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image by Ivan Sache, 2 November 2003
D'Alesio Group (including D'Alesio and Dalmare) is based in
Livorno. The houseflag of D'Alesio is a triangular flag
horizontally divided blue-red-blue.
Source: <www.omniainformatica.it>,
located by Jan Mertens.
Ivan Sache, 2 November 2003
image by Jarig Bakker, 10 December 2005
D'Alesio Oil Services S.p.A., Livorno - blue burgee; in center
red horizontal stripe; white "D".
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of
the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995.
Jarig Bakker, 10 December 2005
image by Ivan Sache, 11 April 2008
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house
flag of "Società Anonima Austriaca di NaV. a Vap.
"Dalmatia"" (#266, p. 49), a company based in
Trieste (then in Austria-Hungary), as blue with a white
"D" in the middle.
"Società Anonima di Navigazione a Vapore Dalmatia" was
founded in 1908, with its seat in Trieste and port of call in
Zara (today Zadar), and Hungarian, Italian and German
as the languages of use. The emblem of the company, as
shown on a webpage
by Aldo Cherini, dedicated to the coastal navigation in Venezia
Giulia and Dalmatia, 1819-1875, shows a much more ornamented
"D" than on the Lloyd's image.
Ivan Sache, 11 April 2008
image by Jorge Candeias, 2 February 1999
image by Jarig Bakker, 5 January 2006
A black and light blue compass-card ornamented in the top with
what looks like a couple of joysticks (?) on a yellow field.
Jorge Candeias, 2 February 1999
D'Amico Società di Navigazione S.p.A. formed 1952 by 2 of the
brothers from Fratelli d'Amico. This flag is
shown as a logo on the company website and I have recorded it
from a paper ad in 1977. It, or a simpler variation, is also
shown as the emblem on the funnels but according to Brown (1958,
1982 and 1995) the flag is yellow with a narrow blue bend.
Neale Rosanoski, 11 April 2003
D'Amico Soc. di Navigazione S.p.A., Palermo - yellow flag,
blue hoistdiagonal stripe.
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of
the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995.
Jarig Bakker, 5 January 2006
image by Miles Li, 18 June
2016
Source: Colin Stewart, Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours [ste63]
Miles Li, 18 June 2016
image located by Jan Mertens,
6 April 2010
Delta Tour Navigazione Turistica (i.e. Delta Tour Tourist Shipping) is an
Italian inland shipping company established at Padua. Website, English version
(partially):
http://www.deltatour.it/index_eng.html
We learn that this firm has
been active in Veneto for more than twenty years now: besides the Venetian
Lagoon and its many islands this includes the Po Delta, Padua, and Mantua.
Mergers with ‘Navi Andes’ and ‘Silver Venice’ have made Delta Tour, it is said,
“the first Italian tourist shipping company for river navigation”.
Various boats (see ‘Our Fleet’, upper menu) the capacity of which ranges between
25 and 550 passengers are operated; special cases are an electric boat seating
70 and a former Dutch coal barge seating 25. As usual, various outings or
charters as well as many theme cruises are proposed, making the most of this
beautiful corner of Italy.
Shown as a drawing on the site, Delta Tour’s
house flag is a dark blue pennant bearing an upright white anchor accompanied by
yellow serif initials “D” (left) and “T” (right). If there are any photos
showing this pennant in the cloth, I sadly missed them.
Jan Mertens,
6 April 2010
image by Eugene Ipavec, 31 March 2008
Ditta Luigi Pittaluga Vapori of Genoa. Stewart's Flags &
Funnels of 1963 shows a red bend sinister charged with three
white stars on a blue flag.
David Prothero, 27 November 2006
At the 1940
Spanish source, there is house
flag for ‘Luigi Pittaluga’ (Genoa, Italy) as the
fourth one of the fourth complete row: blue field (lighter than
some others on the same page) with a red descending diagonal
bearing three white five-pointed stars placed in the direction of
the diagonal. (The diagonal reaches from corner to
corner.) Above, we mention a picture showing a similar
flag with an ascending diagonal (similar funnel
however).
We are also reminded of the house flag of Photogen Transport Co. Ltd (Fiume,
now Rijeka), an Austro-Hungarian company which existed 1896-1909,
the flag of which may have influenced that of Pittaluga which in
its turn exists, but does not yet fly a house flag, in 1912.
Lastly, our Unidentified Flags or Ensigns (2006) under “Three black stars” recounting
the possible Photogen/Pittaluga connection.
We know that the firm existed 1912-1963. In 1912 the company
already operated the ill-fated ‘Tripolitania' but an earlier
ship was the former British India Steam vessel ‘Jumna’
sold to them in 1907 to be scrapped as repoerted at <www.agenziabozzo.it>
and <www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk>.
Some tankers were acquired during the nineteen twenties (heritage
of Photogen business?) as reported at <www.aukevisser.nl>.
At the other end of the time scale, the Red Duster site (Prince
Line chapter) mentions the ‘Aquitania’ operated
1953-1965 and the ‘Transilvania’ sold in 1965 as well.
The page at </www.fondazioneansaldo.it>,
concerning the company archives (in Italian) mentions the growth
of Pittaluga in the nineteen thirties, the severe damages caused
by WWII, the reduction of activities and the winding up in the
second half of the nineteen sixties:
Jan Mertens, 30 March 2008
See also: Photogen Transport Co. Ltd - Rijeka (Croatia)
image by Jorge Candeias
The logo is a drawing like this flag.
Jorge Candeias, 30 Jan 1998
According to InfoMare the only company to fit the flag is
Eagle Containers co. of La-Spezia , Italy..
Dov Gutterman , 15 January 1999
image by Eugene Ipavec, 14 June 2009
Elbana di Navigazione (roughly "Elba shipping") is
an Italian tanker shipping company maintaining a modest website.
As explained on this page, the firm was founded by Alessandro
Freschi. Mr Freschi earlier ("around 1945") founded the
shipping agency named after him, using the same house flag:
`Freschi Alessandro & C.' (Piombino).
At first general bulk vessels – mainly carrying steel –
were operated but economic circumstances caused a change of
policy: since 1978 there has been a shift towards chemical
tankers.
Currently the fleet consists of six ships, five owned an one
time-chartered (details provided by website).
Shown as a tiny drawing, the house flag is red with narrow
horizontal edges; in the centre is made room for a white disk
(slightly encroaching upon the white stripes) bearing a large
blue initial ‘F’ (no serifs visible) for “Freschi”.
A larger item with black
holding lines may be seen here.
Also seen, non-waving, third on this page.
Jan Mertens, , 14 and 18 June 2009
image by Ivan Sache, 18 October 2003
Houseflag of EneRmaR Trasporti Isole Sarde (Genoa, Italy) is
based on <www.enermar.it>.
Dov Gutterman, 18 October 2003
Following document ‘Uomini e navi. La flotta petrolifera Eni in ottanta anni di storia’ (i.e. Men and Ships. The Eni tanker fleet, eighty years of history) by Francesco Di Nitto, 2008, recounts the shipping history of the Italian oil company ENI .
AGIP Flag
image by Eugene Ipavec
Pp. 12-14 describe the various funnels of precursor AGIP and
ENI whereas p. 15 presents a series of house flags the first of
which belongs to AGIP. This item, according to Di Nitto,
was used 1926-1953/57: blue pennant, its colour recalling Savoy,
bearing a narrow horizontal stripe in the national colours (green
uppermost) and over all the AGIP logo in black and white.
Said logo consists of the stylized company initials
“AGIP” in an oval.
AGIP, an Italian petroleum dealer, was founded in 1926 (Azienda
Generale Italiana Petroli i.e. General Italian Petroleum Co.) and
taken over by ENI in 1953. The era of the famous
six-legged dog was about to begin.
ENI - First Pennant
image by Eugene Ipavec
At p. 15 - Yellow pennant, narrowly bordered in red, bearing
the well-known ENI brand: a black six-legged dog oriented towards
the hoist but looking over its shoulder and belching a red flame
Company page (in English) dedicated to this brand here.
The outcome of a nation-wide competition, selected in September
1952, was the animal designed by Luigi Broggini (not by Giuseppe
Guzzi who however had a hand in finishing the drawing).
The creature’s head was turned to make it appear less
aggressive.
Why this odd animal, never commented upon by the artist?
“The interpretation given by the ENI press office in the
Fifties, just after the logo was created, sustained that the Dog
represented a car: four of the six legs represent the wheels,
while the other two are the driver's legs, almost as if to assert
that the car is the fastest possible means of transport thanks to
the profound symbiosis between machine and man. (...)
There are also interpretations based on local legends: In Lodi,
where AGIP discovered the first major natural gas field in
Western Europe in 1944 (Caviaga), many people were convinced that
the dog was chosen as AGIP's symbol because it represented a
monster reputed by locals to have lived in a prehistoric lake in
the Po Valley called Lake Gerundo. This monster was said to spit
flame; a symbol of the presence of the natural gas...”
In fact nobody really seems to know, only the public immediately
made the hoped-for link with oil and energy.
In the course of the years there would be some tinkering but no
fundamental change.
ENI (nowadays they write "Eni") company website
(English version; url followed by quote) "Eni is an
integrated energy company. Active in more than 70 countries, with
a staff of 76000 employees, in the oil and gas, electricity
generation and sale, petrochemicals, oilfield services
construction and engineering industries."
Founded in 1953 (so the dog preceded the firm) as "Ente
Nazionale Idrocarburi" i.e. National Hydrocarbons.
ENI - Second Pennant
image by Eugene Ipavec
At p. 15 - Yellow pennant bearing the black six-legged dog and red flame. Sole difference with previous version: the red border has been dropped.
ENI - Third Pennant
image by Eugene Ipavec
At p. 15 - White pennant with a yellow square bearing the
black six-legged dog and red flame. The brand is not so prominent
any more and there is less colour contrast. Used from the
1990’s onwards.
Jan Mertens, 30 April 2009
image by Ivan Sache, 16 March 2008
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house
flag of "Ernesto Ilardi & Figli" (#33, p. 38), a
company based in Catania (Sicily), as white with the blue letters
"E.I.&F'".
Ivan Sache, 16 March 2008
image by Jorge Candeias, 4 March 1999
White with a logo centered, consisting of a greyish blue
"E" to the left with the central bar crossing a green
globe-like device and ending in an arrow-point.
Jorge Candeias, 4 March 1999
Full name Euroceanica Investments B.V. and from their phone
number the company is Swiss being based Geneva They appear to be
more of an investment company rather than shipping being linked
with Rimorchiatori Riuniti S.p.A.
Neale Rosanoski, 11 April 2003
image by Jarig Bakker, 14 July 2004
"Fassio", Soc. di Nav., S.p.A., Genoa - from
Loughran (1979) - BWB proportoned (c.) 1:4:1, on white at the
hoist blue capital F.
See also: Villain & Fassio.
Jarig Bakker, 14 July 2004
image by Jarig Bakker, 1 September 2005
Fermar S.P.A. Ferchim S.R.L., Ravenna - green flag,
"F" between two corn-ears, all yellow.
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of
the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995.
Jarig Bakker, 1 September 2005
image by Jarig Bakker, 1 September 2005
Ferrovie dello Stato (Italian State Railways), Rome - blue
burgee, white "F.S."
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of
the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995.
Jarig Bakker, 1 September 2005
image by Jorge Candeias, 31 March 1999
A triangular flag with the tip cutted out (is there a specific
name for this shape?). White with a dark red cross and the black
initials "RR" in the first quarter.
Jorge Candeias, 31 March 1999
The "RR" on the flag presumably comes from the
Rimorchiatori Riuniti S.p.A. connection of which it is a
subsidiary, operating the offshore vessels and deep sea tugs of
the group, the full name being Finarge-Armamento Genovese S.r.l.
Genovese S.p.A. I have doubts about whether the pennant has a
square point. The company website image does look like it but as
it is small and also depicts a waving flying flag, a false
impression may have resulted.
Neale Rosanoski, 11 April 2003
image by Jarig Bakker, 11 July 2004
From <www.finbeta.com>:
"Finbeta S.p.a. is an Italian shipping company based in
Savona and controlled by the Bertani family which operates a
fleet of chemical parcel tankers".
The flag at this site is an
horizontal red-yellow-red-yellow-red flag charged with red logo
on white sqare.
Dov Gutterman, 4 November 2003
image by Jarig Bakker, 18 November 2005
Fratelli Baretta S.N.C., Brindisi - red flag, white diamond,
green intertwined "FB".
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of
the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995.
Jarig Bakker, 18 November 2005
image by Ivan Sache, 2 April 2008
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house
flag of "D. & E. Fratelli Bozzo" (#153, p. 44), a
company based in Genoa, as white with a red cross and a blue
border.
The white flag with the red cross is the traditional flag of Genoa.
Ivan Sache, 2 April 2008
image by Audun Haglo, 14 September 2006
The Fratelli d'Amato flag below is incorrect. Here is the
correct flag.
Audun Haglo, 14 September 2006
Fratelli d'Amato S.r.l., Naples - blue flag, white italic
"FD".
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of
the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995.
Jarig Bakker, 10 December 2005
Fratelli d'Amato. The flag submitted by Audio Haglo is possibly correct but
differs from the flag logo shown on the company website logo at
http://www.gratellidamato.com and
the letters on their funnels, where the arm of the "F" is shorter than the top
and the "D" is squared.
The image for d'Amato in Brown 1995 differs from
that shown in that the letters are shown slanted and have a different font but
both these are presumably incorrect going by the website logo and funnels. I am
not sure about the shade of blue though as whilst the website logo shows a dark
blue, a mid blue is used on the ship funnels and normally I would expect the two
to be the same. Website logo images are not always reliable in their colours.
Neale Rosanoski, 13 June 2011
image by Miles Li, 19 June 2016
From Scott, R.M.: The Caltex book of Flags and Funnels,
Capetown, Caltex Africa Ltd. (1959):
#190 Fratelli d'Amico, Rome - yellow flag charge with kind of
blue Maltese cross.
Jarig Bakker, 9 January 2005
It is: Or, a Maltese cross and a roundel at the center point,
azure.
Lewis A. Nowitz, 9 January 2005
Going by the company website (www.damicofratelli.it)
the core of the cross is white, not blue and most sources so
show.
Neale Rosanoski, 20 February 2005
image by Miles Li, 19 June 2016
Fratelli d'Amico Armatori S.p.A., Napoli - yellow flag, blue
Maltese cross, with in center white disk.
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of
the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995.
Jarig Bakker, 20 February 2006
See also: D'Amico
image by Jarig Bakker, 1 September 2005
Fratelli Neri S.a.S., Livorno - burgee of three vertical
stripes black-white-black; on white black "FN".
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of
the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995.
Jarig Bakker, 1 September 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec, 7 January 2011
Tugowners Fratelli Neri of Livorno aka Leghorn, Italy, are represented here
by a pennant which is surely canting as “nero” means “black” in Italian.
Although the current Neri Group also uses a black-and-white pennant as a house
flag, the stripes run horizontally not vertically and the central white stripe
is left bare.
Website, English version of this firm employing about 300
people and operating 30 vessels or more:
http://www.nerigroup.net/index.php?lang=en&s=6:
“Neri provides marine
solutions in the field of harbour towage services and related maritime services,
towage services to offshore and onshore terminals, salvage and wreck removal,
environmental protection, chartering, barge rental and transport, coastal and
river towage, heavy lifting and marine support to a variety of civil and
offshore projects, storage and handling facilities of chemical products.”
Founded in 1905, family-owned Neri started out providing services to coal
ships such as unloading and trans-shipment, then expanded into salvage and
towing (see ‘History’ section under ‘Company’, top menu, for some examples of
extremely tough conditions back then). As a side activity, Neri built the
Roman fleet used in an older ‘Ben Hur’ film (1926). Extensive damages during
WWII forced the family to re-start from scratch. A number of spectacular jobs
are described.
‘The Fleet’ (upper menu) presents the various tugs and
barges, the supply vessel, and the floating crane. See also ‘Video’ for a number
of interesting filmlets!
http://www.schottel.de/global_pages/picpop.php?pic=B1154082798.jpg
Jan Mertens, 5 January 2011
image by Ivan Sache, 14 January 2004/p>
Following the link found by Joe Mc Millan - The Mystic Seaport
Foundation <www.mysticseaport.org>,
we can reach the 1911 Lloyd's flagbook, whose full title is
(after the scan of the cover): 'Lloyd's book of house flags and
funnels of the principal steamship lines of the world and the
house flags of various lines of sailing vessels', published at
Lloyd's Royal Exchange. London. E.C.
The house flags of sailing vessels are shown on pages 133 to 136.
On p. 133 we have:
#2031. Fratelli A.A.G. (or O?) Semides, Genoa. The flag is blue
with the letters F S (white).
Ivan Sache, 14 January 2004
Title is Fratelli A. & G. Semidei, "Fratelli"
translating as "Brothers".
Neale Rosanoski, 24 March 2004
image by Jarig Bakker, 24 January 2005
F.S. Ciampa & Figli, Piano di Sorrento - blue flag, white
"C".
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign
Steamship Companies, compiled by F.J.N. Wedge, Glasgow, 1926 [wed26].
Jarig Bakker, 24 January 2005
