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image located by Jan Mertens, 20 August 2005
Kangaroo Line (Mailler, Lord & Quereau, New York) obviously sailing to
Melbourne, from
http://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu. On a white flag a kangaroo is shown,
apparently in natural colours, looking to the fly and standing in a red shield
bordure, the tail hanging out - I like this touch!
We learn that the line was established in 1853, moreover it is represented in
the on-line
Directory of Private Signals.
Jan Mertens, 20 August 2005
Robert Kermit, later Kermit & Carrow, New York
Another mid 19th century firm, notable for represented both sides of the family
of Theodore Roosevelt's wife Edith Kermit Carrow. Among other routes, Kermit and
Carrow operated packets to and from Le Havre. The flag was a blue burgee with a
red star.
Source: chart of "Private Signals of the Merchants of New York"
Joe McMillan, 25 October 2001
Keystone Shipping Company, Philadelphia (Sources:
Stewart (1953),
U.S. Navy)
One of the few remaining significant companies operating under the U.S. flag.
Keystone has long been one of the largest U.S. independent tank ship operators
(i.e., not owned by one of the oil companies). Lloyd's Maritime Directory for
2001 lists 13 tankers under Keystone (11 active) for a total of 614,000 gross
tons. The flag is rather nice (for a flag with lettering on it): yellow with
blue stripes near the upper and lower edges and the monogram "CK" in blue on the center.
Joe McMillan, 25 October 2001
The CK
intertwined on the flag stands for
Charles Kurz. CK was the founder of the company, and in fact it is still family
owned and operated, now CKII and CKIII are present.
Ian Stevenson, 13 July 2003
D. & A. Kingsland, New York
The Kingsland brothers operated the "Empire Line" between New York and Liverpool
as well as the "Third Line" of New Orleans Packets from at least 1846. They had
also become involved in the China trade by 1851. The Kingsland flag was quite
distinctive, the field divided blue over white, with a white disk on the blue
and a red one on the white.
Source: chart of "Private Signals of the Merchants of New York"
Joe McMillan, 25 October 2001