House Flags of German Shipping Companies (st)

Deutsche Reedereiflaggen (st)

Last modified: 2019-08-18 by klaus-michael schneider
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• ST Speicherei-Transport
• Stange & Dreier
• Stader Dampfer
• Jürgen Stahmer
• Louis Stechmann
• Jürgen Hinrich Steffen
• R. Stein
• Wilhelm Stellfeld
• J. Herbert Steltzer
• Stenzel & Rolke
• Stetra
• Stettiner Hafenbetriebsgesellschaft
• Stettiner Kohlen- und Schiffahrts Kontor
• Stettiner Oel Kontor, K. Mattern
• Stettin Wollin Cammin Dievenower Dampfschiffahrts GmbH
• Innes Stevenson (Hedwigshütte Anthracit Kohlen und Kokswerke)
• Stier GmbH
• W. von Stisser
• Bruno Stolz
• Storrer & Scott
• Ad Strantzen
• Matthias Struve
• Stühff Lübecker Barkassenfahrt
• D. Stürcken
• Stüwe & Co.
• Karl W. E. Sturm
• Martin Stutz

• Stern Linie
• Hugo Stinnes

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ST Speicherei-Transport

Speicher in German means, among other things, "warehouse" so this firm's name is easy to understand "Warehousing and Transport". Company website, showing the striking house flag.
As explained in the introduction, ST was founded in 1998 by business partners H. Weiss and M. Lensing, well experienced in inland navigation. Private bargemen, under contract or not, are responsible for the actual shipping.  Business seat is Duisburg.
Typical bulk goods are transporte, we know them well by now: sand, gravel, wheat, coal, ore, etc.  Then, other loads are accepted such as heavy machinery, steel, various constructions. ST notes that gas or mineral oils are not shipped.  The firm does organize road transport to and from waterways.
The Schiffsraum section presents a number of barges (photos are clickable - still rather tiny) some of which show the house flag such as the ANTIDA or the PAUL DELVAUX.
The flag is: Divided per saltire with upper and lower parts yellow, and hoist and fly parts black, the flag has a yellow diamond in the centre (rendered visible thanks to black holding lines) bearing black serifless initials "ST" The diamond's horizontal axis is longer than the vertical one.
Jan Mertens, 16 June 2006

Reederei Stange & Dreier

The company was based in Altdamm, later a borough of Stettin. The flag was a horizontal red-blue-red triband. The celestial blue stripe was charged with a white inscription "St & D".
Source: Massary 1928, series 1, image no.225
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Aug 2019

Stader Dampfer

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2012

image by Jorge Candeias, 2 May 2004

It is a blue flag with a white, sinister bendy key bearded downwards. The flag shows the lesser arms of the city of Stade with the key in different position.
Sources: Gratis Beilage zu Deicken und Behrmann's Neuen Monatsheften Neue Ausgabe Sommer 1897 and "Von Hamburg nach Cuxhaven und Helgoland", Cuxhaven 1912
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2012 and Jorge Candeias, 2 May 2004

Reederei Jürgen Stahmer

The company is located in Jork (Stade county). In the centre of the white flag is a logo a red initial "S" fimbriated blue clung to a blue upright anchor ("J" is part of the anchor). A probable variant is blue with a somewhat schematic white key, upright.
Source: Verband Deutscher Reeder homepage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 July 2012

Louis Stechmann

It was a green flag. In the centre was a white upright anchor with rope flanked by white initials "L" (hoist) and "S" (fly).
Source: Flaggenkarte, Hrsg.: H. Carly, Hamburg, c.1898
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Jun 2012

Jürgen Hinrich Steffen

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Aug 2019

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Aug 2019

Ewerführerei und Schleppbetrieb J.H.Steffen, i.e. tug skippers and tugboat shipping, a company based in Hamburg. The company used a pennant with three stripes, black over white over red and converging in fly. (photo (see right iamge above) shows historic tugboat TIGER, now property of the local Museum Ships Harbour.
Source: Schnall funnel chart 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Aug 2019

R. Stein

The company was located in Hamburg. It is a white over red horizontal bicolour with a black capital "S" superimposed in the centre.
Source: "Flaggen, Schornsteine, Reedereien- Flaggen und Schornsteine der deutschen Reedereien und ihre Schiffe über 300 BRT"; Hamburg 1957; p.F27
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2009

Wilhelm Stellfeld

Ewerfüürerei Wilhelm Stellfeld, i.e. tug skippers, a company based in Hamburg. The flag was blue with a thin white bordure at three sides, except hoist, in centre a white lozenge with a red inscription "St".
Source: Schnall funnel chart 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Aug 2019

J. Herbert Steltzer

Schutenvermietung J. Herbert Steltzer, i.e. barge rental, a company based in Hamburg. The flag was green with horizontal yellow edges. In centre was a white disc with red bordure and a black inscription "H St".
Source: Schnall funnel chart 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Aug 2019

Stenzel & Rolke

One of Jorge's unknown house flags, see his messages of 4 December 2004 in this regard.  Quote: "The flag is white with 7 black stars, apparently 5-pointed, arranged vertically 2-3-2."
Now, found by coincidence, a Beste Auktion link to a picture showing this flag (auction will end, it seems, 22 June!).
Identified as Albert Stenzel & Rolke, Stettin, and showing the black stars somewhat bigger.  This picture belongs to a flag album published by the German cigarette factory Massary, Berlin, 1930, "Flaggen ,die über Meere Völker verbinden".  Measures 6,3 cm x 3,8 cm.
Jan Mertens, 21 June 2006

Stetra GmbH

A Stetra GmbH flagoid can be seen on several obsolete pages of the Dutch Vlootschouw site, presenting inland navigation suppliers together with vessels, e.g. the one concerning the tanker SOPHIA: a white wedge with the point on the hoist and opening up towards the fly is placed on a turquoise field; on the wedge is the red name "STETRA" in stylized form, the most conspicuous element being the "T" lengthened to the right so as to take the remaining letters under its wing.

It is a real flag, there is a minimal web presence. - enough to inform us that it is active in tanker transport and established at Ludwigshafen-Oppau; other sources the many company lookup sites - inform us that the complete name is STETRA Gesellschaft für Schiffstransporte mbH meaning "company for transportation by ship".
Ludwigshafen is the inland port on the left Rhine bank, opposite Mannheim (itself just south of the place where the Neckar joins the Rhine). Vlootschouw site
Jan Mertens, 11 June 2006

Stettiner Hafenbetriebsgesellschaft

The company was based in Stettin. The flag had six alternating horizontal stripes of red and blue, the red ones being slightly broader. In the blue canton was a red griffin's head crowned Or, a differentiation from the arms of Pomerania.
Source: Massary 1928, series 1, image no.307
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Aug 2019

Stettiner Kohlen- und Schiffahrts Kontor

The company was based in Stettin. The flag was blue with a centred, white disc, charged with a black anchor, representing shipping, superimposed by small black hammer and mallet, representing mining or coal, flanked by red inscriptions "S"" (above left) "Sch" (beneath left) "K" (above and beneath right).
Source: Massary 1928, series 1, image no.196
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Aug 2019

Stettiner Oel Kontor, K. Mattern

The company was located in Hamburg-Blankenese. It is a red pennant with a white disc, containing black capitals "SOK". From each corner black lines, fimbriated white, are running towards the disc.
Source: "Deutsche Reedereien und ihre Erkennungszeichen"; 2nd ed.; Hamburg; 1956; p.39.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2009

Stettin Wollin Cammin Dievenower Dampfschiffahrts GmbH

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Aug 2019

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Aug 2019

The company was based in Cammin and ran a passenger service with four vessels, connecting Stettin with Wollin Island and Kammin. The flag version 1905 (see left image above) was a blue-white-blue horizontal triband, the white stripe was charged with a white griffin fimbriated red, in the blue stripes were the names of the four cities in white letters ordered per saltire. The flag version, reported in 1928 and 1933 (see right image above), was a blue-white-blue horizontal triband. The shade is celestial blue. The top stripe is charged with black inscriptions "St." (hoist) "W." (fly), the bottom stripe with black inscriptions "G." (hoist) and "B." (fly). In centre of the white stripe is a winged red lion passant. The colours blue and white are those of Pomerania.
Source: Flaggenbuch 1905, part V, p.15, image no.252, Massary 1928, series 1, image no.283 and Lloyd 1933, p.17, image no.114
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Aug 2019

Innes Stevenson (Hedwigshütte Anthracit Kohlen und Kokswerke)

The company was located in Stettin. It was a blue flag with a white diamond in its centre. In the diamond are a crossed black hammer and black mallet, the symbol of mining.
Sources: [llo12] p.119, image no.1731 and Massary 1928, series 1, image no.320
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Sep 2008

Stier GmbH

Attached a picture of the table flag I mentioned earlier today - having found a photo, however tiny
Source: German eBay offer no. 150446658434 (end 29 May 2010) put up by sloman-fahrer- I had to manhandle the image, best seen when upside-down and mirrored compared to the item as hoisted.
Jan Mertens, 1 June 2010

In any case the diamond's points do not touch the flag's edges.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 Aug 2010

W. von Stisser

The company was based in Bremen and used a swallow tail pennant, vertically divided of yellow and blue.
Source: Flaggenbuch 1905, part V, p.20, image no.532
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 July 2019

Bruno Stolz

This company used a red flag with a white black edged diamond touching the edges of flag with  black dotted  letters "B.St.".
Source: Jürgen Meyer: "Hamburger Segelschiffe von 1795-1945"; ISBN 3-89225-400-1; Hamburg 1999; inside cover
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Mar 2007

Storrer & Scott

The company was based in Kö nigsberg. The flag was white with green lozenge in centre, charged with a white centred inscription "S&S"(1st line) "K" (2nd line).
Source: Flaggenbuch 1905, part V, p.12, image no.57
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 July 2019

Ad Strantzen

The company used a white flag with a blue stripe on either edge. The stripe at the fly end edge is according to source of greater width, although I don't believe so. In the middle is a orangy wheel with six red spokes and a red nave piercing a blue "S".
Sources:
1) Jürgen Meyer: "Hamburger Segelschiffe von 1795-1945"; ISBN 3-89225-400-1; Hamburg 1999; inside cover.
2) Otto Mathies: "Hamburgs Reederei 1814 - 1914", Hamburg 1924, p.193
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Mar 2007

Business as usual: clear flag with caption Ad. Strantzen. The flag is white with a blue border all around, containing in the center a yellow ring and with a blue S inside the ring.
Jorge Candeias, 1 Jan 2005 and Jan Mertens, 20 Dec 2006

Matthias Struve

The flag is blue with a yellow lozenge that touches its edges. In the center, the initials now black and read "STv". The company existed at least during the years 1905-1916 and was based in Blankenese.
Source: Flaggenbuch 1905, part V, p.22, image no.623
Jorge Candeias, 9 Jan 2005 and Jan Mertens, 10 Jan 2005

Stühff Lübecker Barkassenfahrt

Stühff Lübecker Barkassenfahrt or Stühff Harbour Outings at Lübeck (N. of Germany) operates two motor boats, a former Senate launch and a towage and personnel transport vessel
For further information click: here
Besides traditional one hour discovery tours special offers include private charters, local trips on rivers or canals, etc. The company is owned and led by Mr. Adolf Stühff, a former coaster captain and inland shipper.
The logo seen on the introductory page is a black steering wheel with eight spokes and a broad yellow ring bearing black words "STüHFF" (top) and "BARKASSEN" (bottom) separated by black dots. It can be seen, placed on yellow flags, on this page (first photo of first row): here
image by Jan Mertens, 26 Aug 2009
The picture is rather small yet I do not think there are any additional words on the flags. Also I did not yet find any picture showing a company flag or pennant on the launches.
Jan Mertens, 26 Aug 2009

I spotted this variant with logo in a white disc on 20 Dec 2011 in Lübeck at the Obertrave.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2012

D. Stürcken

The company was based in Nordenham. The flag was red with a white serifed initial "S".
Source: Flaggenbuch 1905, part V, p.18, image no.418
Klaus-Michael Schneider,

Stüwe & Co.

Stüwe & Co. Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG - White with narrow dark blue horizontal stripes along the top and bottom and a lozengy logo centered. The logo consists of a light blue square lozenge and triangles in dark blue, white, dark blue, light blue (top row) and in reverse order (bottom row). In the lozenge, a graphical element in dark blue and white creates the interconnected letters "S" and "L".
Jorge Candeias, 12 Mar 1999

Karl W. E. Sturm

The company was based in Hamburg. The flag was white, parted by a black, off-centred cross, cotised black-white. Its intersection point is superimposed by a red disc, charged with a black initial "S".
Source: Massary 1928, series 1, image no.94
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Aug 2019

Martin Stutz

The company was based in Brake (a town between Bremen and Bremerhaven); blue over red flag; intertwined "MS" in white.
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 16 Oct 2005

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