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REGULATIONS 
 
 KE8PECTING 
 
 THE BLUE ENSIGN 
 
 (NAVAL RESERVE FLAG). 
 
 Prepared and issued hy the Admiralty and Board 0/ Trade. 
 
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REGULATIONS 
 
 BESPECTING 
 
 THE BLUE ENSIGIST 
 
 (Naval Reserve Flag). 
 
 The following is a copy of the Admiralty Circular issued for the 
 guidance of Naval Officers, and is here given for the information of the 
 Officers BNB, and Registrars of Naval Reserve, &c. 
 
 Admiralty, 
 23rd February 1865. 
 
 THE BLUE ENSIGN 
 (Naval Reserve Flag). 
 
 British Merchant Ships commanded by Officers of the Royal Nava 
 Reserve, and fulfilling the following conditions, will be allowed to 
 wear the Blue Ensign of Her Majesty's Fleet. 
 
 Conditions. 
 
 1. The ship, if a sailing vessel, must not be of less burden than 
 800 register tons ; and if a steamer, she must not be of less burden 
 than 1,000 tons gross register tonnage. 
 
 2. The Officer Commanding and Chief Officer of the ship must be 
 Officers of the Naval Reserve. 
 
 3. These Officers must be bona fide Officers of the ship appointed 
 for the voyage and entered in the agreement accordingly. 
 
 4. One-third part of the Seamen of the crew must be men belonging 
 to the Royal Naval Reserve. 
 
 5. Before hoisting the Blue Ensign the ship must be provided with 
 an Admiralty Warrant. 
 
 Note 1. 
 
 Ships failing to fulfil the above Conditions, unless such failure is 
 caused by death or other circumstances over which the owners have no 
 control, will no longer be entitled to wear the Blue Ensign. 
 
 Note 2. 
 
 (a.) The ship, if fitted by the shipowners with magazines for the 
 ammunition, will be supplied on demand with an armament (as per 
 scale annexed). 
 
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 (b.) Tho owners must undertake that the guns, stores, and ammu- 
 nition be taken care of by the Oflicer RNR Commanding, and that the 
 guns and stores be returned as far as possible in good order, in such 
 manner and at such times and places as the Admiralty may direct. 
 
 (c.) Carrying guns is left optional with the shipowner, but a 
 privilege in respect of drill will be given to OflScers and Men who have 
 sailed from a port in the United Kingdom during the year, and have 
 been drilled on board ships carrying guns and the Blue Ensign. Such 
 OflScers and Men will only be subjected to a test drill of two days, on 
 board one of Her Majesty's Drill Ships, which, if they pass satisfactorily, 
 will entitle them to release from further attendance at drill that year. 
 
 (rf.) OflScers Commanding H.M. Ships meeting with ships carry- 
 ing the Blue Ensign will bo authorized to go on board such ships, at 
 any convenient opportunity, and see that these conditions are strictly 
 carried out, provided that they are superior in rank to the OflBcer 
 RNR. 
 
 Note 3. 
 
 Applications for permission to wear the Blue Ensign wiUbe forwarded 
 to the Admiralty from the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for 
 Trade, who will issue regulations as to the mode of proceeding. 
 
 By Command of their Lordships, 
 
 C. Paget. 
 
 To all Commanders-in-Chief, 
 
 Captains, Commanders, and 
 
 Commanding OflScers of Her 
 
 Majesty's Ships and Vessels. 
 
 List of Gtjns and Stores which will be supplied by Government to 
 Merchant Ships of the Naval Reserve referred to in Circular 
 No. 33, of 3rd August 1864. 
 
 Guns. 
 No. 
 2 32-prs. of 42, 32, or 25 cwt., with crutches and tompions 
 
 complete. 
 
 Carriages. 
 
 Rear chock, common or Hardy's, as may be available in store. 
 
 Ammunition. 
 
 40 Cartridges (flannel, filled, 4 lb., 3 lb., or 2\ lb. accord-^ 
 
 jT \ ' I For 
 
 ingtogun;. I ^^^ 
 
 40 Shot. j Gun. 
 
 100 Frietion tubes (quill). J 
 
No. ^^o'^ea. 
 
 Metal linod half-cases (to contain powder), with keys. 
 2 Cartridg'3 cases (leather). 
 
 2 Trigger lines. 
 2Ventb't3. 
 
 3 Spongos, with caps. 
 3 Priming irons. 
 
 3 Ramraers. 
 1 Wad hook. 
 
 The above will be supplied to each ship which carries an armament j 
 but grummet wads, breechings, tackles, and handspikes must bo fur- 
 nished by the owners. 
 
 The breechings to be 7^ in., 30 ft. long. 
 
 The side tackles, 2^ in., 48 ft. ; train tackle, 2^ in., 62 ft. 
 
 Blocks for do., 8 in. and 3 in. straps. 
 
 The: expenditure of the ammunition must be inserted in the Official 
 Log, und an account rendered by the Captain of the Ship before fresh 
 supplies are sanctioned. 
 
 Four rounds per man per annum is the regulated allowance for 
 practice. 
 
 DETAILED KEGULATIONS* 
 
 RESPECTIXa 
 
 THE BLUE ENSIGN. 
 
 British merchant ships commanded by Officers of the Royal Naval 
 Reserve, and fulfilling the conditions of the Admiralty Circular, will 
 be allowed to wear the Blue Ensign of Her Majesty's Fleet. 
 
 Admiralty Warrant. 
 
 1. Officers of the Naval Reserve commanding ships of the tonnage 
 named in Admiralty Circular, par. 1, who are desirous that the ships 
 commanded by them should wear the Blue Ensign, should apply on 
 Form RV 40 for an Admiralty Warrant. Forms of application may 
 be obtained at any Mercantile Marine Office. 
 
 2. If it appears that the Officer Commanding and the Chief Officer ai'e 
 Officers of the Reserve, and, if on the active list, are not in arrears for 
 Drill, the Warrant will be forwarded by the Board of Trade through 
 
 * See Note 3, Admiralty Circular, 
 
the Registrar General of Seamen, with Form RV 41, to the Registrar 
 of Naval Reserve, who will, when the conditions named above have 
 been complied with, deliver the Warrant to the Officer Commanding 
 tho ship on the completion of the engagement of the crow, and will 
 obtain tho receipt of the Officer Commanding on Division B of the 
 Form RV 41, and return the Form to the Registrar General of 
 Seamen. 
 
 3. If the conditions are not complied with, tho Warrant, whether 
 the ship carries guns or not, and the Form RV 41, are to be returned 
 to the Registrar General of Seamen, with a statement in Division D of 
 the reasons why tho Warrant has been withheld. 
 
 4. Registrars of Naval Reserve are to write on the Agreements of 
 ships authorized to wear the Blue Ensign, under the name of tho ship, 
 tho words " Authorized to wear the Blue Ensign," and are to sign 
 their names thereto. 
 
 5. The conditions under which the Blue Ensign is not to be worn 
 during the voyage are as follow : — 
 
 (a.) If from any circumstances both of the Officers of the Naval 
 Reserve named in the Warrant are removed from the ship, or if 
 either of the Officers named in the Warrant is not in command of 
 the ship, then the Blue Ensign is not to be worn. 
 
 (b.) If the number of Naval Reserve men on board is less than 
 the number regulated, then the Blue Ensign is not to be worn, 
 except under special circumstances to be decided upon by the Lords 
 Commissioners of the Admiralty, unless it can be shown by the en- 
 dorsements on the Agreement, or by entries in the Official Log, that 
 the reduction in the number is caused by death, sickness, desertion, 
 or joining a British man-of-Avar, or some unavoidable casualty. 
 
 6. Officers Commanding Her Majesty's ships abroad, British Consuls 
 in Foreit^n Ports, and Customs Officers in British Possessions abroad, 
 are empowered to ascertain that ships carrying the Blue Ensign are 
 provided with an Admiralty Warrant, and that the foregoing Conditions 
 and Regulations are complied with. 
 
 7. If it should be found that although the ship is provided with 
 an Admiralty Warrant, the Regulations respecting Officers and Crew 
 are not complied with, the. Admiralty Warrant should be obtained and 
 transmitted with the Report to the Admiralty or Registrar General of 
 Seamen, as the case may be. 
 
 8. If it is found that the ship is flying the Blue Ensign without an 
 Admiralty Warrant, the Blue Ensign should be seized, and the case 
 
reported to the Admiralty or Registrar General of Seamen, as the case 
 may bo.* 
 
 Guns and Ammunition. 
 
 9. For the purpose of affording the OfTiccrs and Men of the Royal 
 Naval Reserve an opportunity of undergoing Drill whilst at sea, Her 
 Majesty's Government have made arrangements to supply ships 
 qualified to carry the Blue Ensign, and of whoso crews not less than 
 seven of tho seamen are men belonging to the Reserve, with guns, 
 ammunition, and stores, according to tho list in Admiralty Circular, 
 provided tho owner wishes to have guns, &c. supplied, and provided 
 the ship is fitted by tho shipowners with magazines for the ammuni- 
 tion, and with tho necessary appliances for working the guns, to tho 
 satisfaction of a Naval Officer appointed to inspect the same. 
 
 10. Tho owners will be held responsible for tho safe custody of the 
 guns, stores, and ammunition, and must undertake that the guns and 
 stores bo returned as far as possible in good order, or accounted for, in 
 such manner and at such times and places as tho Admiralty may 
 direct. {Clause (b.) Admiralty Circular.) 
 
 11. Applications for guns, ammunition, he, should bo made at least 
 21 days previously to the time appointed for the ship leaving the port, 
 in order that the authorities may have sufficient time to supply them. 
 All applications for guns, &c., on Forms RV 42, are to bo forwarded 
 to tho Registrar General of Seamen direct by the shipowner ; and on 
 the application being appi'oved the guns, &c. may bo supplied, but will 
 have to be re-landed if, when the crew is engaged, the requisite number 
 of Naval Reserve Men are not there. The guns will bo supplied as 
 soon as possible after the approval of the application. 
 
 12. It is to be distinctly understood that no ship will be allowed to 
 retain the guns and stores unless she is qualified under the foregoing 
 regulations to fly the Blue Ensign ; and it is also to be understood that 
 ships authorized to wear the Blue Ensign need not on that account 
 carry guns unless tho owners desire it. {Clause (c.) Admiralty 
 Circular.) 
 
 * iVote.— Section 105 of the Merchant Shipping Act provides that " If any colours 
 usually ■worn by Her Majesty's Ships, or any colours resembling those of Her 
 Majesty, or any distinctive National colours, except the Red Ensign usually worn 
 by Merchant Ships, or except the Union Jack with a white border, or if the Pen- 
 dant usually carried by Her Majesty's Ships, or any Pendant in anywise resem- 
 bling such Pendant, are or is hoisted on board any ship or boat belonging to 
 any subject of Her Majesty, without Warrant for so doing from Her Majesty or 
 from the Admiralty, the Master of such ship or boat, or the owner thereof, if on 
 '■ board the same, and every other person hoisting or joining or assisting in hoisting 
 ' the same, shall for every such offence incur a penalty not exceeding five hundred 
 ' pounds, and it shall be lawful for any Officer on full pay in the Military or Naval 
 ' Service of Her Majesty, or any British Officer of the Customs, or any British 
 ' Consular Officer to board any such ship or boat, and to take away any such Jack, 
 ' Colours, or Pendant ; and such Jack, Colours, or Pendant shall be forfeited to 
 Her Majesty.'" 
 
13. Ownora of ships desirous of obtaining gans, stores, and ammuni- 
 tions for tiio use of tho Naval Reserve Officers and Men on board their 
 ships should opply on Form RV 42, which may be obtained at any 
 Mercantile Marine Office. 
 
 Duties of Naval Reserve Officers on the Voyage. 
 
 14. The Officer RNR Commanding is to seo that the guns are 
 kept mounted, and is to exercise the men at Quartors and U Target 
 Practice, on all convenient opportunities during the voyage. 
 
 15. The Officer RNR Commanding is to keep an Account, RV43, 
 of the names of each man drilled, the number of hours drill performed, 
 the nature of the drill, and ammunition expended, and is also at the 
 termination of each drill to make and sign tho necessary entries in 
 the Reserve Man's account, RV44. 
 
 16. If th'^ guns or any of the stores are unavoidably lost through 
 any casualty to the ship, full particulars are to be forwarded by 
 the Officer RNR Commanding, or by the Owners of the ship, to the 
 Registrar General of Seamen, for the information of the Board of 
 Trade and the Admiralty. 
 
 Return of Ship to the United Kingdom. 
 
 17. On tho return of any Ship authorized to wear the Blue Ensign 
 under these Regulations, tho Registrar of Naval Reserve will call upon 
 tho Officer Commanding to return the Admiralty Warrant, and will 
 forward it to the Registrar General of Seamen. 
 
 18. If the ship has been supplied with Guns, &c., the Registrar 
 should forward to the Registrar General of Seamen, with the Admi- 
 ralty Warrant, the Accounts of Men drilled and Ammunition expended, 
 RV 43 ; ho will then report the arrival of the ship, on Foim RV 45, to 
 the nearest Coast Guard Officer, or to such other Naval Officer as the 
 Admiralty may appoint for the purpose, and that Officer will proceed 
 to visit the ship, to ascertain the condition of tho guns and stores for 
 exercise, and report the same to the Controller General of Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 19. If it is intended by the shipowner that the same ship shall again 
 wear the Blue Ensign, and carry guns for the purpose of enabling the 
 Reserve Officers and men to practise at sea, the guns, stores, &c. on 
 board the ship on her return to the United Kingdom need not be 
 returned to the Crown, but may be retained on board ; but when the 
 ship is again ready for sea, the Officer RNR Commanding must make 
 application for the Admiralty Warrant.* In this case the Owner 
 
 * The same Admiralty Warrant may be issued again to the same ship, but Mith it 
 afresh Certificate of Board of Trade to meet the case of new Officers and crew. 
 N.B. — This will obviate the necessity of making another application to the Admi- 
 
should give notice on tho tgamIs arrival in Great Britain, on Form 
 RV 46, that he wiuhcs to retain ttio guns, &c. on board. 
 
 20. If, however, it is not tho Owner's intention that tho ship shall 
 carry guns on lier subsequent voyage, ho hhould givo notice to that 
 e£fect in Form RV46, in order that the guns may be removed. 
 
 Privileges if Drill is taken at Sea, 
 
 21. If it is proved that the Officers and men of the Royal Naval 
 Reserve have each undergone on board a merchant ship, supplied with 
 guns under these Regulations, at least 48 hours drill for every three 
 months during tho period of their engagement on board such ship, 
 they will each be required to undergo two ilaya drill on board a drill 
 ship in the United Kingdom, to teat their efficiency. If the Officers 
 and men have not expended tho allowance of ammunition at a target 
 while embarked they must, if there aro facilities for firing at tho drill 
 ship or battery, practise tiring during tho test di'ill. 
 
 22. If on completion of the two days test drill, the Naval Officer is 
 satisfied with their proficiency, the Naval Reserve Officers and men 
 will each receive the same amount of drill and subsistence money to 
 which they would have been entitled had they done the whole of 
 their drill on board a drill ship ; and the Naval Reserve men will, in 
 addition, be entitled to receive the whole amount of retainers due on 
 account of the drill performed at sea. 
 
 23. If, however, the test drill is not performed to tho satisfaction of 
 the Naval Officer, then, in the case of the Officers, the drill must be 
 performed in accordance with the Officers' Regulations, and, in the 
 case of the men, in accordance with pars. 70 and following of the 
 Naval Reserve Regulations. 
 
 24. On the discharge of Naval Reserve men from a ship carrying 
 guns under these Regulations, the Registrar will compare the entries 
 
 in the Reserve Man's Account of Drill performed at Sea, RV 44, with 
 the entries in Form RV 43, and should certify on Form RV 44 the 
 number of hours drill performed at sea. The Registrar should then 
 return the Form RV 44 to the Reserve man, who will present it to the 
 Naval Officer. The Registrar will enter in thej Form RV 2 the 
 particulars relating to the Reserve man's last service at sea, but he 
 will on no account make any note in the RV 2 respecting the drill at 
 sea. 
 
 25. If on the completion of the two days test drill, with fii'Ing when 
 practicable, the Naval Officer is satisfied with the Reserve man's pro- 
 ficiency, he will make an entry in the Reserve Man's Certificate, RV 2, 
 as follows :— 
 
 * Examined [rfa^e] Found qualified to weai* 
 
 * or retain the badge of efficiency (pars. 98, 99, NR Regulations), and 
 
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 « exempt from further attendance at drill until the quaiter com- 
 
 • mencing 
 
 And will pay the drill and subsistence money for the time due. 
 
 26. The Registrar will pay the retainers afterwards. 
 
 27. Officers of the Naval Reserve will obtain from the Registrar a 
 Certificate, Form RV47, of the number of hours drill performed by 
 them on board their ship, which they will present to the Naval Officer. 
 If the test Drill is performed to the satisfaction of the Naval Officer, he 
 will pay the Naval Reserve Officer the allowances due, according to 
 par. 22. 
 
 28. The names of ships entitled to wear the Blue Ensign, with the 
 number of guns (if any) carried by them, wUl be published in an 
 official list, and sent to the Admiralty, the India Board, the Transport 
 Board, to all Governors of Colonies, Consuls, Commanders-in-Chief 
 of the Navy and Army, and to Captains of Her Mjyesty's ships. 
 
 NAVAL RESERVE.* 
 
 (Seal.) 
 
 By the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High 
 Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
 Ireland, &c. 
 Whereas we deem it expedient that the British Merchant Ship 
 
 trading to 
 measuring tons, and registered at the Port of 
 
 trbrpe^tted to wear the Blue Ensign of Her Majesty's Fleet on 
 
 board the said vessel : , . x j • » 
 
 We do therefore, by virtue of the power and authority vested in us, 
 v^arrant and authorize the Blue Ensign of Her Majesty's Fleet to be 
 
 i^^n,.^ +v,p accordingly so long 
 
 worn on board tne ° 
 
 as that vessel shall fulfil the conditions required by our Regulations. 
 
 Given under our hands and the seal of the office, this 
 day of 186 . 
 
 By command of their Lordships, 
 
 * This Warrant wiU be isBued by the Board of Trade, on proof that the Ship is duly 
 X ms uriau qualified under the Regulations. 
 
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