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image located by Jan Mertens, 27 November 2005
Source: www.mysticseaport.org
The National Line (National Steam Navigation Company) was a Liverpool
shipping company which existed between 1863 and 1914.
Established in Liverpool in 1863 with a view to link this port to the
Southern US but changed to New York because of the Civil War. In any case
the idea was to use iron screw steamers transporting cargo as well as
passengers (emigrants, mainly). Competitors were Cunard, Guion, Anchor and
Inman; the National Line did rather well till about 1880 thanks to its
emphasis on freight and numbers of passengers (large ships) rather than
speed.
Other ports linked were London-New York (1870) and Boston. National Line
had twelve ships in 1879, four of which were then commandeered for the Zulu
Wars. One moment of glory occurred when the ‘America’ – for two months –
held the Blue Riband (1884). The sailings to New York were discontinued in
1892. In 1896, the Atlantic Transport Line took over National Line which
would only carry freight from then on, as it had already done on the
London-New York route anyway. The end came in 1914 through voluntary
liquidation.
Sources:
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/national.html
http://www.diduknow.info/emigrants/media/emigration_usa.rtf
http://www.mersey-gateway.org.uk/yesterdays/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.1192
The house flag is red, a white
cross throughout and a union jack in the centre, as shown at
www.mysticseaport.org, No. 1804 ‘National Steam Ship Co., Ltd., London’.
Jan Mertens, 27 November 2005
image by Jarig Bakker, 10 November 2005, modified by André Coutanche
National Power PLC., London - white flag, blue disk, charged with red "P" and a
white N resembling a lightning flash.
Source: Loughran (1995)
Jarig Bakker, 10 November 2005
from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963Geo. Nesbet & Co., Ltd.
image
by Phil Nelson, 11 April 2000
from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963
George Nesbit & Co. Ltd. Originated as Nesbit, Calder & Co. with a similar flag
but swallowtailed and with the blue letters "NC", [one source says black], the
red bands being shown as narrower.
Neale Rosanoski, 6 June 2004
Newbigin Steam Ship Co., Ltd.
image
by Phil Nelson, 7 April 2000
from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963
Newry & Kilkeel Steam Ship Co., Ltd.
image
by Phil Nelson, 8 April 2000
from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963
Newry & Kilkeel Steam Ship Co. Ltd. This is the flag of Joseph Fisher & Sons
Ltd. dating from 1897. For a long time they traded through the Newry & Kilkeel
Steamship Co. Ltd. and, earlier, the Frontier Town Steamship Co. Ltd. By the mid
1960s the ships were only under their own name and they eventually faded from
Lloyds around the early 1980s.
Neale Rosanoski, 26 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 the New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd, London. A white flag with a red cross and the black initials 'NZS Co' in the quarters. A pennant divided vertically into red white and blue above. The flag and pennant are made of a wool and synthetic fibre bunting. They have cotton hoists and are machine sewn. The pennant and flag are on a single rope with a toggle attached. The pennant was originally a 'steam cornet' flown to indicate that the vessel was proceeding under steam as well as sail. It was added to the house flag when the company acquired steam assisted vessels."
The letters are blue according to Brown (1951) and Loughran (1979),
and I think on the real flag too.
Jarig Bakker, 21 August 2004
New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd., London: white, a red St George's cross and
blue letters (without serifs) in the corners: `N' in upper hoist, `Z' in upper
fly, `S' in lower hoist and `Co' in lower fly, the `o' raised (no dot). Above
this flag, a pennant vertically divided red-white-blue, the height being one
half of the flag's and slightly extending beyond it, say one fifth of its own
length. You can read more about it in
this pdf file.
And the same flag, without pennant, on
this document.
Based on Larousse Commercial Illustré (1930).
Jan Mertens, 4 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 Niarchos Ltd., London. A white flag with a narrow horizontal band striped red, white a blue across the centre. In the middle is placed a large, black-bordered 'N'. 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."
Loughran (1979) shows nearly an identical flag
for Niarchos Group, Athens; Hellenic Shipyards Co. Ltd., of Piraeus, is part of
the empire of Stavros Niarchos, and uses his flag and funnel.
Jarig Bakker, 21 August 2004
James Nicoll & Co., Dundee.
The flag is white with a border red (top and left) and blue (bottom and right)
and N.D. (blue) in the middle.
Based on
The Mystic Seaport Foundation
Ivan Sache, 1 February 2004
image by Jarig Bakker, 20 September 2005
Nomikos (London) Ltd, London - Israeli-style flag; in center blue cross formy.
Source:
Loughran (1995)
Jarig Bakker, 20 September 2005
from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963
Norships Ocean Carriers Ltd. This is one that you may wish to toss a coin as to
what name it should be shown under. In Brown 1951 it is recorded for Ship
Finance & Management Co. Ltd. They operated various companies, several of which
had name beginning with "N" and ships with a 1st name of "Lord" indicating that
they were connected and probably were subsidiaries. Norships Ocean Carriers Ltd.
do not appear in Lloyds Shipowners 1953-4 but one company in the above category,
Norwood Steamship Co. Ltd., does and this explains why Stewart 1953 and 1957
show the livery for both Ships Finance & Management and Norwood Steamship. By
1958 the companies operated by Ships Finance & Management appear to have been
consolidated into Norships Ocean Carriers Ltd. which explains why Stewart 1963
and US Navy record it under that name (ignoring the operator). By the beginning
of the 1970s the fleet appears to be under Norships Freighters Inc. with all
other names, including Ship Finance, disappeared from the scene. The answer to
all this, it seems, is one of the "London" Greeks, George Nilcolaou Ltd., being
behind everything, certainly noted as agents for the last mentioned company and
actually shown by US Navy 1961 as well for the livery but under the Greek
section despite domiciling in London.
Neale Rosanoski, 26 February 2004
image by Jarig Bakker, 9 September 2005
North East Towing Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne - white flag, black connected
"NE".
Source:
Loughran (1995)
Jarig Bakker, 9 September 2005
The flag is horizontally divided blue-white-blue.
image by Jarig Bakker, 10 December 2005
North Sea Ferries, Hull - diagonally divided, blue in lower hoist, white in
broad stripe in centre, white in upper hoist. Blue and light blue
separated by thin white bar. On light blue panel and oval logo showing a
stylized ship made of horizontal white lines on a dark blue sea.
Source: Loughran (1995)
Jarig Bakker, 10 December 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 North Thames Gas Board, London. A
white flag with a red rising sun motif in the centre and the black letters 'NTGB'
in the corners. 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, 22 August 2004
Brown (1951) shows shows the same flag with blue letters.
Jarig Bakker, 22 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 North Yorkshire Shipping Co. Ltd.,
London. A green flag with a white rose in the centre. The flag is made of a wool
and synthetic fibre bunting. It has a cotton hoist and is machine sewn. The
design is printed. A rope and toggle is attached."
Jarig Bakker, 22 August 2004
from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963