Union Jack

Small fragments of a silk jack with a machine-sewn seam from HMS 'Kent' flown at the battle of the Falkland Islands, 8 December 1914.

Object Details

ID: AAA0923
Collection: Flags
Type: Jack
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: World War I: Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914; World War I, 1914-1918
Vessels: Kent (1901)
Date made: 1914
People: Royal Navy
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: flag: 127 x 177.8 mm