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from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963
Headlam & Sons. Originated 1890 according to Talbot-Booth who gives earlier
names as Headlam & Rowland and Robinson & Rowland. The latter appears to have
originated the flag only the colours were then reversed with the border being
blue and the cross red as shown by Reed 1891. There was a merger with T. Marwood
& Son which produced Rowland & Marwood's Steam Ship Co. Ltd. and they continued
to use this flag except that the sources from Griffin 1895, with the exception
of Lloyds 1904, show the flag as being square. Headlam & Sons are given as the
managers who also operated through Headlam & Sons Steamship Co. Ltd. until the
late 1960s using the same flag so they may have been owners also. In 1934 the
company succumbed to Admiralty pressure re displaying the Red Cross emblem on
white which had been outlawed by the Geneva Convention Act of 1911 and reversed
the colours. This change may also have seen the flag change to a rectangle, or
it may have occurred later, as although Talbot-Booth in 1949 was still stating
that the flag was square, other sources from Brown 1943 on show a rectangular
version.
Neale Rosanoski, 15 June 2004
The house flag of P. Henderson & Co., Glasgow. A rectangular tricolour in red
white and blue with a small Union Flag in the centre. Based on the website of the National
Maritime Museum.
Jarig Bakker, 23 August 2004
Henderson Line (British & Burmese Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., & Burmah
Steamship Co., Ltd.)
Funnel: Black
House Flag: Red, White and Blue vertical Tricolour, with Union Jack in centre.
Ships: Prome, Salween, Yoma, Pegu, Amarapoora, Sagaing, Kemmendine, Burma, Katha,
Kindat, Chindwin, Manadalay, Irrawaddy, Arracan, Henzada, Martaban.
Source: All About Ships & Shipping, by Edwin P. Harnack (ed.), 1938
Jarig Bakker, 30 June 2003
I understood that there was another similar flag to the one you described but
as follows: A vertical tricolour, red, white and blue but this one had an emblem
of a Scottish thistle centred in the white band. Do you by any chance know any
thing about this flag.
Tom McGeachie, 30 June 2003
(Possibly J & P. Hutchison, Limited?)
I have a source which shows the Burns, Philp & Co., Ltd. houseflag as a
regular r/w/b vertical tricolor with the thistle centered on the white stripe.
Source: Stewart (1953)
Ned Smith, 1 July 2003
I was one of the last people employed by Hendersons and the origin of the
"Tricolour" is interesting. The French government allowed it, as a reward for
Hendersons
transporting French troops from Marseilles to the Crimea, during the Crimean
war. This tricolour was then again, at the request of the French government,
reversed to the signal letter "T", (Red to the hoist) to avoid confusion.
Brian Dickson, 28 August 2003
Henderson Line. The fleet commodore used a swallow-tailed version of the flag.
Some sources show the white band as broader both for this flag and its
predecessor. The flag is also shown by various sources for the Irrawaddy Flotilla
Co. Ltd. which they controlled or managed and which operated on the Irrawady
River in Burma.
Neale Rosanoski, 15 June 2004
"Flags and Funnels of the British and
Commonwealth Merchant Fleets" shows this flag but the white panel is wider,
resulting a 1:2 Union Jack.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 June 2006
Loughran (1979) shows also a commodore's pennant
Jarig Bakker, 23 August 2004
Based on Sampson (1957)
James Dignan, 14 October 2003
Reportedly headquartered in Leith, Scotland
Phil Nelson, 14 October 2003
A.F. Henry & MacGregor. Sources vary as to size and shape of the diamond. This
version is supported by Talbot-Booth whereas the Brown series show the diamond
within the field although the later versions do make it larger. However these
editions are not consistent with one omitting the letters and others giving
their colours as black. The early Stewarts show it as here but in 1963 it is
shown as nearly throughout.
Neale Rosanoski, 15 June 2004
A F Henry & McGregor house flag based on letterhead from the company.
Phil Wilson, 29 March 2005
Blue. To hoist, in three rows, the letters U/SS/Co. in white(?). To the fly,
a shield containing a raised hand (I'd guess the red hand of Ulster, only on
this image it seems to be a left hand).
James Dignan, 19 October 2003
Founded 1823. Currently operates as a ship agent for Orient Overseas
Container Line, Ellerman Line, Finnlines, ECS, and Shipping Corporation of
India.
Phil Nelson, 19 October 2003
Lloyd's description: Blue; red hand with three drops of blood below on white
shield and letters USSCo in white (Ulster S.S. Co., Ltd., Head Line, Lord Line,
Holland - Ireland line, Mountain S.S. Co., Ltd.)
Jarig Bakker, 19 October 2003
from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963
Brown 306: Hindustan Steam Shipping Co., Ltd. (Common Bros),
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Funnel: Black, on a wide red band bordered white a white C.
Flag: 2:3; quartered Blue before Yellow over White before Red. (The C on the
funnel could be for "Common")
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 20 October 2003
Hindustan Steam Ship Co. Ltd. Formed in 1893 by J.W. Squance & Co. who changed
their name to Common Brothers Ltd. in 1906 following the retirement of Captain
Squance. The flag is probably more correctly ascribed to Common Brothers
although Hindustan Steamship Co. Ltd. was their main shipping arm in their days
of shipowning which seems to have ended in the late 1970s. By then they were
into ship management mainly as Common Brothers (Management) Ltd. and according
to Loughran (1979) they flew their
flag as a pennant [possibly the ordinary rectangular flag was also so used as
Brown 1951 shows this in the case of the Australia-China Line and then shows the
pennant in the 1958 edition] superior to that of the houseflag of the managed
company, first as the plain quartered pennant but then with an amended version
which saw the quarters placed diagonally and the company logo placed on the
white in the hoist [see gb~c174a.gif attached]. Unfortunately there is no
description of this. The company faded out of sight in Lloyds in the late 1980s
after it was acquired by Norex Corporation before resuming briefly in the late
1990s.
Neale Rosanoski, 15 June 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 Hine Brothers, Maryport. A white rectangular flag with a red border. In the centre, there is a blue oval with the letters 'H. BRS.' in white. The flag is made of wool bunting with a linen hoist and is machine sewn. A rope and toggle is attached."
Maryport is in Cumbria (England) opposite the Isle of Man
Jarig Bakker, 15 August 2004