Royal Mersey Yacht Club (United Kingdom)

Last modified: 2008-07-19 by rob raeside
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• Flag of Royal Mersey Yacht Club
• Burgee

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• British yacht clubs and sailing clubs index
• United Kingdom

Flag of Royal Mersey Yacht Club

The special ensign of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club. Founded Birkenhead 1844. Title 'Royal' granted 23 September 1844. Admiralty Warrant for special ensign granted 24 September 1844. Original badge was just the Liver bird; crown added between 1869 and 1875.
David Prothero, 8 October 2002

Burgee

The Dumpy Book of Ships and the Sea (1957) shows the burgee as the liver bird surmounted by a crown on a blue field.
James Dignan, 12 February 2008