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image by Jarig Bakker, 11 Aug 2004
See also:The company was founded in 1881 to serve Bremen industries importing
cotton, jute and rice from India and the Middle East. Services to the Baltic
proved unprofitable and were soon abandoned. Routes to the East Indies
were handled by a subsidiary, the Asiatic Line, between 1888 and 1894 when
the two companies were integrated. During the period of expansion following
the opening of the Suez Canal, routes from British India and Burma were
extended to North European Ports and North America.
The company lost its entire fleet during both world wars but rebuilt
its business in the post war period. It ceased trading in 1980."
Jarig Bakker, 11 Aug 2004
As no sources remark on the red shade it appears that an ordinary shade
should apply. To more correctly define the company (there are at least
2 which were known as Hansa Linie) this was Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft
"Hansa" formed in 1881. Loughran 1979 shows the original flag, symbolizing
the Hanseatic spirit and using the colours of the old German Empire as
red with a very broad white horizontal band bearing a brown castle (the
ships were originally named after castles) with a small white canton taking
the depth of the upper red band charged with a black Iron
Cross [see below]. This was used until 1883. The company ceased operating
in the latter 1980s though for a short period the colours were continued
by a subsidiary, Project Carriers A.G., which changed its name to
Hansa-Linie
A.G. but in 1989 it merged its operations into Mammoet-Hansa
A.G.
Neale Rosanoski, 18 Oct 2004
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