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That same flag was found on the ‘Vlootschouw’
pages, in real life – rectangular flag on photo of the ‘MVS Antigoon’ –
and as a drawing, but now in pennant shape. It was identified as
the house flag of Oranje Verzekeringen. Website
of this company with offices in Groningen and Zwijndrecht:
In 1905, six Dutch shippers wanted to extend their area of operations
to Denmark. Because normal insurance premiums were excessively high,
they decided to found a mutual insurance company with the patriotic name,
Oranje. After some years, the definitive name ‘Oranje Onderlinge Verzekering
van Schepen’ (Orange Mutual Ships’ Insurance) was introduced.
Still going strong, Oranje is a premier inland navigation insurance company expanding into the pleasure craft and charter fleet market. This includes the well-known Dutch houseboats! (Traditional insurance contracts are offered as well.)
The company site shows on its logo a long pennant. (This version
does not show the green stripe slightly smaller than the orange ones, as
seems to be the case
with the flag.)
Jan Mertens, 13 May 2006
Per 1 July 2014, Oranje verzekeringen merged with Efm verzekeringen to
form the new ships insurance company EOC verzekeringen.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 19 Aug 2014
Following Jan Mertens' report about a flag on Ebay I have sighted the
flag of that insurance company several times on ships in the Kostverlorenvaart
near my home in Amsterdam. Today I saw it once more on a touring ship for
elderly people, the "Vita-Pugna" based in Gennep in north Limburg. On the
stem the ship had a small pennant, nearly identical to the flag of Oranje
Verzekeringen, except that the green stripe was tapering, and the "O" a
bit rectangular.
Jarig Bakker, 23 May 2006