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image by Ivan Sache, 28 April 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of Abbey
Steam Fishing Co., Ltd. (#921, p. 80), a Grimsby-based company, as red with a
white shield charged with a red cross.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/45/
Ivan Sache, 28 April 2021
Based on an illustration by Sampson (1957)
James Dignan, 8 October 2003
I have also a flag with the star pointing upwards.
Jarig Bakker, 8 October 2003
Brown's Flags and Funnels (1940):
Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line, ltd. (Geo. Thompson & Co., Ltd.), London
Funnel: Yellow.
Flag: Red over blue, a white six-pointed star pointing flywise. The star may be
intended as having a spanning circle half the height of the flag.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 18 October 2003
"Flags and Funnels of the British and Commonwealth
Merchant Fleets" shows a five-pointed star.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 June 2006
from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963
Aberdeen Coal & Shipping Co. Ltd. originated 1902 as the Aberdeen Coal Co. Ltd.
changing its name as noted by Brown 1926 but continuing to show the original
flag, which had the red letters "A.C.C." on the central stripe, apparently to
post WW2 with Brown 1951 still showing this version and
Stewart & Styring (1963) being
the first to show the new flag.
Neale Rosanoski, 9 February 2004
image by Ivan Sache, 27 April 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of Aberdeen
Coal Co., Ltd. (#854, p. 77) as horizontally divided red-white-red, charged in
the center with the red letters "A.C.C.".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/42/
Ivan Sache, 27 April 2021
image by Ivan Sache, 30 April 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of Aberdeen
Leith & Moray Firth Steam Shipping Co., Ltd. (#1430, p. 105), a company
established in 1881, as composed of two flags, a rectangular red flag with a
white saltire, surmounted by a triangular elongated flag, blue with a red
saltire at hoist and a vertical red stripe at fly.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#70
Ivan Sache, 30 April 2021
image by Ivan Sache, 27 April 2021
The Aberdeen Lime Company was established in 1837, with company vessels
generally carrying coal, lime and manure. Sailing vessels, such as Smithfield,
also transported granite setts to London. These, covered with heather and wood
chips, provided a floor for cattle also being shipped to London markets.
http://www.aberdeenships.com/single.asp?index=99522
Aberdeen Built ships
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of the
Aberdeen Lime Company (#824, p. 76) as blue with a red border and the white
letters "ALC".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/41/
Ivan Sache, 27 April 2021
Aberdeen Line, between London and Australia via South Africa, is managed by
the owners, Messrs. George Thompson & Co. (founded at Aberdeen, Am), who have
long occupied a prominent position in the Australian cargo and passenger trades,
due to the "runs" of their noted clippers to Melbourne and to Sydney, the
general high standard of their fleet, and its exceptional immunity from loss
over more than half a century.
Their SS "Aberdeen", built in 1881 was the
earliest ocean steamer to demonstrate the superior merits of triple-expansion
engines decisively.
The total tonnage only includes now one sailing
vessel, 2,093 tons, but the reputation of the line is well sustained by modern
steam favorites bearing such time-honored names of former "fliers" as
"Miltiades", "Moravian", and "Salamis". Two twin-screw steamers, "Miltiades",
6,793 tons, and "Marathon", 6,772 tons, each 15 knots, have been recently added.
The maiden voyage of the "Miltiades" from London to Melbourne, took 35 days, her
time from Plymouth being a record passage of 34 days steaming.
Fleet, 10
vessels; 44,236 tons.
Whitaker Almanack, 1906
https://www.gjenvick.com/OceanTravel/SteamshipLines/AberdeenLine.html
GG
Archives
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the same
house flag for the Aberdeen Line (Geo. Thompson & Co., Ltd.)(#1212, p. 94).
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#59
Ivan Sache, 29 April 2021
image by Ivan Sache, 29 April 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of Aberdeen
Line to Natal, &C. (Thos. & Jos. Harrison) (#1213, p. 94) as blue, charged in
the center with an eight-pointed star inscribing a red disc.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#59
Ivan Sache, 29 April 2021
image by Ivan Sache, 12 March 2008
Lloyds Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912)
shows the house flag of "Aberdeen, Newcastle & Hull Steam Co., Ltd." (#141, p.
43), a company based in Aberdeen (Scotland), as blue with a white saltire.
Ivan Sache, 12 March 2008
image by Ivan Sache, 29 April 2021
The house flag of the Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company, blue-white-blue
vertical triband. The company's operations included services between Aberdeen
and the Aberdeen Wharf in Limehouse for over a century.
Jan Mertens, 7 February 2005
Aberdeen Steam Navigation Co. operated passenger and cargo services between
Aberdeen and London from 1821. The company originally operated sailing ships
under the name of Aberdeen & London New Shipping Co., but the word New was
dropped after a few years. In 1827 the first steamship was introduced and traded
under the name Aberdeen & London S.N. Co. In 1835 the Aberdeen and London S.N.
Co. combined with the Aberdeen & London Shipping Co. to form the Aberdeen S.N.
Co.
In 1837 a service to Sunderland was introduced and in 1838 the Aberdeen &
Hull Shipping Co. was taken over. By 1854 the service to Hull had been
discontinued.
Sailings continued until 1945 except for wartime disruptions,
but in 1945 the company was taken over by the Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Co.,
Newcastle, part of the Coast Lines group. Passenger services were resumed after
the end of World War II but only lasted until 1948 when they finally ceased.
Competition from road and rail traffic spelled the end of the cargo trade
between Aberdeen and London which finished in 1962 and the company ceased to
exist.
https://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/aberdeensnc.shtml
The ShipsList
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the same house flag
(#1206, p.94).
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#59
Ivan Sache, 29 April 2021
image by Ivan Sache, 26 April 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of
Aberdeen Steam Trawling and Fishing Co., Ltd. (#634, p. 67) as vertically
divided red-white-blue with a black deer's head surmounted by the black letters
"A.S.T.F.C°.LTD.".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/32/
A
drawing of the flag, dated 1901, is kept at the Aberdeen Archives, Gallery &
Museums.
https://emuseum.aberdeencity.gov.uk/objects/10683/house-flag-of-the-aberdeen-steam-trawling-and-fishing-co-lt
Ivan
Sache, 26 April 2021
image by Ivan Sache, 1 May 2021
The copartnership of Abram, Addie & Cousin, ship owners and ship brokers, was
dissolved of mutual consent, by the retiral of Robert Cousin, on 1 March 1913.
The company was succeeded by Abram & Addie, while the third partner established
Robert Cousin & Co. as a ship and insurance broker (The Edinburgh Gazette, 8
April 1913).
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the
house flag of Abram, Addie & Cousin (#1522, p. 109), a Glasgow-based fishing
company, as diagonally divided (per bend) blue-white, a counter-colored stripe
along the ascending diagonal.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#74
Ivan Sache, 1 May 2021
image by Ivan Sache, 29 April 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of J.C. Adam
(Morpeth Steamship Co., Ltd.) (#1167, p. 92), a Newcastle-based company, as
white with a red "M" in the center.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#57
Ivan Sache, 29 April 2021
image by Ivan Sache, 8 April 2008
Lloyds Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912)
shows the house flag of "Adam Steamship Co., Ltd." (Aberdeen), also "Adam Bros.
Ltd." (Aberdeen & Newcastle-on-Tyne) (#192, p. 46), as red with a white cross
crosslet.
Ivan Sache, 8 April 2008
Thomas Adam (1842-1919) was the Head of Adams Brothers Ltd, coal and shipping
agents, Aberdeen, Newcastle & London, and Managing Director of the Adam
Steamship Company.
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/158118603/thomas-adam
Find A Grave
Ivan Sache, 22 April 2021
Based on Sampson (1957)
James Dignan, 10 October 2003
Formed in 1875. Merged with Gulf Steamship Company in 1882. The company has been
reorganized from liquidation in 1900 and 1920. The company stopped operating as
a maritime entity in 1977 changing its name to Residual Assco Group Ltd. The
Marine division became Adsteam Marine Ltd. Australia.
Phil Nelson, 10 October 2003
image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 22 March 2011
The Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd.: Sources generally indicate a larger star.
According to Loughran (1979) the flag
originated from the "X" international signal flag with the addition of the star.
The change of name given as 1977 (possibly confusion here with a proposed merger
with Howard Smith which the Trade Practices Tribunal refused to sanction)
was actually 1997 and the shipping interests handled by Adsteam Marine were
mainly tugs, mostly in joint ventures with Howard Smith Ltd. who were the
operators. The Adsteam shareholding was immediately put on the market by
Adelaide Steam and oversubscribed.
Neale Rosanoski, 9 February 2004
image by Jarig Bakker, 17 Jan 2005
Adelaide S.S. Co. Ltd., Adelaide: white flag, blue cross; in the center a red
8-pointed star.
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign
Steamship Companies [Wedge 1926].
Jarig Bakker, 17 January 2005
Wedge 1926 version seems to be in the middle.
Jonathan Dixon, 23 March 2011
image located by Neale Rosanoski, 16 April 2011
Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd. As far as the question of the size of the star is
concerned, how it is depicted in various publications is not really relevant as
an actual flag is shown by the National Maritime Museum [shown] which has it
wholly throughout the cross fesse point. The Adelaide Steamship Co. was formed when Australia was
a British colony and the capital was probably British, but its operations have
always been Australian based and it was officially registered under the name of
Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd. 15.12.1910 in the Australian companies registry.
Neale Rosanoski, 16 April 2011
The diagonal points of the star extend slightly onto the field. With proportions
given of 1092.2mm x 914.4 mm the portrayal by Peter Hans is nearly exactly on.
Neale Rosanoski, 17 April 2011
image by Ivan Sache, 30 April 2021
Agincourt S.S. Co. was acquired in 1906 by Furness, Withy and Co.
Lloyd's
Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of Agincourt S.S.
Co. (#1275, p. 97) as blue with a yellow axe.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#62
Ivan Sache, 30 April 2021