Naval flags of Paraguay

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The Paraguayan jack has a bicolor saltire, one diagonal being blue and the other one red, with a yellow star in the centre.
Ivan Sache 03 Feb 1998

White square flag with red falling and blue rising diagonal stripe, their intersection covered with a white disk containing a golden five-pointed star. Znamierowski 1999 [zna99] p. 94 pictures it too and notes that it is in use since 1934.
Zeljko Heimer, 25 Oct 2002

(Other sources confirming this design include [neu92], [pay00], [ped70] and [kan56] � ed.)

Album�s 1995 recapitulative issue [pie95] shows this flag with missing white disk behind the star. I recogn it an error again.
Zeljko Heimer, 27 Oct 2002

Landlocked Paraguay has a navy, with 19 river patrol boats (and 7 more currently in command in Spain), 1 repair-ship, 4 transports, 1 hydrographer, 5 planes, 4 helicopters, and 3,700 men. (Source: Cdt Pr�zelin: Flottes de Combat (Combat Fleets of the World). Edilarge, sa: Rennes, 1998, & Naval Institute Press: Annapolis)
Armand Noel du Payrat, 03 Feb 1998

Paraguay has a Navy (as Bolivia does too) and it's not so landlocked since you can easily reach the sea in Buenos Aires from Asunci�n through the rivers Paraguay and Paran�. Other landlocked countries that have merchant navies coming to mind are Luxembourg and Switzerland and both have naval ensigns.
Vantuyl Barbosa, 03 Feb 1998