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1720 J. Burchett Compl. Hist. Trans. at Sea x. 619 There were some Doubts whether his Lordship should have born at the Main top-mast head the Royal Standard of England, or the Union, or, more properly speaking in the maritime Phrase, the Jack Flag.

1735 T. Lediard Naval Hist. Eng. I. Introd. p. iii/1 They are allowed, besides the Colours commonly worn by Merchant-Ships, to wear a Pendant, together with a Red Jack, with the Union described in a Canton, at the Upper Corner of it, next the Staff.

1757 J. Muller Syst. Camp-discipline (ed. 2) iii. 43 The King's, or first Colour of every Regiment, is to be the Great Union throughout.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Jack In the British Navy the jack is..a small union flag..but in merchant-ships this union is bordered with a red field.

1812 Ann. Reg., Gen. Hist. 110 The proud old British Union floated triumphantly over it.

1849 C. Sturt Narr. Exped. Central Austral. I. 20 Some young ladies of the colony..had worked a silken union to present to Mr. Eyre.

1865 Notes & Queries 18 Feb. 136/1 His majesty is depicted stepping from a barge with the Union hoisted at the stern.

1928 E. B. Powley Eng. Navy in Revol. 1688 ii. 48 Strickland's flag—the Union—flying from the foretop of the ‘Mary’.

2004 R. W. Connell & W. P. Mack Naval Ceremonies, Customs, & Trad. (ed. 6) ix. 134 All British ships of war in commission wear a white ensign with the red Saint George's Cross and the Union in the upper canton.