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image by Fred Smith, 18 January 2011
The flag of Yates-Porterfield who did shipping in the mid to late 1800s is
shown on the ship in the attached photo. It was a red flag with 2 white circles
one with a Y and the other with a P. They operated out of NYC and did a lot of
shipping to Liberia. The owners were Joseph W. Yates and Capt Robert
Porterfield.
Fred Smith, 18 January 2011
Zapata Gulf Marine Corp., Houston, TX. - white burgee; red outlined
compass-rose; "Z"-shaped blue block.
Source:
Loughran (1995)
Jarig Bakker, 22 October 2005
A. Zarega & Co., New York (1840s-50s) <us~zareg.gif>(Source:
PSMNY)
Zarega & Co. ran several lines in the late 1840s and early 1850s, both
trans-Atlantic and coastwise. Its ships are easily recognizable by their cryptic
names, like A.Z. and I.Z. The Red Z Line, whose flag was a blue-white-red
vertical tricolor with a red Z on the center, operated immigrant ships from
Glasgow to New York from 1848 until the late 1850s. Another line, called simply
the Z Line, operated immigrant ships from Antwerp to New York, 1847-1851. The
company's Regular Line ran between New York and New Orleans.
Joe McMillan, 4 December 2001