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The special flags were probably flown only by vessels carrying members of the
Boards of Conservators or Trustees, while the defaced ensigns were probably
flown by working boats operated by the Boards.
David Prothero, 11 December 2004
19th August 1880. An Admiralty Letter authorised a special flag for the
Trustees of the Port of Bombay. Blue St George's cross with a maritime scene in
each quarter; in the first quarter, a lighthouse, in the second a screw-steamer
with auxiliary sails, in the third a dhow, and in the fourth a signal station at
the end of a harbour wall.
David Prothero, 11 December 2004
by Martin Grieve, 2 February 2013
Admiralty Letter, of 19th August 1880 authorised a special flag for the
Conservator of the Port of Bombay.
Red St George's cross on a white field with three narrower horizontal red
stripes in each quarter and a large circular badge in centre. The flag was
designed by Captain Sir Henry Morland, of the Royal Indian Marine. "The basis is
what was evidently his conception of the Indian Jack, which proves again that
the flag carried the St George's cross; the extra two red and white bars at the
top and bottom cannot however be accepted, as there is abundant proof that it
was composed of five red and four white bars."
[Naval and Maritime Flags of British India from 1600 by Captain A. Rowand, Royal
Indian Marine]
The badge consisted of two oval shields, surmounted by a crown, within a red
ring bearing the words Conservator of the Port of Bombay. The sinister shield
has the four quarters of the flag of the Trustees without the blue St George's
cross, while the dexter shield is from the 1877 arms of the City of Bombay; a
red lion passant guardant, flanked on each side by an ostrich feather, (alluding
to the visit of Edward VII when he was Prince of Wales), above three, three-masted
dhows, known as pattimars. Bombay was the first city in the Empire, outside the
British Isles, to which arms were granted.
[W.D. and H.O. Wills's cigarette cards, 'Arms of the British Empire' c1909]
David Prothero, 15 December 2004
by Martin Grieve, 2 February 2013
1880. A Blue Ensign for the Trustees of the Port of Bombay was sanctioned by
the Admiralty. The badge in the fly consisted of a circular version of the
Trustees Flag, without the blue cross, surrounded by a yellow ring bearing the
words PORT TRUST BOMBAY in black. The slightly unusual crown is similar to the
crown above the badge on the Red Ensign of the
Commissioners of the Port of Rangoon. Rangoon at the time was
administratively part of India, but I doubt there is any
connection. Possibly both badges were drawn by the same artist, who preferred
this version.
David Prothero, 16 December 2004
ensign by Željko Heimer, badge by Miles Li
This ensign is probably no longer in use.
Source: Flags of the World [Carr 1961].
Miles Li, 8 August 2005
ensign by Željko Heimer, badge by Miles Li
This ensign is probably no longer in use.
Source: Flags of the World [Carr 1961].
Miles Li, 8 August 2005