Template:Shipboxflag/doc

Produces a larger flag icon, suitable for an image in the |Ship flag= parameter of {{Infobox Ship Career}}.

Parameters

|nation= – Use either the name of the nation or the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code. Be sure that the country name is appropriate for the specific dates, by checking Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/Ensigns.
|variant= (optional) – Specifies the flag to use. This parameter is documented by the appropriate template in Category:Country data templates. For many countries, setting this field to <syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">naval</syntaxhighlight> parameter will select the naval ensign, but for civil ships, this parameter may be omitted.

Examples

{{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} →
{{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|civil}} →
{{shipboxflag|Kingdom of Great Britain|naval}} → File:British-Red-Ensign-1707.svg
{{shipboxflag|Kingdom of Great Britain|civil}} → File:Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg
{{shipboxflag|United States}} → (with no variant parameter specified, the standard national flag is used, which is also the naval ensign for some countries)
{{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}} → File:Ensign of the United States Coast Guard.svg