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The website of the National
Maritime Museum describes the house flag of the Anchor Line Ltd, Glasgow, as
"a white swallow-tailed burgee bearing a red anchor and four links of cable. The
flag is made of a wool and synthetic fibre bunting. It has a cotton hoist and is
machine sewn. A rope and toggle is attached." The image on the website,
however, shows only three links.
Jarig Bakker, 3 August 2004
Anchor Line, Glasgow: Larousse Commercial Illustré (1930) shows a white
swallow-tail, a red anchor placed diagonally (flukes in upper hoist corner),
three rings of the anchor chain showing in the lower fly corner. The image above
shows four rings, the number of which is said to have some significance –
compare
this site with (it says `four links of cable'!)
this site. Perhaps the on-line 1912 Lloyds is right, see No. 226 on p. 13
(four links attached to the anchor's own ring) at
this site (i.e., `Anchor Line (Henderson Bros.), Ltd., Glasgow').
Jan Mertens, 4 June 2004
Anchor Line. The four links in the chain
(some sources show more or less) are said to represent the four Henderson
brothers who were involved in the company which originated in the 1850s as
Handyside & Henderson, adopting the name Anchor Line in 1899.
Neale Rosanoski, 9 February 2004
located by Jan Mertens, 2 December 2005
This North Shields company flew a white triangular pennant with a diagonally
placed blue anchor. See the on-line 1912 Lloyds Flags & Funnels:
http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/initiative/Impage.cfm?PageNum=89&bibid=11061&ChapterId=8,
no. 1829, ‘Anchor Steam Tug Co., Ltd., North Shields’. I'm sending this after a
chance visit to the
Anderson Online page (top), ‘From North Shields to San Francisco’, detailing
the career of one particular tug, the ‘Eppleton Hall’, from North Shields to a
pier in San Francisco – quoting the above page - "in the livery created when her
last owners France, Fenwick took over the Anchor Steam Tug Company in 1920. In
his book ‘150 Years of the Maltese Cross’, published in 1993 by Tyne & Wear
Tugs, John H Proud traces the North Shields tug-owning partnership of John
Anderson (1836-1919) and Robert Chater in detail from c.1867 and tells how it
was converted into a limited liability company - the Anchor company - in North
Shields on May 25 1903” (…) the company's independent existence ended with the
France Fenwick take-over in July, 1920, just one year after the death of John
Anderson".
Jan Mertens, 2 December 2005
image by Jarig Bakker, 9 September 2005
Andreadis (U.K.), London - white flag, red saltire, blue oval and vertical
bar. (Obviously of Greek origin: the blue oval and stripe form together the
Greek letter "Phi" - F).
Source:
Loughran (1995)
Jarig Bakker, 9 September 2005
image located by Aingeru Astui Zarraga, 26 April 2002
The logo with the crown and a pair of hands holding the ship belongs to "Andrew Weir Shipping Ltd.". The one of the McAndrews is most simple. See also Bank Line.
Larousse Commercial Illustré (1930) shows Andrew Weir & Co. (Bank Line),
London: diagonally divided red-blue (upward slant, lower hoist to upper fly), a
thin white stripe between upper hoist corner and lower fly corner), the stripe's
width being about one eight of flag height. The logo shown here of 'Andrew Weir
Shipping Co. Ltd.' and similar flag of 'Bank Line': see the
latter one for more information on the company names.
Jan Mertens, 28 May 2004
Larousse Commercial Illustré (1930) shows Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd., London: white, a thin blue saltire (let us say, one fifth of flag height) and a red disk in the centre, the disk being about one third of flag height. The on-line 1912 Lloyds shows this flag (with a broader saltire) under No. 1372: http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/initiative/ImPage.cfm?PageNum=67&BibId=11061&ChapterId=8
Jan Mertens, 19 May 2004
image by Jarig Bakker, 30 November 2005
ARC Marine Ltd., Southampton - horizontal blue-white-blue flag; in center black
"ARC".
Source: Loughran (1995)
Jarig Bakker, 30 November 2005
image by Jarig Bakker, based on the website of the National Maritime Museum.
From the website of the National
Maritime Museum, "the house flag of the Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd,
London is a blue, white and blue triband with a five-pointed blue star on the
centre stripe. The flag is made of a wool and synthetic fibre bunting. It has a
cotton hoist and is machine sewn. A rope and wooden toggle is attached.
The Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd was formed in 1878, with Turner & Co. as
managing agents to run steamships in the Bay of Bengal with its vessels
primarily carrying cargo and local labour. The company lost many of its routes
following the Second World War and Indian independence in 1947. The connection
with Turner & Co. was broken in 1960 and P&O
acquired a controlling interest in the company in 1961 in order to integrate the
fleet more closely with the rest of P&O group."
Jarig Bakker, 3 August 2004
image by Jarig Bakker, 20 November 2005
Associated British Ports, London - blue, white "ABP".
Source: Loughran (1995)
Jarig Bakker, 20 November 2005
image by Jarig Bakker, based on the website of the National Maritime Museum.
From the website of the National
Maritime Museum, "the house flag of the Humber Line. A dark blue rectangular
flag with a white disc in the centre bearing the letters 'AHL' in red. The flag
is made of a wool and synthetic fibre bunting. It has a cotton hoist and is
machine sewn. A rope and toggle is attached."
Jarig Bakker, 15 August 2004
Humber Line. The correct title was Associated Humber Lines Ltd. being formed in
1935 as a consortium of five rail ferry companies. Their function was originally
as managers, not owners but this changed in the late 1950s until 1971 when they
ceased their own operations but continued as managers for another decade.
Neale Rosanoski, 3 March 2005
image by Jarig Bakker, based on the website of the National Maritime Museum.
From the website of the National
Maritime Museum, the house flag of the Associated Portland Cement
Manufactures Ltd., London. A yellow rectangular flag, bearing a white disc in
the centre with a blue border inscribed 'PORTLAND CEMENT' in blue letters and
'BLUE CIRCLE' in black letters. The flag is made of a wool and synthetic fibre
bunting. It is machine sewn and the design is printed. A rope and toggle is
attached."
Jarig Bakker, 4 September 2004
Aster Steam Company, Limited, Cardiff - red swallowtail; white 5-pointed star;
black "B'.
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies [Wedge 1926]
Jarig Bakker, 20 February 2005
Based on Sampson (1957)
James Dignan, 17 October 2003
Houseflag: Navy Blue; ATHEL in blue letters in white diamond.
Jarig Bakker, 17 October 2003
Athel Line was a subsidiary of United Molasses. London UK.
Phil Nelson, 18 October 2003
A dark blue sigla over a wavy stripe on a white background.
Jorge Candeias, 1 May 2004
This is the new houseflag of Atlantic Container Line Ltd., London, a consortium
formed 1966, with an international membership. The partners are Cunard Line, the
Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, Holland-Amerika Lijn, Svenska-Amerika Linien,
Transatlantic Rederi, and Wallenius Line. Its specialty was roll-on, roll-off.
Jarig Bakker, 1 May 2004
The firm's monogram alone formed the emblem of the original houseflag. With the
appearance of the later vessel, such as the "Atlantic Cognac", a new houseflag
was adopted, bearing simpler initials.
Source: "A Survey of Mercantile Houseflags & Funnels", by J.L.
Loughran (1979)
Jarig Bakker, 1 May 2004
Atlantic Steam Navigation Co. began in the 1930's, but had no ships until 1945/46 when they
acquired ex-navy landing craft, and later pioneered purpose built RoRo
[roll-on-roll-off] ships. They also traded under the name Transport Ferry Service. The flag was a white burgee, bordered in blue and with a bluebird
motif in the centre. In 1974 the company was acquired by Townsend Thoresen and the flag slowly phased out as ship
liveries were changed at refit.
Ted Harrison, 11 December 2001
Atlantic Steamship Co. being actually Atlantic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. as
pointed out by Ted, also had a commodore's flag which was the normal flag with a
miniature placed in the canton i.e. a flag upon a flag. Most sources show the
flag without a top and bottom border i.e. just the "bluebird" in the tail. In
1987 having come under P&O the company followed
its flag into oblivion becoming P&O European Ferries (Felixstowe) Ltd.
Neale Rosanoski, 9 February 2004
image by Jarig Bakker, based on the website of the National Maritime Museum.
From the website of the National
Maritime Museum, "the house flag of Australind Steam Shipping Co. Ltd (Trinder
Anderson & Co.), London, has on a blue background a yellow cross. In the centre
on a yellow disc, a black swan is shown. The flag is made of a wool and
synthetic fibre bunting. It has a cotton hoist and is machine sewn. A rope and a
toggle is attached.
The company managed services and cargo between the UK and Western Australia
taking over from the ship broking firm of Oliver and Wilson. They also started a
service between Freemantle and Singapore. Trinder, Anderson & Co. with Bethell,
Gwynn & Co. were involved in the transport of emigrants. They set up a steamer
service called the West Australian Steam Navigation Co., London in 1886; a
company that later became the Australind Steam Shipping Co. In 1904 the two
firms amalgamated.
Jarig Bakker, 3 August 2004
image by Jarig Bakker, based on the website of the National Maritime Museum.
From the website of the National
Maritime Museum, the house flag of the Avenue Shipping Co. Ltd, London shows
"on a rectangular white field, there is a blue cross with a blue bordered white
diamond in the centre, bearing the blue letter 'A'. The flag is made of a wool
and synthetic fibre bunting. It has a cotton hoist and is machine sewn. A rope
and two Inglefield clips is attached.
Jarig Bakker, 3 August 2004