{"id":650,"date":"2026-05-29T10:19:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/glossary\/courtesy-flag\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:19:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:19:39","slug":"courtesy-flag","status":"publish","type":"term","link":"https:\/\/flags.page\/es\/glossary\/courtesy-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Courtesy flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A **courtesy flag** is a small national flag flown by a visiting foreign vessel from the starboard yardarm or foremast to indicate respect for the host country. The courtesy flag is flown on entering the host&#8217;s territorial waters and lowered on leaving them. It is flown below the host country&#8217;s quarantine flag when the latter is also required, and is treated with full national honours.<\/p>\n<p>**Example**: A yacht arriving in French waters flies the French tricolore as a courtesy flag at the starboard spreader.<\/p>\n<p>**See also**: [q-flag](\/glossary\/q-flag\/), [ensign](\/glossary\/ensign\/), [ensign-at-sea](\/glossary\/ensign-at-sea\/), [signal-flag](\/glossary\/signal-flag\/)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-650","term","type-term","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term\/650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/term"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}