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image located by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 April 2019
White, a red saltire, charged with a crown.
Source:
https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/217.html
Peter
Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 April 2019
![[Imperial S.S. Co., Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfsbc.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 27 April 2021
Sivewright, Bacon & Co. was formed in West Hartlepool in 1883 as both
Shipowners and Ship Brokers, and were based at No.76, Church Street, West
Hartlepool. When the Manchester Ship Canal opened in 1896 they saw the business
opportunities and transferred their company to Manchester in 1897.
On the
opening of the Ship Canal in 1894 the firm, appreciating the possibilities of
the new port, transferred its business from West Hartlepool to Manchester, where
it developed the Manchester - Montreal trade, now so firmly established by its
successor, Manchester Liners. During the war Sivewright, Bacon sold its fleet
with the exception of one ship, which had been captured by the Germans.
William John Sivewright (1863-1919) started his working life as a merchant's
clerk.
William Charles Frederick Bacon (1854-1931) went to sea aged 15 and by
the age of 22, having obtained his master's certificate at Colchester in 1876,
became master of the sailing vessel "Esperanza" belonging to William Gray.
Retiring from the sea at the age of 29 he joined the firm of Sivewrights,
shipbrokers, agents and shipowners of West Hartlepool.
https://www.hhtandn.org/venues/4864/sivewright-bacon-and-co
Hartlepool
History Then and Now
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows
the house flag of Imperial S.S. Co., Ltd., also Lincluden S.S. Co., Ltd. (Sivewright,
Bacon & Co.) (Sivewright, Bacon & Co.) (#806, p. 75), as horizontally divided
red-white-red, charged in the center with the blue letters "S.B.&C°.".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/40/
Ivan Sache, 27 April 2021
![[Imperial S.S. Co., Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfisf.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 1 May 2021
The Imperial Steam Fishing Co., Ltd. wound up voluntarily on 4 November 1919,
as did the same day the Hellyers' Steam Fishing Co., the two companies being
managed by Owen S. Hellyer (The London Gazette, 7 November 1919).
Lloyd's
Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of Imperial Steam
Fishing Co., Ltd. (#1472, p. 107), a Hull-based fishing company, as yellow, in
the middle a thick blue cross patty, over the cross a white oval bordered in red
and charged with a red crown.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#72
Ivan Sache, 1 May 2021
image by António Martins, 09 Oct 2006
Postcard [o9oXXb]
(7th pc., 1st row, 2nd flag) shows for Inch Line a ~2:3 forked flag with two
"tongues" taking up the upper and bottom thirds of the fly edge separated by a
middle section with edge parallel to the hoist, in a chess pattern of
horizontally stretched lozenges, of which are fully visible two blue lozenges
(making up the "tongues"), one half blue one (the middle of the fly), two white
complete ones, two white half lozenges (top and bottom), and two red half ones.
On the upper white lozenge it is written in black capitals "HF&Cº" and in the
lower one "INCH".
António Martins, 09 Oct 2006
image by António Martins, 09 Oct 2006
I cannot decide which of these two geometrically simple designs is the
most accurate - perhaps none of these but a less simple design, with the
inner edges of the "tongues" non parallel to the lozenges' sides.
António Martins, 09 Oct 2006
Inch Line. UK. Hamilton, Fraser & Co. of Liverpool [the HF&Co.) operated
ships under the Inch Shipping Co. Ltd. with Lloyds 1904 specifying Inch Shipping
Co. and Inchmaree S.S. Co. under this flag. They also operated as Rover Shipping
Co. Ltd. placing "ROVER" in place of "INCH". The last Hamilton, Fraser ship was
sold in 1909. None of the sources I have come across show the tapered version
but they do vary with the length of the tails and the depth of the central
section as measured by the squared fly portion - some have it about 1/3 but
Lloyds 1904 show it as about half the depth.
Neale Rosanoski, 19
September 2009
![[Indo-China Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~indch.gif)
image by Ivan Sache,
6 March 2004Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Based Hong Kong. Flag is a
group one of owners Jardine, Matheson & Co. and in 1985 the company changed name
to Jardine Ship Management Ltd.
Neale Rosanoski, 31 May 2004
The same house flag is shown (#1618, p. 114) in Lloyd's Book of House Flags
and Funnels (1912).
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#79
Ivan Sache,
3 May 2021
![[Inman Line houseflag]](../images/g/gb~inm.gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin
The flag is red with a small white canton, probably square, containing a
black diamond not touching the canton's edges.
Jan Mertens, 5 May 2005
This firm, officially the 'Liverpool and Philadelphia Steamship Company', was founded in 1850 by William Inman and two Richardson brothers (for whom he had started working a few years earlier); from 1854 on, Inman was the sole proprietor. Convinced that passenger satisfaction was a major factor in a highly competitive market, Inman was not above travelling steerage to study conditions during voyages. On the technical side, the firm was very progressive and favoured twin screw- driven ships, so much so that Cunard, a fierce competitor, abandoned paddle steamers.
During the years 1854-56, all ships were active in the Crimean War effort;
one year later, a change in name to 'Liverpool, New York and Philadelphia
Steamship Company' reflected expansion. From 1875 on, the firm – then called
'Inman Steamship Co. Ltd' – cooperated with the White Star Line. Financial
difficulties led to voluntary liquidation late 1886 and at that occasion the
International Navigation Co. (US), owners of the American Line (US) and the Red
Star Line (BE), bought their assets. A company called 'Inman & International
Steamship Co.' operated the ships under the British flag but this changed in
1892 when the US Mail contract necessitated flying the US flag. The I&I episode
had its moments of glory when the ‘City of Paris’ and ‘City of New York’ each
briefly captured the Blue Ribband. By 1893, all ships sailed for the American
Line.
Sources:
http://www.gregormacgregor.com/Tod&Macgregor/inman_line.htm
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/inman.html
http://www.greatoceanliners.net/cityofnewyork.html (‘City of New York’, one
of the finest ships ever)
http://www.greatships.net/newyork.html
http://inman.surnameweb.org/sketches/dictnary10.htm (biography of William
Inman)
Inman house flag on this picture:
http://www.tradecards.com/scrapbook/transportation/045.32.html
Picture showing the I & I flag, here:
http://www.greatships.net/scans/CC-NY01.jpg:
![[Inman & International Steamship Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~iandi.gif)
image by Rob Raeside
The flag is a white swallowtail bearing the firm’s initials in red.
Jan Mertens, 13 May 2005
![[Gleneden Steamship Co., Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfils.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 21 April 2021
The company of Ward and Holzaphel was established in about 1880 owning their
ships on the 64 shares basis and in 1883 was incorporated as a limited company
under the name of the International Steamship Company Ltd.
In 1884, in
financial difficulties, a shareholders' committee agreed to transfer management
of the company to Christopher Marwood of Whitby, who remained manager until his
death in 1914. The loss of three of the firm's major vessels in 1917 hit the
company badly and the remaining ships were sold to B J Sutherland and Company of
Newcastle, the company being dissolved.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/e9a294bc-1a1a-4cdc-864c-40e7edba799e
The National Archives
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912)
shows the house flag of International Line Steamship Co., Ltd. (Christopher
Marwood) (#163, p. 44) as horizontally divided blue-white-red with a Union Jack
in canton.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#9
Ivan
Sache, 21 April 2021
![[International Shipbrokers Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~isl.gif)
image by Jarig
Bakker, 15 February 2006
International Shipbrokers Ltd., London - red flag, white diamond, blue "IS".
Source: Loughran (1995)
Jarig Bakker, 15 February 2006
![[The Iquitos Steamship Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfiqs.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 93 April 2008
Lloyds Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912)
shows the house flag of "The Iquitos Steamship Co., Ltd. (Booth Line)" (#215, p.
47), a company based in Liverpool, as white with a red cross in the middle.
The history of the company, as reported on the "TheShipsList" website,
explains the origin of the house flag:
"Founded in the 1866 as Alfred Booth &
Co to operate services to Northern Brazil and the Amazon. In 1881 the Booth
Steamship Co. was formed. In 1901 the Booth and Singlehurst's Red Cross Line
were amalgamated into a single company and named Booth Steamship Co. (1901) Ltd.
At the same time, to tidy up the tug and barge operations on the River Amazon,
Booth & Co. was formed and these small units transferred to this company. In
1911 the Iquitos SS Co. and its fleet was absorbed by Booth Steamship Co.
In 1946 the Booth Line was sold to the Vestey Group of companies and in 1975 all
the group's ships were pooled under Blue Star Ship Management Ltd and the Booth
Line ceased to exist as a seperate entity."
The Booth Line operated
routes between Europe (Liverpool, Porto, Lisbon, Hamburg, Antwerp, Le Havre,
London), South America (Brazil -
Manaos, Para) and North America (Galveston,
New York).
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/booth.html
Ivan Sache,
9 April 2008
![[Richard Irvin & Sons, Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfrir.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 27 April 2021
Richard Irvin was born in North Shields in 1853, entering the fishing trade
in 1864 at age 11. He witnessed first hand the beginning of the steam trawl
fishery in the area, being undertaken by converted paddle steam tugs.
Seeing
the potential of the trawl industry he followed the example set by tug master,
William Purdy, and began using converted paddle steam tugs for trawling. By the
time he was married, the foundation for the Richard Irvin fishing dynasty had
already been laid.
His first son, John Hannel Irvin was born in 1874,
starting work in the firm aged 13, and upon reaching the age of 21 was
transferred to the Aberdeen branch which had been opened in 1887, and made a
partner in the firm. This firm was then known as Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, with
the subsequent taking into the partnership of his other sons, Richard Irvin
Junior, George Driver Irvin & Thomas W. Irvin. They established the firm Shields
Engineering Co. for the construction & repair of trawlers & purchased the firm
Young's Dock Co., which they merged to form the Shields Engineering & Dry Dock
Co. The firm then became involved in the herring drifting fishery around the
same time as steam powered drifters began to be used in NE England and Scotland.
The East Coast Herring Drifter Co. was set up in 1900 followed soon after by the
Shields Ice & Cold Storage Co. Ltd.
By 1902, when George Driver Irvin was
sent to South Africa to investigate the potential of a fishery there, the
company had major interests in many aspects of the fishing industry, as well as
the trawling industry which they had helped pioneer. They had businesses in
Aberdeen & Peterhead as well as in North Shields and had a small fleet of steam
drifters with the SN reg. no. (North Shields).
The African Fishing &
Trading Co. was established in 1903, with offices in Cape Town & North Shields.
Initially three trawlers were built & sent to South Africa, including the Star
of Peace & Star of the South which arrived at Cape Town early in 1904. Despite
some promise, the African Fishing & Trading Co. was not profitable and after
almost being closed down by head office in North Shields, continued operating
after a merger with another South African fishing company owned by Carl Ossian
Johnson in 1909. This merger subsequently lead to the establishment of the firm,
Irvin & Johnson in Dec 1910. This firm is still operating in South Africa today
(2007).
Meanwhile Richard Irvin & Sons (probably after prompting by Carl
Johnson) had seen the potential of the whaling & sealing industries & an
application had been made for a whaling lease at South Georgia. This led to the
formation of the Southern Whaling & Sealing Co. in partnership with Irvin &
Johnson. Even after the SWSC was sold to Lever Bros. in 1919, Irvin & Johnson SA
still had whaling interests in South Africa & started a sealing venture at the
Kerguelen Islands.
The diversified group of companies still continued
operating successfully in Britain, with major interests in Aberdeen as well as
North Shields, a growing interest in Peterhead as well as many agencies in such
places as the main fishing port of Buckie as well as smaller villages such as
nearby Findochty. Richard Irvin & Sons began building wooden fishing boats at
Peterhead, north of Aberdeen, Scotland during WW1. Three wooden steam drifters
built in 1915, 1916 & 1918 were the "Jocelyn" SN 180 (later PD 154), "Lorraine"
SN 287 & "Maureen" SN 23 (later SN 360 & later "Golden Emblem" BF 232). Many
timber vessels were built in this yard until the 1970's, when most Scottish
shipbuilders ceased building out of wood. Richard Irvin still has a shipbuilding
yard in Peterhead (2007).
http://glennmci.brinkster.net/ri/ri.html
Sons of Jura
Lloyd's
Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of Richard Irvin &
Sons, Ltd. (#801, p. 75) as horizontally divided red-white-red.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/40/
Ivan Sache, 27 April 2021
![[Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~iomspo1.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 10 April 2009
Triskelion is yellow, as are the letters, or: Red, with IOM, Three Legs, SPC
(no o) in Yellow.
Jarig Bakker, 18 October 2003
An extensive history is at
http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/sp1904/index.htm
Phil Nelson, 19 October 2003
Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. Sources do not agree on what the flag is but
whether this means that there have been any changes is unknown. An 1885 source
shows white letters but otherwise everyone seems to agree that they and the
emblem of Man are yellow. Whether the "o" appears after the "C" seems to be
equally split but the most important point is which way the Man emblem is
placed. Again sources vary as to whether the kneeling knee faces fly or hoist.
The Brown series were firmly in the latter camp until 1978 but since then they
have it being to fly. From the only photo of a flag that I have come across,
although details are not clear, I suspect that it is [now at least] in line with
the Island flag with that knee being towards hoist [see gb~i112b.gif attached]
but the format is only a guess. The company's logo shows spurs but whether such
small detail is included on the flag is uncertain although the Stewart series
indicate that it does. The fleet commodore flies a swallow-tailed version.
Neale Rosanoski, 31 May 2004
A few Flickr photos permits me to add more about the IOMSPC. The following
item shows the house flag, very detailed (see Neale’s remarks on
position of
legs, spurs, etc.):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23283012@N03/3349684934/in/set-72157615006011665/
Pic made by “benmychree2002”, uploaded on 12 Mar 2009.
![[Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~iomspo2.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 10 April 2009
Neale mentions the fleet commodore’s flag, a swallowtail. Here it is, same source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23283012@N03/3349685090/in/set-72157615006011665/.
A useful bibliographic reference: Michel Lupant, ‘Flags,
coats of arms and badges of the Isle of Man’ – First edition,
November 1996, A4 format. Ills.br>31-34 on pp. 18-19, all b/w, concern the
IOMSPC.
Jan Mertens, 9 April 2009
The triskelion on the commodore's swallowtail is 10% smaller.
Eugene
Ipavec, 10 April 2009
![[Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~iomw.jpg)
image located by Jan Mertens, 9 April 2009
White field, red rim bearing yellow name “ISLE OF MAN” (top) and “”STEAM
PACKET COMPANY” (bottom) separated by yellow dots; enclosing the triskelion in
yellow; the rim surrounded by a yellow rope, with a FIAV-like knot below and
trailing off horizontally, twice on each side, away from the emblem or seal.
Source:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23283012@N03/3346582919/in/set-72157615006011665/
The circular emblem is shown by
Lupant (1996), ill. 33. The legs and rope, including the horizontal ends
trailing off, are shown in ill. 34 with large letters “ISLE OF MAN” above and
“(dot) STEAM PACKET COMPANY (dot)” in smaller letters below. Comments: “The seal
of the Company (fig 33) uses the trinicaria in yellow on a white disc,
inside a red circle edged yellow with yellow letters. It is used on papers,
publicity, timetables, napkins, country code for cars, on stickers… (fig 34).”
Both illustrations, in b/w, appear on p. 19 of above book.
Jan Mertens,
10 April 2009
![[Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~iomt.jpg)
image located by Jan Mertens, 12 April 2009
Flickr's
IOMSPC photos has a photo made by “benmychree2002” uploaded 12 Mar 2009.
White pennant, bordered red (except near the staff), bearing ship’s name in red
letters without serifs “TYNWALD”. I suppose this was the pennant flown either on
‘Tynwald 5’ operated 1947-1974 or - more probably - on ‘Tynwald 6’ operated
1986-1990, see these pages:
http://www.kneen.com/Manx%20life%20line.htm
http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/IOM_Tynwald5_1947.html
http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/IOMSP6.html
The name of course refers to the
Isle of Man’s ancient – and current – parliament.
Jan Mertens, 12
April 2009
![[Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~ioml.jpg)
image located by Jan Mertens, 19 April 2009
Displayed on
Flickr, a photo made by “benmychree2002” (uploaded 11 Mar 2009) who adds,
helpfully: “Lady of Mann name pennant complete with seagull crap and smell of
oil and diesel. Measures 15' x 5'”. White pennant, bordered red (except near the
staff), bearing ship’s name in red letters without serifs “LADY OF MANN”.
A Simplon Postcards page
partly dedicated to this ship, active since 1976 (last one mentioned): "The
first ‘Lady of Mann’ flew a similar pennant, see colour photo near the end of
this page:
http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/IOM_LadyofMann1930.html."
Here – see
especially the colour photos – we find a number of other IOMSPC name pennants:
http://www.kneen.com/Manx%20life%20line.htm, e.g. ‘Ben-my-Chree 5’, ‘Manxman
2’, ‘Monas Isle 5’, and ‘King Orry 4’.
Jan Mertens, 19 April 2008
Far from home, an IOMSPC name pennant (onomast) is kept in the State Library
of Tasmania (AU):
http://eheritage.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/resources/detail.aspx?KEYWORDS=flag&ID=GTH_PS0957.
Caption of this item: “Isle of Man ferry company pennant flag. It is a red and
white flag with 'Mona's Isle' sewn on in red letters.” The red edges ought to
meet at the point of this pennant which is out of sight. No serifs. As the item
looks rather new, I suppose it flew on ‘Mona’s Isle (6)’ operated 1984-85:
http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/FE3.html#anchor178872, or possibly ‘Mona’s Isle
(5)’ operated 1951-80 - a similar pennant is seen on some photos:
http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/IOM_Monas_Isle5_1951.html.
Jan Mertens,
17 May 2009
![[Isles of Scilly Steamship Co., Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~issc.gif)
image by Jarig
Bakker, 10 December 2005
Isles of Scilly Steamship Co., Ltd., St. Mary's - blue flag, white cross; in all
quarters red "ISSCo".
Source: Loughran (1995)
Jarig Bakker, 10 December 2005
![[Isles of Scilly Steamship Co., Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~issc2.gif)
image by André Coutanche, 22 September 2000
The house flag of the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company which appeared as a logo
on their website and which I have drawn with a guess at a reasonable ratio. This
image differs from the one in Loughran (1995)
in ratio, but also in having just "C" in the lower fly rather than "Co".
André Coutanche, 22 September 2000
![[Italo Britannica houseflag]](../images/g/gb~itbri.gif)
image by
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
14 May 2012
It is a blue flag with the Italian flag in the upper fly corner. In the upper hoist corner is a white, cotized 5-point star pointing to the bottom. In the
lower half is a centred white inscription in capitals: “ITALO”(1st line) “BRITANNICA”(2nd line)
Source: [el1897 - Elbe Flag Chart 1897 – part 9; “Gratis Beilage zu Deicken und Behrmann’s Neuen Monatsheften Neue Ausgabe Sommer 1897"]
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 May 2012
