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House flags of British shipping companies
Last modified: 2019-12-07 by rob raeside
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See also:
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Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line
- Aberdeen Coal & Shipping Co., Ltd.
- Aberdeen, Newcastle & Hull Steam Co
- Aberdeen Steam Navigation Co.
- Adam Steamship Co.
- Adelaide Steamship Co.
- Adelphi Vergottis
- Aitken, Lilburn & Co. (Loch Line)
- Alan C. Bennett & Partners
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Ald Shipping Co.
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W.H.J. Alexander Ltd. (Sun Tugs)
- Alexandra Towing
- Alfred Holt & Co. and
Blue Funnel Line
- Allan Line
- Allan, Black & Co.
- Allantone Supplies Ltd.
- Allchorn Pleasure Boats
- Anchor Line
- Anchor Steam Tug Co.
- Andreadis (U.K.)
- Andrew Weir Shipping Co. Ltd.
- Anglo American Telegraph Ltd.
- Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.
- Appleyard Lincoln & Co (Boatbuilders) Ltd.
- ARC Marine Ltd.
- Asiatic Steam Navigation Co.
- Associated British Ports
- Associated Humber Line
- Associated Portland Cement Manufactures Ltd.
- Aster Steam Company
- Athel Line
- Atlantic Container Line, Ltd.
- Atlantic Steamship Co. Ltd.
- Auchen Steam Shipping Co.
- Australind Steam Shipping Co.
- Avenue Shipping
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- James Baines & Co.
- R.B. Ballantyne & Co.
- Baltic Steamship Co. Ltd
- Baltic Trading Co Ltd.
- Bamburgh Shipping Co. Ltd
- Bank Line
- Alfred Bannister
- Ed Bates & Sons
- Belfast, Mersey & Manchester S.S. Co
- Belfast Steamship Co. Ltd
- Belle Steamers
- Ben Line
- Alan C. Bennett & Partners
- Bennett S.S. Co.
- Bibby Line Group Ltd.
- A. Bilbrough & Co. Ltd
- J.A. Billmeir
- Black Ball Line
- Blakes Holiday Boating
- Bland Line Ltd.
- Blue Anchor Line (W. Lund & Sons, Ltd.)
- Blue Funnel Line
- Blue Star Line
- Bolton Steam Shipping Co.
- Booker Brothers McConnell and Co.
- Booth Steamship Co., Ltd.
- Borchard Lines Ltd.
- The Borneo Company
- Boston Deep Sea Fishing and Ice Co.
- G.W. Bowman
- C. T. Bowring & Co., Ltd.
- Boyd Line Ltd.
- BP
- Bray Shipping Co., Ltd. (E.J.B. Mavroleon)
- Breydon Marine Ltd.
- Bristol City Line of Steamships Ltd.
- Bristol Steam Navigation Co.
- British & African Steam Navigation Society, Limited
- British & Atlantic S.N. Co.
- British and Commonwealth Shipping Co. Ltd.
- British & Continental S.S. Co.
- British Channel Islands Ferries
- British Channel Islands Shipping Co.
- British Dredging Aggregates Ltd.
- British Gas plc.
- British India Steam Navigation Co.
- British Nuclear Fuels Ltd.
- British Petroleum
- British Steel plc.
- British Sun Co.
- British Tanker Company / British Petroleum Tanker Company
- British Waterways Board
- Brittany Ferries Truckline
- Thos. and Jon Brocklebank Ltd
- Bromley Shipping plc
- Bromport Steamship Company, Ltd.
- Brussels S.S. Co.
- B.T. (Marine) Ltd.
- Bucknall Steamship Lines, Ltd.
- Bulk Oil Steamship co. Ltd
- Bullard, King & Co.
- Burdick & Cook
- Buries Markes Ltd
- Burmah Oil Co., Ltd (Tankers)
- Burnett Steamship Co., Ltd.
- Burns & Laird Lines
- Burrell & Sons
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- C. T. Bowring & Co., Ltd.
- Cable and Wireless
- Cairn Line of Steamships Ltd
- Caledonian MacBrayne, Hebridean and Clyde Ferries
- Cammell Laird & Co.
- James Campbell
- P & A Campbell
- Capper, Alexander Ltd.
- Carmet Tug Co.
- Carisbrooke Shipping plc.
- The Carron Company
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Castle Mail Packet Co.
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Cenargo Navigation Ltd.
- Chapman and Willan, Ltd
- Charente Steamship Co. Ltd.
- Charlton & Thompson
- Charlton Steam Shipping Co.
- R.B. Chellew Steam Navigation Company, Ltd
- China Navigation Company, Ltd.
- China Mutual Steam Nav. Co.
- Wm. Christie & Co.
- The City Line
- Clan Line Steamers
- H. Clarkson & Co., Ltd.
- Clarksons Shipbrokers
- Claymore Shipping Company, Ltd
- Cleeves Anthracite Collieries, Ltd
- Clyde Marine Services
- Clyde Shipping Company
- Coast Lines
- Coastal Bulk Shipping
- W.H. Cockerline & Co., Ltd.
- Coe Metcalfe Shipping Ltd.
- Colne Shipping Co., Ltd.
- Colonial Sugar and Refining Co.
- Comben Longstaff & Co. Ltd.
- Joseph Constantine Steamship Line, Ltd.
- Constants Ltd.
- Contship Containerlines
- Thomas Coppack & Co
- Cork Steamship Co.
- Cornish Shipping Ltd.
- James P. Corry & Co.
- John Cory & Sons
- Cory & Strick (Steamers) Ltd
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Cory Brothers
- Cory Colliers Ltd.
- Cory Towage Ltd.
- Cosens & Co. (Weymouth, Bournemouth & Swanage Steam Packets Ltd.)
- Coulouthros Ltd.
- Counties Ship Management Co.
- J.B. Couper
- George Couper
- R&J Craig Co.
- C. Crawley, Ltd.
- Crescent Shipping
- Isaac Crocker
- Crow, Rudolf & Co.
- C. Rowbotham & Sons
- Crusader Shipping Ltd.
- Crusader Swire Container Service Ltd.
- Cunard White Star Company
- Currie Line
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- R.S. Dalgleish Ltd.
- Dart Container Ships
- David MacBrayne
- C.R. Davidson & Co.
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Thos. Davidson
- Dean & Dyball Shipping Ltd.
- Dene Shipping Co. Ltd. - see Silver Line Ltd.
- J. & J. Denholm, Ltd.
- Dennison Shipping Ltd.
- William Denny & Son
- Devitt and Moore
- Diamantis Lemos Ltd.
- E.T. Dinsdale & Co.
- W.H. Dodds & Co.
- Dodwell & Co.
- Dominion Line
- Dominion Shipping Co. Ltd
- Don Fishing Co.
- Donaldson (Atlantic) Line
- Dorchester Maritime Limited (Isle of Man)
- The Dornoch Steamship Co. Ltd
- Doughty Shipping Co.
- Fred. Drughorn
- T.L.Duff & Co.
- J.T. Duncan & Company
- Duncan Dunbar
- Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co., Ltd.
- T. Dunlop & Sons
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- Eagle Oil and Shipping Co.
- East Anglia Steam Fishing Co.
- Eastern and Australian Steam Ship Co. Ltd.
- Eastern Telegraph Company
- Eastern Extensions Telegraph Company
- East India Company
- Edinburgh Tankers plc.
- Effluents Services Ltd.
- Elders & Fyffes
- Elder Dempster and Co. Ltd.
- Ellerman Group
- Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co.
- Ellerman's Wilson Line
- Embiricos Shipping Agency Ltd.
- Ensign Express Shipping Ltd.
- Essex Line, Limited (Meldrum & Swinson)
- Esso Transportation Co., Ltd
- F.T. Everard & Sons Ltd.
- Euroasia Container Line
- European Gas Company, Limited
- Euxine Shipping Co. Ltd.
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- Falkland Islands Trading Co., Ltd.
- Falmouth Oil Services Ltd.
- Farrar, Groves & Co.
- Farstad UK, Ltd.
- Faversham Shipping
- Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd
- John Fenwick & Son
- Ferguson & Reid
- James Fisher & Sons Ltd.
- FOCS Container Service, Ltd.
- Forth Tugs Ltd
- Forward Steam Fishing Co.
- Wm. France, Fenwick & Co., Ltd.
- Frank C. Strick & Co.
- Frederick Jones
- Frixos V. Papachristidis
- Fulwell Steamship Co. Ltd. (E.T. Dinsdale
& Co.)
- Furness Lines
- Furness Houlder Argentine Lines
- Furness Withy & Co. Ltd.
- Fyffes Group Ltd.
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- John Gaff & Co.
- Galbraith, Pembroke & Co.
- Galgate Co., Ltd. (John Joyce & Co.)
- Gamecock Tugs Ltd.
- Gardline Shipping Ltd.
- J. & A. Gardner & Co. Ltd.
- GBLT Shipmanagement (UK) Ltd.
- Geest Line
- Geest North Sea Line
- Gellatly, Hankey & Co.
- General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.
- George Gibson & Co., Ltd.
- George Gordon & Co.
- George Milne and Co. (Inver Line)
- Gibbs & Lee
- Gibson Rankine Line
- Giles W. Pritchard-Gordon (Shipowning) Ltd.
- G. T. Gillie & Blair
- Glenlight Shipping Ltd.
- Glen Line
- Global Marine Systems
- Glover Brothers
- John Good & Sons Ltd.
- John Glynn & Son
- Gotaas-Larsen Ltd.
- Goulandris Brothers
- Govan Shipbuilders Ltd.
- Gracechurch Container Line
- Graig Shipping Co. Ltd.
- Great Eastern Co. (London) Ltd.
- Great Yarmouth Shipping Co., Ltd.
- Green & Wigram
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Green Blackwall Line
- Green, Robinson & Co.
- "Grey Funnel Line"
- Grimsby Steam Fishing Co.
- Groom Shipping Line
- Guinea Gulf Line Ltd.
- Gulf Line
- Gulf Offshore N.S.
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- Hadjilias & Co.
- Hadley Shipping Co. Ltd.
- Hain Nourse Management Ltd.
- Hain Steamship Co., Ltd.
- Hall Brothers Steam Ship Co., Ltd.
- Hall Line Ltd.
- Hall, Russell and Co.
- George Hammond PLC
- Hanseatic Maritime Agency
- Harris & Dixon Ltd.
- Hargreaves Coal and Shipping Ltd.
- J & C Harrison
- T. & J. Harrison Ltd.
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Harrison Line
- Harrisons (Clyde) Ltd.
- Hay & Co.
- J. Hay & Sons
- Headlam and Son
- Henderson Line (British & Burmese Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., & Burmah Steamship Co., Ltd.)
- Hendry, McCallum & Co.
- A.F. Henry & MacGregor
- G. Heyn & Sons
- Hindustan Steam Ship Co. Ltd.
- Hine Brothers
- H. Hogarth & Sons Ltd.
- Holder, Middleton & Co.
- R.H. Holman
- Hopemount Shipping Co.
- Samuel Hough, Ltd.
- Houlder Line Ltd
- Joseph Hoult & Co.
- Houston Line (London) Ltd.
- Hoveringham Gravels, Ltd.
- Chas. Howard & Sons
- Hoyland Line
- R.M. Hudson & Sons
- Hudson’s Bay Company
- Hudson Steamship Co.
- Huelin Renouf Shipping
- Hugh Roberts and Son
- Hugo und van Emmerik
- Hull Gates Shipping Co. Ltd.
- Humber Line
- Humber Tugs Ltd.
- Hunting & Son
- Hutchins Bros.
- J & P. Hutchison, Limited
- Imperial Direct Line Ltd
- Inch Line
- Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.
- Inman Line
- International Shipbrokers Ltd.
- Inver Line (George Milne and Co.)
- The Iquitos Steamship Co.
- Isle of Man Steam Packet Company
- Isle of Wight Royal Steam Packet (Red Funnel Line)
- Isles of Scilly Steamship Co., Ltd.
- Italo-Britannica
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- J. & J. Denholm, Ltd.
- J.A. Billmeir
- J.I. Jacobs & Co., Ltd.
- James Fisher & Sons Ltd.
- James Nicoll & Co.
- James Nourse Ltd.
- George Jaques & Co.
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W C Jarvis & Sons
- Kristian Jebsen - Jebsens (U.K.) Ltd.
- E. Jenkins
- Jenkins Bros.
- R. Jobson & Co.
- John Brown Shipbuilders
- Frederick Jones
- John Good & Sons Ltd.
- John Joyce & Co. (Galgate Co., Ltd.)
- John Milligen & Co., Ltd.
- John Kelly
- John S. Monks
- Richard W. Jones & Co
- Jones, Hallett & Co.
- Joseph Constantine Steamship Line
- Wm. Just & Co.
- Kaye, Son & Co.
- John Kelly
- W.S. Kennaugh & Co.
- King Line
- J.P. Knight Ltd.
- Knotts Prince Line (Gläfcke and Hennings)
- Kristian Jebsen - Jebsens (U.K.) Ltd.
- Kyle Shipping Co., Ltd.
- Kyle Transport Co. Ltd.
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- House flags of British shipping companies (part 2)
Sources on the house flags of trawler companies are very few and far between.
The only one I know of is the 1911 edition of Olsen's Fishermen's Nautical
Almanack, which had small pictures of some flags in the page margins.
Ian Sumner, 8 December 2006
image by Miles Li, 24 October 2009
In many jurisdictions historically under the British Empire, vessels carrying
a cargo of inflammable liquid (i.e. tankers) are 'traditionally' required to fly
a red square flag with a white central disc while in port during daylight (and a
red light at night). The exact specifications are up to individual port
authorities, but typically the flag should be no less than three feet (90 cm)
each side, with the disc no less than six inches (15 cm) diameter; except for
small inshore vessels, which may instead display on a tall pole a metal 'flag'
no less than one-and-a-half feet (45 cm) each side, with the disc no less than
six inches (15 cm) diameter.
In practice the metal version is by
far the more common, since most vessels with a proper yardarm would simply fly
the International Signal Flag 'B', or even a plain
red rectangular flag for that matter.
Miles Li, 24 October 2009
image by Rob Raeside, 20 July 2015
Image based on
https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/2002.html.
Based on
http://www.novate.ru/blogs/240615/31851/, located by Victor Lomantsov,
20 July 2015:
"This flag with the figure of an African man with his staff
in flowing robes was removed from the slave ship, which was seized off the east
coast of Africa."
From
http://www.messynessychic.com/2015/06/19/hundreds-of-awesome-vintage-sea-flags-hidden-away-in-a-museum/:
Flag of an African Slaver. It is appliquéd with a figure of an African,
holding a staff, in brown fabric. His garments and the ribbons on the staff are
fluttering in the breeze, mirroring the wind blowing out the flag. The figure is
shown with a protruding tongue. Inscribed on an associated paper label: ‘Flag
taken from a slaver captured off the east coast of Africa & sent to my father (W
H Wylde of the Foreign Office) by Commodore Eardley Wilmot.’ William Henry Wylde
(1819-1909) was a superintendent of the Commercial, Consular and Slave Trade
departments of the Foreign Office 1869-80 and was a member of the commission
which sat in London, 1865, to revise Slave Trade Instructions. Arthur Parry
Eardley Wilmot (1815-1886) was employed in anti-slavery operations off West
Africa— in Harlequin 1850-53 and as Commodore in Rattlesnake 1862-66. He was
promoted to flag rank in 1870. His naval career ended shortly afterwards when
his ship Agincourt struck a rock near the bay of Gibraltar. William Wylde’s
involvement with anti-slavery operations continued into the 1870s when the
British moved to suppress the trade in Zanzibar.
Rob Raeside, 20
July 2015