May 4, 2020 · Reedereiflaggen (House Flags) at Josef Nüsse’s Ships & Flags website. The site is a very good source since it shows pictures of real flags. The website disclaimer says that most …

THE YEARS HAVE NOT CONDEMNED many of the famous old British house flags worn in the days of sail or steam and sail, and they fly from the masts of modern ships. The illustration …

May 6, 2023 · Some useful sources of information on US houseflags are: Other printed sources include extensive reliance on the shipping line advertisements, china, stationery, playing …

Feb 7, 2025 · Merchant ships often fly a flag identifying which company owns the vessel. This was formerly flown from the mainmast but is now usually flown from the jackstaff. Note! Not every …

Lloyd’s Book of House Flags and Funnels 1912 ... Catalog of art, objects, photography and ships plans; Manuscript Collections; Ships Plans Collections; Chart Inventory; Discover Rosenfeld; …

House flags, also known as company flags or private signals, indicate the owner or operator of a merchant vessel. Before the days of radio, the sighting of the house flag at the foremast of a …

Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of the World Steamship Co., Ltd. (G.T. Symons & Co.) (#467, p. 59), a London-based company, as blue, charged in …

Jun 10, 2014 · This handbook of maritime flags and national ensigns includes colour drawings of many of the shipping company's house flags and funnels.

Feb 14, 2016 · Media in category "House flags (shipping)" The following 200 files are in this category, out of 210 total. (previous page)

A house flag is a distinctive flag or pennant flown by a ship to indicate the vessel's owner or operator. It is usually flown from the main mast, and it can be used to identify the ship's …