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Royal Malta Yacht Club (Malta)

image by Clay Moss, 2 March 2006

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Know one knows for certain when the RMYC got its start although some evidence points back to 1835. In 1935, the RMYC received a warrant and entitlement to fly their particular blue ensign. I'm sure that the original ensign was displayed with a Tudor crown, and I will post that version some time soon.
Clay Moss, 2 March 2006

Some comments on the history of the club as given at
<http://www.rolexmiddlesearace.com/rmyc.html>

According to Adrian Strickland in "Malta Insignia" the club was founded in 1871. The 1873 warrant was for an undefaced Blue Ensign, at which time the burgee of the club was blue with a white Maltese cross surmounted by a crown. (It is now white/red with a St. Edward's crown in the centre.) The 1894 re-issue was a reorganisation of the warrant system. The existing warrants (general and yacht) of all clubs were cancelled and new warrants were issued.

According to the Admiralty file in the National Archives (ADM 116/2501) the club was unable to use the title "royal" after the First World War because it had lost the letter that authorised it. The club had fourteen yachts in 1927 but had not applied for a yacht warrant since 1882. The following year it was decided that the club could call itself "royal", but a special ensign was not recommended by the Governor as the yachts were only small. Later in August 1935 the club was added to the list of yacht clubs using a special defaced Blue Ensign.
David Prothero, 2 March 2006

Burgee

image by Clay Moss, 9 June 2007

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