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![[John T. Essberger]](../images/d/de~jte.gif)
image by Jorge Candeias, 7 Mar 1999
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John T. Essberger. Formed in 1924 the company appears to have originally
operated through subsidiaries such as Bremer Öltranport GmbH and
Öl
Transport GmbH (both operative to 1938) and principally Atlantic
Tank Rhederei GmbH (until c.1960) and to have initially used the flag
of the latter of white with the combined letters "ATR" [see image below,
taken from Brown 1929] though Brown 1934 and Talbot-Booth 1936 show slightly
different arrangement of the emblem with the "AR" letters being more rounded.
The use of the "E" flag is shown by Talbot-Booth in 1942 although at that
point he shows a black letter then in 1944 he notes that the letter could
also be blue on occasions. There appears to have been confusion with Atlantic
Tank Rhederei GmbH, seeming to originate from Lloyds Reedereiflaggen
1933 and continued by Talbot-Booth, and Atlantic Rhederei GmbH
which later became Atlantic Rhederei J. & W. Joch K.G., with
the flag of the latter which is white with a canton of the old German colours
of black, white and red, and in lower fly a blue "A", being ascribed to
Atlantic Tank Rhederei.
Neale Rosanoski, 18 Oct 2004
![[Atlantic Tank Rhederei GmbH]](../images/d/de~atr.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Mar 2009
Atlantic Tank Rhederei GmbH #1
It is a white flag with blue "ATR" in the centre, all letters sharing
a vertical bar in the middle, The "T" is higher. The funnel is black and
shows the flag pattern as a circle.
Source: based on the image sent by Neale Rosanoski, 18 Oct 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Mar 2009
![[Atlantic Tank Rhederei #2]](../images/d/de~atr2.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Mar 2009
Atlantic Tank Rhederei GmbH #2
The outer lines of the "A" and "R" are embowed.
Source: [neu39a]; p.93
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Mar 2009