Image:Serapis Flag.svg

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Serapis_Flag.svg (SVG file, nominally 975 × 650 pixels, file size: 24 KB)

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Description 2008-02-07

The Serapis Flag. The "John Paul Jones flag" was entered into Dutch records to help Jones avoid charges of piracy when he captured the Serapis under an "unknown flag". This flag is also known as the "Franklin Flag" do to its description by Benjamin Franklin.

Source

self-made

Date
Author

DevinCook (talk)

Permission
(Reusing this image)

Public Domain

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current16:45, 8 February 2008975×650 (24 KB)DevinCook (Talk | contribs) (Last version. I made the stars even smaller to match the drawing.)
16:37, 8 February 2008975×650 (24 KB)DevinCook (Talk | contribs) (Updated the stars to match official drawing. I also set the flag ratio to 2x3 which is also how it is drawn.)
19:55, 7 February 20081,235×650 (23 KB)DevinCook (Talk | contribs) ({{Information |Description=The Serapis Flag. This was flown from the captured British frigate "Serapis". It is conventional based on later flags of the United States. This flag is also known as the "Franklin Flag" do to its description by description Benj)