House flags of British shipping companies (4)

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• Gracechurch Container Line
• Great Yarmouth Shipping Co., Ltd.
• G. T. Gillie & Blair
• H. Clarkson & Co., Ltd.
• H. Hogarth & Sons Ltd.
• Hain Steamship Co., Ltd.
• Hall Brothers Steam Ship Co., Ltd.
• J & C Harrison
• Harrison Line
• Hay & Co.
• Headlam and Son
• Henderson Line (British & Burmese Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., & Burmah Steamship Co., Ltd.)
• A.F. Henry & MacGregor
• G. Heyn & Sons
• Hindustan Steam Ship Co. Ltd.

• House flags of British shipping companies
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The logo is this image. I’ve seen both versions: in deep and in light blue, and don’t know which one is the right one (if any).
Jorge Candeias, 30 Jan 1998

from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963

G. T. Gillie & Blair

It’s a triangular flag with horizontal bottom, purplish blue with a dark blue border around it except in the hoist.
Jorge Candeias, 24 Feb 1999

from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963

Hain Steamship Co. Ltd.

from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963

Hain new houseflag: red with in the center a standing black rectangular block, charged with white "H". Source: All about Ships & Shipping, 1959; Lloyd's Calendar 1959.
Jarig Bakker, 17 October 2003

by Jarig Bakker

Hain old houseflag: white H on red field; source: All about Ships & Shipping, 1936
Jarig Bakker, 17 October 2003

Founded 1901 in Cardiff although the company had roots back to 1881. Purchased 1917 by P&O. In 1972 the company was merged into P&O's General Cargo Divison. The company ships started with the Cornish title Tre.
Phil Nelson, 18 October 2003

Hall Brothers Steam Ship Co., Ltd.

from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963

J & C Harrison

White with a blue border. In the centre an arm emerging from a wreath holding a broken lance. Underneath is a scroll.
James Dignan, 19 October 2003

Lloyd's description: White, blue border; in center, blue arm and hand holding broken spear over "PERSEVERE" in scroll.
Jarig Bakker, 19 October 2003

Harrison Line

This company was known as T & J Harrison in the 1950's.
James Dignan, 8 October 2003

J. Hay & Sons

by James Dignan

Based on Sampson (1957)
James Dignan, 12 October 2003

Based in Glasgow, Scotland
Phil Nelson, 12 October 2003

from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963

by Jarig Bakker, 30 June 2003

Henderson Line (British & Burmese Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., & Burmah Steamship Co., Ltd.)
Funnel: Black
House Flag: Red, White and Blue vertical Tricolour, with Union Jack in centre.
Ships: Prome, Salween, Yoma, Pegu, Amarapoora, Sagaing, Kemmendine, Burma, Katha, Kindat, Chindwin, Manadalay, Irrawaddy, Arracan, Henzada, Martaban.
Source: All About Ships & Shipping, by Edwin P. Harnack (ed.), 1938
Jarig Bakker, 30 June 2003

I understood that there was another similar flag to the one you described but as follows: A vertical tricolour, red, white and blue but this one had an emblem of a Scottish thistle centred in the white band. Do you by any chance know any thing about this flag.
Tom McGeachie, 30 June 2003

I have a source which shows the Burns, Philp & Co., Ltd. houseflag as a regular r/w/b vertical tricolor with the thistle centered on the white stripe.
Source: Stewart (1953)
Ned Smith, 1 July 2003

I was one of the last people employed by Hendersons and the origin of the "Tricolour" is interesting. The French government allowed it, as a reward for Hendersons
transporting French troops from Marseilles to the Crimea, during the Crimean war. This tricolour was then again, at the request of the French government, reversed to the signal letter "T", (Red to the hoist) to avoid confusion.
Brian Dickson, 28 August 2003

A.F. Henry & MacGregor

by James Dignan

Based on Sampson (1957)
James Dignan, 14 October 2003

Reportedly headquartered in Leith, Scotland
Phil Nelson, 14 October 2003

G. Heyn & Sons

Blue. To hoist, in three rows, the letters U/SS/Co. in white(?). To the fly, a shield containing a raised hand (I'd guess the red hand of Ulster, only on this image it seems to be a left hand).
James Dignan, 19 October 2003

Founded 1823. Currently operates as a ship agent for Orient Overseas Container Line, Ellerman Line, Finnlines, ECS, and Shipping Corporation of India.
Phil Nelson, 19 October 2003

Lloyd's description: Blue; red hand with three drops of blood below on white shield and letters USSCo in white (Ulster S.S. Co., Ltd., Head Line, Lord Line, Holland - Ireland line, Mountain S.S. Co., Ltd.)
Jarig Bakker, 19 October 2003

from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963

Brown 306: Hindustan Steam Shipping Co., Ltd. (Common Bros), Newcastle-on-Tyne
Funnel: Black, on a wide red band bordered white a white C.
Flag: 2:3; quartered Blue before Yellow over White before Red. (The C on the funnel could be for "Common")
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 20 October 2003