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Danish Shipping Companies (D)

28:37, image by Željko Heimer and and António Martins-Tuválkin
Danish merchant ensign

Dan Chem Tankers
Danena A/S
Dampkibs "Dania"
Dania Chartering ApS
Otto Danielsen Rederiet
"Danmark" Dampskibs Selskab
Dannebrog Line
Dansk Cement Central A/S
A/S Dansk-Finsk Dampskibsselskab
Det Dansk-Franske A/S D/S
A/S Det Dansk-Norske Dampskibsselskab
Det Dansk-Russiske Dampskibsselskab
Det Danske Kulkompagni A/S (DDK)
Danske Statsbaner (Danish State Railway)
A/S De Danske Sukkerfabrikker
A/S Deep Sea Shipping
De Forenede Kulimportører Handels-Selskab A/S
Partrederi for M/S Delta
J.F. Dessauer
Dampskibsselskabet Draco A/S

Other "D" companies:

DFDS - Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab

See also:

Dan Chem Tankers

image by Jarig Bakker, 29 Nov 2005

The company is based in Nykøbing. The flag is red with blue initials "DCT".
Source: Loughran (1995)
Jarig Bakker, 29 Nov 2005

Danena A/S

image by Ivan Sache, 27 Nov 2003
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2025

The company is based in Aarhus. It is a shipping and ship-owning company specializsd in dredging in the Baltic, North Sea and Danish waters. The swallow-tailed pennat (see left image above) and the triangular pennant (see right image above) are red with two thin white stripes near the top and the bottom of the flag and a white "N" in the middle.
Source: company webbsite
Dov Gutterman, 17 Oct 2003 and Ivan Sache, 27 Nov 2003

The "N" probably refers to Ejnar Nygaard, who up to the end of the 1980s was shown by Lloyds as the manager at the same address as they still use.
Neale Rosanoski, 11 Sep 2004

In 1953 the company was still based in Risskov.
Source: Danmarks Skibsliste 1953, p.263, rnr.136
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2025

Dania Chartering ApS

image by Ivan Sache, 15 Sep 2002

The company is based in København. Orange flag with a black equilateral triangle in the middle.
Source: Joseph Nüsse website
Ivan Sache, 15 Sep 2002

Otto Danielsen Rederiet

image by Ivan Sache, 27 Nov 2003
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2025

The company was founded in Virum by Otto Danielsen in 1944. It operates 10-12 dry cargo ships. Flag (see left image above) and pennant (see right image above) green with white letters "OD".
Sources: company website and Danmarks Skibsliste 1953, p.268, rnr.223
Ivan Sache, 27 Nov 2003

"Danmark" Dampskibs Selskab

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2025

The company was based in København. The flag was red with a centred white annulet.
Source: Flaggenbuch 1905, part V, group 3, image 561
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2025

Dannebrog Line

image by Jorge Candeias, 4 December 2005

The corporate newsletter of Dannebrog Lines: http://w3t.org/?c=dannebrog. shows the logos of both Dannebrog and Weco lines (both parts of Nordana Line). The Dannebrog logo is a swallowtailed Dannebrog on a blue rectangle. I guess a Danish company called Dannebrog had to use some adaptation of the national flag as their logo.
Dean McGee, 3 December 2005

Dansk Cement Central A/S

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 May 2025

The company was based in København. The flag was red with a centred white annulet. The flag was blue on centre white disc an isosceles voided blue triangle with blue inscription "DANSK" (hoist) "CEMENT" (fly) "CENTRAL" (bottom) parted in each corner by a blue 5-point star.
Source: US Navy 1961, p.3-18/row 4/column 3
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 May 2025

Det Dansk-Franske A/S D/S

image by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000
image by Michael Wilson, 27 Apr 2004
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2008

The flag was a pennant version of the flag of France with a pennant version of the flag of Denmark in the canton (see left image above).
Source: Stewart and Styring´s Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963 image 506 Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

The white band should bear "D-F" with the "D" and the dash being blue and the "F" red (see central image above). The company was formed in 1902 and declared bankrupt in 1979. According to Talbot-Booth up until 1938 it was operated by A.N. Petersen (and he shows it under this name), being joined in 1938 by E. Hahn-Petersen. Post WW2 only the latter is shown by Lloyds as being the operator and some flag sources also show this name with Lloyds deleting the reference at the beginning of the 1970s. Flag sources prior to WW2 show a different version with the red canton being normal style with sources varying as to whether the white cross fess point was centred or placed nearer the hoist in Scandinavian style.
Neale Rosanoski, 27 Apr 2004

Det Dansk-Franske Dampskibsselskab was located in Esbjerg and used a triangular pennant. The colours are the same like on the French flag. Within the white stripe is a serifed inscription D-(blue) F (red) (see image above). There is a red canton with a white centred cross.
Source: Lloyds Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) p. 105, image no. 1439.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2008

A/S Det Dansk-Norske Dampskibsselskab

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Tomislav Todorović, 21 June 2025

The company was based in København. The flag was green with white lozenge with green initial "R" therein.
Source: Danmarks Skibsliste 1953, p.258, rnr.40
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2025

Det Dansk-Russiske Dampskibsselskab

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Tomislav Todorović, 22 June 2025
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Tomislav Todorović, 22 June 2025

The company was based in København. It was established in 1893 and dissolved in 1920 and sold to DFDS. It operated in the Baltic. The flag was red with a white cross patty centred (see left image above) or sometimes shifted to the hoist (see right image above), the centre of the cross superimposed by a dark blue square.
Sources: RMGC collections and "Officiel Fortegnelse over Danske Krigs- og Handelsskine", 17th edition, Copenhagen 1905", p.49
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2025

Det Danske Kulkompagni A/S (DDK)

image by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

The flag is horizontally divided by seven stripes alternating of blue and white charged with a black inscription "DDK".
Source: Stewart and Styring´s Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963 image 223
Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

Danske Statsbaner (Danish State Railway)

image by Jarig Bakker, 21 Oct 2005
Source: Loughran (1995)

The company is based in København. The flag was white withstanding crowned anchor, interrupted by a space charged with "DSB", all blue.
Jarig Bakker, 21 Oct 2005

A/S De Danske Sukkerfabrikker

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2025

The company was based in København. The flag was red with three white vertical bars ending in half circles at top and bottom. The bars divided the flag into seven parts of equal width. The well known logo with the crystals was introduced later in 1972.
The company was established 1872 in Copenhagen It had been the biggest Danish sugar mill. It produced sugar based on sugar beets from Lolland, Falster, Møn and Funen. The company merged with Danisco (producer of organic food) and De Danske Spritfabrikker (producer of spirits, liqueurs and yeast) in 1989. It then continued as Danisco Sugar Sector until 2011, when it was acquired by German Nordzucker Group (seat: Braunschweig (English: Brunswick)) and renamed Nordic Sugar.
Sources: Danmarks Skibsliste 1953 p.260, rnr.67, English WIKIPEDIA and image D78 from the Neale Rosanoski files
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2025

A/S Deep Sea Shipping

image by Ivan Sache, 15 Sep 2002
The company is based in København. Yellow flag with a thin blue stripe in the middle and "D.S.S." in blue in canton.
Ivan Sache, 15 Sep 2002

De Forenede Kulimportører Handels-Selskab A/S (D.F.K.)
image by Phil Nelson, Klaus-Michael Schneider, and Tomislav Todorović 21 June 2025
The company is based in København and also known as A/S Dampskibsselskabet D. F. K.. The flag was red with a white lozenge on centre charged with black initials "DFK".
Sources: Stewart and Styring´s Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963 image 391 and Danmarks Skibsliste 1953, p.p.260 rnr.65
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2025

Partrederi for M/S Delta
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2025
The company was based in København. The swallowtail pennant was horizontally divided of yellow-blue-yellow. The blue stripe was broader and had an orange inscription "K&L".
Source: Danmarks Skibsliste 1953, p.265, rnr.166
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2025

J.F. Dessauer
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 June 2025
The company was based in København. The flag was white with a white initial "D" in a blue disc.
Source: Danmarks Skibsliste 1905, p.90
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 June 2025

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