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The earlier flag is red with white EH letters. Griffin adds stops after them; Lloyds 1904 outlines them black. Larousse shows sans-serif letters about one-third the flag’s height, while the 1912 Lloyds letters are much bolder. The initials are understood as Edward Hain’s. The WSS history dates this form to 1878–1937, whereas Rosanoski’s Loughran-based account gives its use until 1938.

The E was then dropped, leaving a white H on red. The WSS history dates this version from 1937 to about 1948.

A black panel was added after the Second World War. The WSS history gives this version as about 1948–1965 before replacement by Hain-Nourse’s flag; Loughran ties replacement to the 1964 merger.

Loughran records a swallowtailed version of the later flag for the fleet commodore, without mentioning an equivalent for the earlier designs.