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Qing Dynasty: Beiyang Navy, 1890-1910 (China)

Rank Flags, 1905
Minister of the Navy, or Admiral (de jure, probably not used)
Admiral (Tidu) of the Beiyang Fleet (de facto)
Admiral (Tidu) and Fleet Commander, or Vice Admiral (de jure, probably not used)
Admiral (Tidu) and Squadron Commander, or Rear Admiral (de jure, probably not used)
Commodore (Zongbing), or Commodore First Class (de jure, probably not used)
Leader (Duizhang), or Commodore Second Class (de jure and de facto)
Commander (Tongling) of Torpedo Boats
Senior Mandarin
Religious Flag
Duty Pennant
Mealtime Pennant
Masthead Pennant

See also:

Qing Dynasty: Beiyang Fleet, until 1890
Imperial Chinese Navy Flags, 1910-11
Chinese Imperial Nautical Flags
Bibliography on Chinese Flags for works cited on this page
China

Rank Flags, 1905

These flags are for officers of the Imperial Chinese Navy. Note that the Chinese titles listed in Flaggenbuch, 1905 [ruh05] were not correct at the time of its publication, and I have included the correct Chinese title below.
Miles Li, 20 March 2001

I would like to take this opportunity to revise some pages on the rank flags of the Imperial Chinese Navy, as more information have become available in a new book:

中國軍艦圖誌 (1855-1911)
Zhongguo junjian tuzhi (1855-1911)
by Chen Yue
Commercial Press (Hong Kong) Ltd 2013
ISBN 978 962 07 0361 4

The surname of the author is Chen, The relevant pages are pp.281-88
Miles Li, 04 June 2018

Minister of the Navy, or Admiral (de jure, probably not used)

image by Miles Li and Mario Fabretto, 04 June 2018

Six horizontal stripes, blue-white-yellow-red-green-black, with a Chinese dragon in blue in the white [yellow] rectangle at the centre of the flag.
Miles Li, 20 March 2001

Admiral (Tidu) of the Beiyang Fleet (de facto)

image by Miles Li and Mario Fabretto, 04 June 2018

Admiral (Tidu) and Fleet Commander, or Vice Admiral (de jure, probably not used)

image by Miles Li and Mario Fabretto, 04 June 2018

Five horizontal stripes, blue-white-yellow-red-green, with a Chinese dragon in blue in the white [yellow] rectangle at the centre of the flag.
Miles Li, 20 March 2001

Admiral (Tidu) and Squadron Commander, or Rear Admiral (de jure, probably not used)

image by Miles Li and Mario Fabretto, 04 June 2018

Similar to vice admiral, but dragon in the white [yellow] canton.
Miles Li, 20 March 2001

Commodore (Zongbing), or Commodore First Class (de jure, probably not used)

image by Miles Li and Mario Fabretto, 04 June 2018

Commodore: I don't think this rank actually existed, but the flag was reported to be four horizontal stripes, black-white-yellow-red, with a Chinese dragon in blue in the white [yellow] canton.
Miles Li, 20 March 2001

Leader (Duizhang), or Commodore Second Class (de jure and de facto)

image by Miles Li and Mario Fabretto, 04 June 2018

Swallow-tailed, four horizontal stripes, red-yellow-green-white.
Miles Li, 20 March 2001