 This is expressed by the phrases "wide white top" and "broadside up".The first drawn pattern for the flag was in a parallel proclamation on 1 January 1801, concerning civil naval ensigns, which drawing shows the red ensign (also to be used as a red jack by privateers).As it appears in the "London Gazette", the broad stripe is where expected for three of the four quarters, but the upper left quarter shows the broad stripe below.