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The Royal Dee Yacht Club blue ensign is defaced with a wolf's head erased
argent, langued gules', facing the hoist.
A wolf's head was the arms of Hugh de Abrincis (or Lupus) 1st Earl of Chester,
William the Conqueror's cousin. He later got into trouble and "lost his head",
hence 'erased', meaning violently torn-off, leaving a jagged edge, sometimes
shown red. A complete wolf is one of the supporters of the arms of the City of
Chester, and a wolf's head is the crest of the arms of the Cheshire Police.
David Prothero, 26 February 2003
Norie and Hobbs (1848) describes this flag
defaced with a bird. The error presumably originated when the tongue was
mistaken for a beak and the jagged neck for feathers. The error has been
repeated in other books including the 1905 Flaggenbuch and the 1923 Album des
Pavillons.
David Prothero, 27 February 2003
The Dumpy Pocketbook (1960) has a dog-like head, presumably white, but drawn
furred (it's in black and white, so the alternative is that is plain and
yellow). But then, this being an English publication from a time with easier
communications, they probably asked the club directly.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 6 May 2003
21 October 1847. Royal title and warrant for defaced Blue Ensign granted. Ten
vessels, 240 tons net.
1879. Only two yacht warrants in force; both
warrants and club warrant withdrawn.
1883. Desire of all remaining
members of club (commodore, vice-commodore, former vice-commodore, hon.
secretary and one member) that name of club be changed from Royal Dee to Royal
Cheshire. River Dee now silted and unusable. Members sail on the Mersey and the
channel between Mersey and Dee. Cheshire Yacht Club formed in 1860 desirous of
being included in Royal Dee and called Royal Cheshire Yacht Club; 200 active
members and 8 regattas a year.
26 December 1883. Secretary of State, Home
Office, has no jurisdiction in the matter of the amalgamation of clubs. Petition
must be made when clubs have amalgamated. Would be pleased to grant title to
Cheshire if properly requested.
1884. Royal Dee Yacht Club Warrant
renewed.
24 March 1928. Warrant cancelled. One warrant issued between
1912 and 1927.
1997. Warrant restored. [National Archives
HO144/129/A34030, ADM 116/2500]
David Prothero, 11 July 2014
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image by Clay Moss, 10 July 2014
