 Along the railing of all ships , most prominently on the large carracks and the Galley Subtle , there are rows of banners displaying various heraldic designs , including the English royal arms , one or three fleur @-@ de @-@ lis of the French arms , Saint George 's crosses and Henry VIII 's monogram ( " HR " ) in gold on blue , what appears to be the Tudor rose , and the green and white of the House of Tudor . The depictions of the flags and banners on the ships are in a heraldic and military sense considered to be roughly accurate but not entirely consistent . A kind of system of command among the various vessels is apparent in how flags are displayed on the masts , but it does not appear to have been carried through systematically . Some of the heraldic designs have been described as " unlikely " by the 20th century herald George Bellew , but have deemed to at least be " plausible " by Wilson . 
