Ship and Yacht Registration

This gives rise to a number of obvious advantages - insurance companies recognize that if a vessel is registered under the British flag it will be of an acceptable standard and rates are likely to be lower. Charter companies and guests also look for the British flag to ensure the quality of the vessel.

The British flag is obtainable in territories other than Great Britain, such as Gibraltar, Guernsey, British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, and Anguilla. For a vessel to qualify to be flagged under the British flag, the owner of the vessel must be either a British subject or a British entity. This allows a non-British subject to use a company which is recognised as being British, to own the vessel and thereby be permitted to register under the British flag. British Virgin Island companies, along with companies in a number of other territories, are recognised as being British for the purposes of flagging a vessel.

For further information on the flagging of vessels in the BVI and in other overseas territories please contact us.