burgee

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Bertarelli's catamaran, sailing under the burgee of the Societe Nautique de Geneve from landlocked Switzerland, is the width of two tennis courts and has a tilting mast that towers 17 storeys high.

From Reuters • Feb. 4, 2010

Sir Arthur Henry Rostron, rescuer-hero of the Titanic disaster,* flew his newly-acquired Commodore's burgee from the mainmast as the Cunard flagship Berengaria entered New York harbor.

From Time Magazine Archive

But in 1899 came Sir Thomas Lipton, flying the burgee of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last known U. S. slave ship was The Wanderer, built as a yacht, the fastest craft flying the burgee of the New York Yacht Club.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The chances are the custom-house officers will board, and you had best keep your burgee and ensign flying, as then they may not trouble you."

From A Danish Parsonage by Vicary, John Fulford