![[President]](../images/a/ar~94pre.gif)
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These Argentine rank flags are based on the book Flags of Maritime Nations [u9s99a].
Miles Li, 27 Dec 2007
Flags of Maritime Nations [u9s99a] took these designs from the Argentine book Código Nacional de Señales (National Code of Signals) written by Eduardo Muscari and published by the Argentine Navy in 1894. These ranks were used until 1904 when a new reglament was established.
Francisco Gregoric, 27 Jan 2015
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by Miles Li and Jaume Ollé, 27 Dec 2007
Same as today, but without the stars.
Miles Li, 27 Dec 2007
![[Ministers of State]](../images/a/ar~94min.gif)
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by Miles Li and Jaume Ollé, 27 Dec 2007
![[Minister of Navy]](../images/a/ar~94mna.gif)
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by Miles Li and Jaume Ollé, 27 Dec 2007
Captioned "Minister of Marine" in [u9s99a].
Miles Li, 27 Dec 2007
![[Chief of the Naval Staff]](../images/a/ar~94cns.gif)
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by Miles Li and Jaume Ollé, 27 Dec 2007
Captioned "Major-General of Marine" in [u9s99a] (no doubt a literal
translation from Spanish "Jefe del Estado-Mayor de la Marina").
Miles Li, 27 Dec 2007
![[Undersecretary of the Navy]](../images/a/ar~94usn.gif)
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by Miles Li and Jaume Ollé, 27 Dec 2007
Captioned "Undersecretary of Marine" in [u9s99a].
Miles Li, 27 Dec 2007
![[Admiral]](../images/a/ar~94adm.gif)
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by Miles Li and Jaume Ollé, 28 Dec 2007
Admiral had three stars. Note that [u9s99a] labelled [wrongly] the three-star flag as Vice Admiral.
Miles Li, 28 Dec 2007
![[Vice Admiral]](../images/a/ar~94vad.gif)
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by Miles Li and Jaume Ollé, 28 Dec 2007
Vice Admiral had two stars. Note that [u9s99a] labelled [wrongly] the two-star flag as Rear Admiral.
Jane's Fighting Ships pre-WWI showed the two-star flag as Vice Admiral.
Miles Li, 28 Dec 2007
A variant can be seen at
http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/c35c8fd3158e4dcc8bb7128a20d95319/argentina-flags-jack-admiral-vice-admiral-with-subordinate-command-gkf224.jpg,
source:
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-argentina-flags-jack-admiral-vice-admiral-with-subordinate-command-115271580.html)
of the stars, being five-pointed instead (and that also applies to the rest of
Rank Flags, in a publication dated 1916).
To my recollection, Argentina
has always used the five-pointed stars to depict ranks and Rank Flags (as seen
on the
the official website, source: http://www.ara.mil.ar) with the respective flag for "Jefe del Estado Mayor
de la Armada" (Navy Chieff of Staff) with four five-pointed stars in a navy
blue background.
Esteban Rivera, 9 January 2017
![[Rear Admiral]](../images/a/ar~94rad.gif)
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by Miles Li and Jaume Ollé, 28 Dec 2007
Rear Admiral had one star. Note that [u9s99a] labelled [wrongly] the one-star flag as Commodore. This was probably a mistake by the US Navy which was unfamiliar with the star-rank system of Argentina.
Jane's Fighting Ships pre-WWI showed the one-star flag as Rear Admiral.
Miles Li, 28 Dec 2007
![[Jack flew by Officers Not in Command]](../images/a/ar~94jac.gif)
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by Miles Li and Jaume Ollé, 28 Dec 2007
Flag Officers Not in Command flew the naval jack as their rank flag.
Miles Li, 28 Dec 2007
![[Captain (Adjutant-General)]](../images/a/ar~94cag.gif)
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by Miles Li and Jaume Ollé, 28 Dec 2007
![[Captain]](../images/a/ar~94cap.gif)
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by Miles Li and Jaume Ollé, 28 Dec 2007
![[Senior Naval Officer]](../images/a/ar~94sno.gif)
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by Miles Li and Jaume Ollé, 28 Dec 2007
