![[Tasmanian Steamers flag]](../images/a/au~tass.gif)
image by Martin Grieve and Jonathan Dixon, 7 Nov 2005
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image by Martin Grieve and Jonathan Dixon, 7 Nov 2005
Tasmanian Steamers is featured at http://merchant-navy-ships.com/index.php?id=17,0,0,1,0,0.
The image on the site is not very clear, but there is a Union Jack in the
centre of a red field, with some part of the saltires extending to the
corners of the whole flag. There is also a white letter T to the hoist
side of the Union Jack and a white S to the fly.
Jonathan Dixon, 25 April 2005
The company was formed in 1921 as a joint
venture of Huddart Parker Ltd. and Union Steam Ship Co. of N.Z. Ltd.
for the Bass Strait trade and the flag, taken from The Log, shows it
as a combination of the two founders being red with a blue saltire
surmounted by a Union Flag with the white letters "T" and "S" in hoist
and fly respectively. The Australian
National Line took over the trade in 1959 and Huddart Parker sold out
to Union Co. in 1961 and they finally wound up the company in 1984.
Neale Rosanoski, 16 August 2005
![[Tasmanian Steam Navigation Co. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~tsnc.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
Tasmanian Steam Navigation Co. The second company of this name, it was formed in
1852 and absorbed into the Union Steam Ship Co. of N.Z. Ltd. in 1891. The white
flag with a red cross had in its quarters the letters "TSNCo" which are given as
blue by The Log of 5/1998 although Crux Australis 7/1986 gives their colour as
black based on a booklet printed by "The Mercury" of Hobart in 1890.
Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
![[Tasmanian Government Shipping Department houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~tgsd.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
Tasmanian Government Shipping Department. In the early 1920s the Tasmanian
Government formed its own fleet to boost trade with the Australian mainland
using a white flag with red cross and the blue letters "TGSS" in the respective
corners from The Log 5/1997.
Neale Rosanoski, 12 March 2010
![[Tasmanian Transport Commission houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~ttc1.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
Tasmanian Transport Commission. The State Government of Tasmania has had some interest in shipping although these days it restricts itself to operating a couple of small ferries. In 1985 when the Australian National Line withdrew from the Bass Strait ferry service the Tasmania Government stepped in with what was known as the TT-Line with an apparent connection with the German company of the same name. In 1993 this became the TT-Line Pty. Co. Ltd. which Lloyds shows, as it does with the German company, as being a subsidiary of Aug. Bolten Wm. Miller's Nachfolger (GmbH & Co.). As Australian sources continue to declare that the Tasmanian Government is still the owner the exact connection is not clear. Originally they appear to have used a blue flag with a red logo (The Log 8/1985) which presumably was a stylized "tt" logo [for Transport Tasmania].
![[Tasmanian Transport Commission houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~ttc2.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
It later adopted one showing their association with the German company of blue with a broad white horizontal band edged red and overall a red diamond frame enclosing the blue letters "TT" with The Log 2/1991 showing the diamond frame being fimbriated from the narrow red bands.
![[Tasmanian Transport Commission houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~ttc.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
In 1993 when the Commission acquired the "Peter Pan" from TT Germany,
renaming the vessel "Spirit of Tasmania", they adopted a blue flag with a
yellow map of Tasmania with above it a white strip which possibly represents the
mainland as shown by The Log 5/1994.
Subsequently the ferries have changed their colour schemes with a different
funnel design and no sign of any flag being flown in photos seen to date.
Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
![[Allen Taylor & Co. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~tay.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
Allen Taylor & Co. Ltd. A timber company operating from around the beginning of
the 20th Century who were involved in shipping also up until 1957 and who are
apparently still involved in the timber industry as part of Boral Ltd. The flag
from The Log 8/1989 is white with a broad blue border and bears the intertwined
blue letters "AT".
Neale Rosanoski, 12 March 2010
![[Transfield Holdings Pty. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~th.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
Transfield Holdings Pty. Ltd. Not a shipping company, it started 1956 as a
construction firm and is now an investor and management company which at one
time was involved in specialized shipbuilding and was the owner of a tug which
wore the flag shown by The Log 11/1996 as white with a stylised blue "T" and
below the dexter arm a symbol of 2 red conjoined red blocks in a step, and below
the "T" "TRANSFIELD" taken to be in black lettering but not specified in the B&W
source.
Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
![[Uyeno Stolt Tankers Australia Pty. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~usta.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
Uyeno Stolt Tankers Australia Pty. Ltd. A joint venture between Uyeno Unyu
Shokai K.K. and Stolt-Nielsen formed in 1986 to operate the "Stolt Australia".
The Log 8/1987 gives a flag of red with a white border and bearing the large
connecting letters "UST" in Stolt format. In 1996 the company changed name to
Stolt NYK Australia Pty. Ltd. and thereafter the Stolt colours have been used.
Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
![[Verboon Fisheries Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~vf.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
Verboon Fisheries Ltd. Operated prawn trawlers with the flag painted on the
deckhouses showing white with a red saltire surmounted by a red ring enclosing
white on white on which is a black "V" with 2 horizontal black lines, shown by
The Log of 8/1988 as detached but possibly represent parts of an "F" in a
combined "VF" logo.
Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
![[Wallace Tugs Pty. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~wtg.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
Wallace Tugs Pty. Ltd. Formed in 1939 as James Wallace & Co. they were taken
over post WW2 and reconstituted as Wallace Tugs Pty Ltd. originally operating in
Sydney but later moving to Port Kembla. In 1997 as part of the Adsteam Group
they were renamed with an Adsteam name and subsequently after that Groups
takeover by Svitzer they became Svitzer Australia Pty. Ltd. Their flag as shown
by The Log 11/1986 was green with a red "W".
Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
![[Wallarah Coal Co. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~wcc.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
Wallarah Coal Co. Ltd. of Sydney operated from 1891 to 1957 with a white flag
bearing a light blue "W". Source The Log 11/1987.
Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
![[Waratah Towage Pty Ltd flag]](../images/a/au~wtp.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 5 Oct 2005
Waratah Towage Pty., Ltd., Sydney - blue flag, white
diamond, red "W".
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of Shipping Companies of the World [lgr95].
Jarig Bakker, 5 October 2005
Waratah Towage. The original company to use this livery (Log 5/1985) was
Waratah Tug & Salvage Co. Ltd. formed in 1931 as a subsidiary of Adelaide
Steamship Co. Ltd. who in 1968 absorbed into its own activities as a division.
The original company remained inoperative and is given as later being sold
[presumably as a paper company] but in 1975 a joint venture was proposed between
Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd. and Howard Smith Ltd. to be named Waratah Towage
Pty. Ltd. However the government Trade Practices Commission refused permission
though a subsequent law change in 1977 saw the formation of the new company
which used the same livery. Since then the tugs appears to have been swallowed
up by Adsteam but Waratah is apparently still in existence in the Balmain suburb
of Sydney.
Neale Rosanoski, 12 March 2010
![[Watson's Bay & South Shore Steam Ferry Co. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~wbsss.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
Watson's Bay & South Shore Steam Ferry Co. Ltd. Formed 1877 as a ferry service
serving the eastern suburbs of Sydney until 1920 when taken over by Sydney
Ferries Ltd. The flag, from The Log 5/1989, was white with a red saltire
surmounted at the fesse point with a blue diamond. In the quarters so formed
were the blue letters "WB" [hoist], "SF"[chief], "SS" [fly] and "Co." [base].
Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
![[West Australian Steam Navigation houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~wasn.gif)
image
located by Martin Karner,
8 June 2006
Postcard #12, 3rd row, 3rd flag of [o9oXXb] reads "West Australian Steam
Navigation" and shows a ~2:3 medium blue flag with a large yellow disc centered
on it showing a black swan outline facing the fly and with raised wings,
swimming on rippled water and with black rim all around the disc. Evident
graphical connection with Western Australia.
Antonio Martins-Tuvalkin, 16 May 2010
![[Whitehouse Brothers houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~whb.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
Whitehouse Brothers. Based in Hobart, Tasmania, the brothers were also boat
builders between 1874 and 1908, operating a ferry service to Norfolk Island from
the 1880s until 1938. From The Log 2/1991 is shown a red flag with a white cross
paty.
Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
![[Wilkinson Bros. & Co. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~wkb.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
Wilkinson Bros. & Co. According to Loughran 1979 this Melbourne company owned
clipper ships and had a diagonally quartered flag of red and blue with overall a
white circle bearing the black letters "W.W."
Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
![[William & Co. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~wm.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
William & Co. Pty. Ltd. though based in Sydney operated tugs out of Brisbane
from 1927 until the late 1960s. Their flag was blue with a red diamond from The
Log 11/1998.
Neale Rosanoski,
12 March 2010
