its first crew having been composed with nearly 80% to personnel coming from the FNFL.

flames of decoration

These flames are carried to damping by the buildings decorated or having begun again the name with a decorated unit, Military Cross (1st line), Military decoration (2nd) or Légion of honor (3rd), with the title of the war 1914-18 (1st column), 1939-45 (2nd) or of an external theater (3rd). The members of the crew then carry to the fodder left shoulder corresponding one.

Flame of war

The “flame of war”, hoisted at the head mast highest, indicates that the ship belongs to the national marine, and that its ordering officer received a letter of command. If necessary, it can be replaced by the mark of an officer or a minister who would be on board.

A tradition wants that a ship in operation for more than five months has lengthened their flame of one meter per month additional spent to shift far from France. Thus, the cruiser Georges Leygues , left for Dakar on September 9th, 1940 and returned in Toulon on September 13rd, 1944, would have raised a flame of war of 60 meters.

Honorary marks and of command

These marks are hoisted at the head mast during the presence on board a political personality, a general officer or a captain head of division.

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