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• Port Capitancy pennant
• Customs Inspection pennant
• Health authorities pennant
• Pilot pennant
• Mail pennant
• Distinctive mark with initials
• Yacht flag
• Distinctive marks in ports

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• House flags of Chilean shipping companies

• the flags and pennants chapter of the Chilean regulation on seaports.
  reported by Joe McMillan, 10 Dec 2002

  reported broken by Ivan Sache, 22 Feb 2005

Port Capitancy pennant

Art. 20.- Vessels of the Captaincies of the Port on official business will use a white pennant with red edges (orillas), one meter fly by 33 cm hoist, with a red letter "C" on the center. The size of each letter will be one-third of the hoist.
Joe McMillan, 10 Dec 2002 (quoting and translating from http://www.directemar.cl/reglamar/tm013/CAPITULO%20II.htm)

Customs Inspection pennant

Art. 20.- Vessels »…« of customs inspectors will use a white pennant of the same dimensions with blue edges and a blue letter "R".
Joe McMillan, 10 Dec 2002 (quoting and translating from http://www.directemar.cl/reglamar/tm013/CAPITULO%20II.htm)

Health authorities pennant

Art. 20.- Vessels »…« of the health authorities will use a white pennant of the same dimensions with yellow edges and a yellow letter "S".
Joe McMillan, 10 Dec 2002 (quoting and translating from http://www.directemar.cl/reglamar/tm013/CAPITULO%20II.htm)

Health

Health Commissioner

Pilot pennant

Art. 20.- Vessels »…« of pilots (prácticos) will use a blue pennant of the same dimensions with a white "P" on the center.
Joe McMillan, 10 Dec 2002 (quoting and translating from http://www.directemar.cl/reglamar/tm013/CAPITULO%20II.htm)

Variant

Mail pennant

Art. 20.- Vessels »…« carrying mail will use a white pennant of the same dimensions with the word "CORREO" in red letters.
Joe McMillan, 10 Dec 2002 (quoting and translating from http://www.directemar.cl/reglamar/tm013/CAPITULO%20II.htm)

Yacht flag

Almost the same flag is described as naval jack, but in ratio 1:1. The question is — are this two one and the same, the image being somewhat distorted, or is there really a special flag for Chile to be used on private yachts?
Željko Heimer, 01 Dec 1999

Distinctive marks in ports

Art. 24.- The owners of all vessels should register their distinctive marks at the Captaincy of the Port, which will maintain a publicly accessible register of them.
Joe McMillan, 10 Dec 2002 (quoting and translating from http://www.directemar.cl/reglamar/tm013/CAPITULO%20II.htm)

Initialsʼ square flag

Art. 21.- Tenders and motor launches belonging to various shipping companies established in the country and those used in their service in the ports of the Republic should carry as a distinctive mark a square (cuadrada) flag, of a size appropriate to the boat, with the initials of the company. This obligation also applies to the boats of rowing clubs and other sporting societies.
Joe McMillan, 10 Dec 2002 (quoting and translating from http://www.directemar.cl/reglamar/tm013/CAPITULO%20II.htm)

Fishing vesselsʼ pennant

Art. 22.- Fishing vessels should carry a white pennant 2.2 meters fly by .90 cm »sic — obviously 90 cm« hoist with a blue .15 cm »probably 15 cm?«] border (guarda), and with their registry number in black on the center.
Joe McMillan, 10 Dec 2002 (quoting and translating from http://www.directemar.cl/reglamar/tm013/CAPITULO%20II.htm)

Boat pennant

Art. 23.- Boats of shipping agents and other commercial houses should carry as a distinctive mark a pennant of any color, of size appropriate to the boat, with the initials of the commercial firm.
Joe McMillan, 10 Dec 2002 (quoting and translating from http://www.directemar.cl/reglamar/tm013/CAPITULO%20II.htm)