Which country features a shipwreck on its national flag?
Which country features a shipwreck on its national flag?
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The country of Bermuda features a shipwreck on its national flag.
The Bermuda Coat of Arms is placed on the center-right of the island’s official flag. The symbol features a red lion holding a shield, and inside the shield, one can see a wrecked ship.
The British ship Sea Venture, carrying some 150 colonists bound for Virginia, was shipwrecked on shoals off Bermuda during a hurricane in 1609.
A stylization of the scene—in which a ship in raging seas appears to be crashing into a cliff—was incorporated into the island’s first coat of arms, granted in 1635.