House Flags of Danish Shipping Companies (S -part 1)

Last modified: 2025-07-12 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Dampskibsselskabet Samsø A/S
• Sæby Paketfart A/S
• Scandlines
• ScanDutch I/S
• Schach Steenberg & Co.
• L.R. Schmith & Co.
• Schultz Shipping A/S
• Seago Line A/S
• A/S Dansk Shell
• Sigas Kosan A/S
• Rederiaktieselskabet Sct.Jørgens
• Skandinavisk Linietrafik A/S
• Skandinavisk Sandsuger
• A/S D/S Skjold
• Partrederiet for 3m. Skonnert med H/M Dannebrog
• Skou International A/S (Ove Skou)
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• Dampskibsselskabet af 1937 A/S

• Denmark
• Joseph Nüsse website
• House flags of shipping companies

Dampskibsselskabet Samsø A/S

The company was based in Hellerup, just north of København. The flag was dark blue with a red Cross patty.
Source: Danmarks Skibsliste 1953, p.256, rnr.9
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2025

Sæby Paketfart A/S

The company was based in Sæby. The pennant was blue with a white disc with red dotted inscription "S.P.".
Source: Danmarks Skibsliste 1953, p.266, rnr.198
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2025

Scandlines

Scandlines operates ferries in the south Baltic sea; I don´t know if it is based in only one country, or in all three (or even more) countries of Sweden, Germany, Denmark. The biggest ferry seems to be from Putgarten, on Fehmarn in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, to Rødbyhavn, on Lolland island in Denmark (and back of course), taking about 50 minutes. Also the ferry from Helsingør in Denmark to Helsingborg in Sweden is run by Scandlines. More information can be found on the (company homepage) where I also got the logo. The flag is a white field with the company logo in the centre.
Jarig Bakker, 3 Aug 2003

ScanDutch I/S

The company is based in København. White flag with a red three-bladed propeller in the middle.
Source: Joseph Nüsse website
Ivan Sache, 16 Nov 2002

Schach Steenberg & Co.

The company was based in København. A white flag with three blue wavy bars.
Source: Brown´s Flags and Funnels (Wedge 1926)
Jarig Bakker, 19 Dec 2004

L.R. Schmith & Co.

The company is based in København. The flag was red with centred thin Greek cross
Source: US Navy 1961, p.3-18/row 3/column 3
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 May 2025

Schultz Shipping A/S

The company was based in Kalundborg.The flag was white with a blue "S" connected with three blue waves, all in a blue square with rounded corners and shifted to hoist. Slightly shifted to fly is a blue inscription "SCHULTZ SHIPPING".
Source: Joseph Nüsse website
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2025

Seago Line A/S

The company is based in København. The flag is yellow parted by a white pile pointing to fly with an inscription and logo at hoist. The logo consists of a dark blue arrow head pointing to fly with a smaller light blue one in the 1st. Annexed is an inscription "SEAGO" (1st line) "LInE" (2nd line, smaller). The inscription is dark blue except "GO", which is light blue.
Source: Joseph Nüsse website
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 July 2025

A/S Dansk Shell

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Tomislav Todorović, 21 June 2025

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2025

The company was based in København. The flag was red with a white disc charged with the company logo, a yellow scallop (or shell) garnished red (see left image above). The pennant was yellow with red inscription "SHELL" (see right image above).
Source: Danmarks Skibsliste 1953, p.265, rnr.165
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2025

Sigas Kosan A/S

The company was based in København. It is a red over blue horizontal bicolour parted by a dark yellow stripe fimbriated white. In lower fly is a white inscription "SIGAS KOSAN A/S".
Source: Joseph Nüsse website
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 July 2025

Skandinavisk Linietrafik A/S

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 July 2025

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 July 2025

The company was based in København. It was originated at the beginning of the 1950s to run a ferry Landskrona-København and ceased operations in 1980, being succeeded by the Scarlett Line A/B. It operated as part of Scandinavian Ferry Lines A/B. The fleet was listed under Stockholm´s Rederi A/B Svea. It was bought 1961 by Linjebus International A/B. The swallowtail ennant was with blue serifed inscription "SL" superimposed by a Z-shaped figure with arrowheads on both ends (see right image above). The pennant sometimes had blue edges (see left image above).
Sources: Brown 1971, no.656 and this website (in Swedish)
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 July 2025

A/S Skandinavisk Sandsugerselskab

The company was based in København. The flag of the Skandinavian Sand Suction Company was white with a blue initial "S".
Source: Danmarks Skibsliste 1953, p.257, rnr.16
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2025

Partrederiet for 3m. Skonnert med H/M Dannebrog

The company was based in Nørresundby. The flag was white with blue inscription "JWJ", the last letter mirrored, in a blue annulet.
Source: Danmarks Skibsliste 1953, p.265, rnr.185
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2025

Skou International A/S (Ove Skou)

The company was based in København. The flag was blue with white "S".
Sources: Loughran (1995) and US Navy 1961, p.3-19/row 3/column 2
Jarig Bakker, 21 Oct 2005

If the Skou companies were indeed the exact same, which it might be a diligent researcher could extract from this website, at least Rederiet Ove Skou would appear to be the original name, and as such it would be worth preserving, IMO, even if the entries were to be merged. But I really wonder whether all those Skou companies could all have had their own specific flags.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 19 June 2013

Dampskibsselskabet af 1937 A/S

The company was based in København and was operated by Ove Skou. The flag was a blue-white-blue horizontal triband with a blue 5-point star on the middel of the white stripe.
Source: Funnel & Flag: Merchant Ships 1942 No. 423
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 July 2025

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