Template:Country data United Kingdom

Template documentation

This template is used on approximately 163,000 pages.
To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

File:Information icon4.svg

This template documents an internal country-data container used by flag templates.

File:Flag of the United Kingdom (1-2).svg

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`United Kingdom`	Main article name (United Kingdom)
`flag alias`	`Flag of the United Kingdom (1-2).svg`	Image name (File:Flag of the United Kingdom (1-2).svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`civil`	File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg	`Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`government`	File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg	`Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`1707`	File:Naval ensign of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg	`Naval ensign of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg`
`civil-air`	File:Civil Air Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg	`Civil Air Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`embassy`	File:British Ambassador Flag.svg	`British Ambassador Flag.svg`
`consulate`	File:UK-Consular.svg	`UK-Consular.svg`
`GS`	File:Government Service Ensign.svg	`Government Service Ensign.svg`
`merchant`	File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg	`Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`RFA`	File:British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg	`British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg`
`RFA-1905`	File:Government Service Ensign.svg	`Government Service Ensign.svg`
`RMAS`	File:British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Ensign.svg	`British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Ensign.svg`
`RNLI`	File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg	`Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg`
`naval-1707`	File:Naval ensign of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg	`Naval ensign of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg`
`naval-GS`	File:Government Service Ensign.svg	`Government Service Ensign.svg`
`naval-merchant`	File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg	`Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`naval-RFA`	File:British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg	`British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg`
`naval-RFA-1905`	File:Government Service Ensign.svg	`Government Service Ensign.svg`
`naval-RMAS`	File:British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Ensign.svg	`British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Ensign.svg`
`naval-RNLI`	File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg	`Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg`
`MOD`	File:Flag of the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom).svg	`Flag of the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom).svg`
`naval`	File:Naval ensign of the United Kingdom.svg	`Naval ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`marines`	File:Flag of the Royal Marines.svg	`Flag of the Royal Marines.svg`
`military`	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg	`Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg`
`coast guard`	File:Flag of Her Majesty's Coastguard.svg	`Flag of Her Majesty's Coastguard.svg`
`navy`	File:Naval ensign of the United Kingdom.svg	`Naval ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`air force`	File:Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg	`Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg`
`army`	File:Flag of the British Army.svg	`Flag of the British Army.svg`

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	`{{flag\|alias}}` output	`{{flag country\|alias}}` output
`UK` (view)	Unknown flag: UK	Template:Country data UK
`United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland` (view)	Unknown flag: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Template:Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
`U.K.` (view)	Unknown flag: U.K.	Template:Country data U.K.

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|United Kingdom}} → Unknown flag: United Kingdom
{{flag icon|United Kingdom}} → United Kingdom

Using a flag variant

{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} → Unknown flag: United Kingdom
{{flag icon|United Kingdom|civil}} → United Kingdom

Using a redirect alias

{{flag icon|UK}} → Template:Country data UK Template:Namespace detect showall
{{flag country|UK}} → Template:Country data UK
{{flag|UK}} → Unknown flag: UK

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval flag variant that can be used with Template:Naval:

{{naval|United Kingdom}} → Template:Naval
{{flag icon|United Kingdom|naval}} → United Kingdom

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

{{air force|United Kingdom}} → Template:Air force
{{flag icon|United Kingdom|air force}} → United Kingdom

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Marines:

{{marines|United Kingdom}} → Template:Marines
{{flag icon|United Kingdom|marines}} → United Kingdom

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Armed forces:

{{Armed forces|United Kingdom}} → Template:Armed forces
{{flag icon|United Kingdom|military}} → United Kingdom

This template includes an ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

{{navy|United Kingdom}} → Template:Navy
{{flag icon|United Kingdom|navy}} → United Kingdom

This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:

{{coast guard|United Kingdom}} → Template:Coast guard
{{flag icon|United Kingdom|coast guard}} → United Kingdom

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:

{{army|United Kingdom}} → Template:Army
{{flag icon|United Kingdom|army}} → United Kingdom

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

Template:Country data Great BritainUnknown flag: Great Britain
Template:Country data LondonUnknown flag: London
Template:Country data Kingdom of Great BritainUnknown flag: Kingdom of Great Britain
Template:Country data British EmpireUnknown flag: British Empire
Template:Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandUnknown flag: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Template:Country data Kingdom of EnglandUnknown flag: Kingdom of England
Template:Country data Kingdom of ScotlandUnknown flag: Kingdom of Scotland

This is the documentation for Template:Country data United Kingdom. It is automatically generated by Template:Country showdata.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
Please Script error: No such module "Purge". after making any changes to this template.
Any categories should be added to the template's /doc subpage, which does not exist yet.