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image by Jarig Bakker, 19 August 2004
From the link provided by Barbara Tomlinson of The National
Maritime Museum <www.nmm.ac.uk/collections>:
"The house flag of the Jamaica Banana Producers Steamship
Co. Ltd, Kingston, Jamaica. A green pennant with a yellow cross.
In the quarters are the yellow initials 'JBPS'. 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, 19 August 2004
From [], the postcard
collection sent to Martin Karner on Jun 8, 2006, by a Mr. Jones:
08.1.1 "Jamaica Banana Producers' Steamship Co.
Ltd." Post card collection confirms the basic
design (…) but uses white instead of yellow.
António Martins, 21 February 2007
Could this be a mistake in the card or a variant?
See also image attachment
which combines the former JDFL white cross
with the green field and (white) initials JBPS.
Jan Mertens, 26 April 2007
image by Eugene Ipavec, 26 April 2007
Recent addition to the Maritime
Timetable Images’ site is ‘Jamaica Direct Fruit
Line’, showing a Sailings List & Rate Sheet for the
period August 1932 – February 1933 (London – Kingston
and back via Plymouth and Rotterdam).
The picture of the house
pennant which is red with a white cross throughout and white
initials JDFL (no serifs) in the fields defined by the cross.
This pennant is related to that of the ‘Jamaica
Banana Producers Steamship Co. Ltd’. Some digging
revealed this National
Maritime Museum (Greenwich) comment: “The company was
formed in 1929 as the Jamaica Direct Fruit Line by the Jamaica
Banana Producers Association of Kingston (an organization of
independent growers). Four steamers were purchased to transport
passengers and general cargo from London to Rotterdam and Jamaica
and ship back bananas to Europe- most banana boats had some
passenger capacity. In 1935 the line bought new ships to replace
their second-hand tonnage and changed their name to the Jamaica
Producers Steamship Company. The company flag, originally red
with a white cross and the letters ‘J D F L’ in the
quarters changed to green with a yellow cross and the new
initials. Their ships sailed under the Jamaican Flag following
that country’s independence in 1962. The Jamaican Government
took over the company in 1977 and it ceased independent operation
in 1980.”
National Maritime Museum mentions Kaye Son & Co. as the
company managing the JDFL’s ships.
JDFL and JBPS also appear, briefly, on The
Ships List site while some interesting details are found on Jamaica Fruit &
Shipping Co.’s homepage.
Jan Mertens, 24 April 2007
image by Jarig Bakker, 14 September 2005
Jamaica Planters Shipping Co., Kingston - yellow flag, a
wreath of 8 green banana-leaves surrounding green "JP".
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of
the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995.
Jarig Bakker, 14 September 2005
