![[Anchor Line houseflag]](../images/g/gb~anchr.gif)
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by Jarig Bakker,
based on the website of the National
Maritime Museum.The website of the National
Maritime Museum describes the house flag of the Anchor Line Ltd, Glasgow, as
"a white swallow-tailed burgee bearing a red anchor and four links of cable. The
flag is made of a wool and synthetic fibre bunting. It has a cotton hoist and is
machine sewn. A rope and toggle is attached." The image on the website,
however, shows only three links.
Jarig Bakker, 3 August 2004
Anchor Line, Glasgow: Larousse Commercial Illustré (1930) shows a white
swallow-tail, a red anchor placed diagonally (flukes in upper hoist corner),
three rings of the anchor chain showing in the lower fly corner. The image above
shows four rings, the number of which is said to have some significance –
compare
this site with (it says `four links of cable'!)
this site. Perhaps the on-line 1912 Lloyds is right, see No. 226 on p. 13
(four links attached to the anchor's own ring) at
this site (i.e., `Anchor Line (Henderson Bros.), Ltd., Glasgow').
Jan Mertens, 4 June 2004
Anchor Line. The four links in the chain
(some sources show more or less) are said to represent the four Henderson
brothers who were involved in the company which originated in the 1850s as
Handyside & Henderson, adopting the name Anchor Line in 1899.
Neale Rosanoski, 9 February 2004
The company name was adopted in 1856 when a steam service between Glasgow and
New York was inaugurated (before 1856 the company had owned sailing vessels).
The original owners were Nicol and Baird Handyside, a third partner Thomas
Henderson joining in 1852.
The Anchor Line moved into the Mediterranean trade
on their own behalf after a period managing the ships of the Glasgow & Lisbon
Steam Packet Company. An Anchor Line ship "Dido" was the first to pass through
the Suez Canal. In 1875 the company started a service to Bombay and in 1882
another to Calcutta. The latter route became solely concerned with cargo and was
sold to the Brocklebank Line in 1912.
In 1899 the firm of Henderson
Brothers was dissolved and a limited liability company formed with the title of
Anchor Line (Henderson Brothers). The company was bought by Cunard in 1911.
Badly hit by the depression, the Anchor Line (Henderson Brothers) went into
liquidation in 1935 the assets being transferred to a new company - Anchor Line
(1935) Ltd. After 1953, Anchor Line became a fully-owned subsidiary of the
United Molasses Company. It was sold to Walter Runciman & Co in 1965 and
restructured in 1976. Their ships were painted with a black funnel and hull and
a white line above red boot topping and white upper works.
https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/137.html
National
Maritime Museum
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the
same house flag (#226, p. 47).
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#12
Ivan Sache, 22 April 2021
![[Atlantic Transport Co., Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfatt.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 3 May 2021
As stated by Joe McMillan, the company was
primarily British.
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows
the house flag of Atlantic Transport Co., Ltd. (#1627, p. 114), a London-based
shipping company, as horizontally divided red)white-blue with 12 white stars in
the red stripe, 12 blue stars in the white stripe, and another 12 red stars in
the blue stripe.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#79
Ivan
Sache, 3 May 2021
![[Anchor Steam Fishing Co., Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfasf.gif)
image by Ivan Sache,
28 April 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of Anchor
Steam Fishing Co., Ltd. (#1018, p. 85) as diagonally divided blue-yellow from
the upper hoist to the lower hoist, charged in the center with a red fouled
anchor diagonally counter-placed.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/50/
Ivan
Sache, 28 April 2021
![[Anchor Steam Tug Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~anst.gif)
located by Eugene Ipavec, 6 August 2006
This North Shields company flew a white triangular pennant with a diagonally
placed blue anchor. See the on-line 1912 Lloyds Flags & Funnels:
http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/initiative/Impage.cfm?PageNum=89&bibid=11061&ChapterId=8,
no. 1829, ‘Anchor Steam Tug Co., Ltd., North Shields’. I'm sending this after a
chance visit to the
Anderson Online page (top), ‘From North Shields to San Francisco’, detailing
the career of one particular tug, the ‘Eppleton Hall’, from North Shields to a
pier in San Francisco – quoting the above page - "in the livery created when her
last owners France, Fenwick took over the Anchor Steam Tug Company in 1920. In
his book ‘150 Years of the Maltese Cross’, published in 1993 by Tyne & Wear
Tugs, John H Proud traces the North Shields tug-owning partnership of John
Anderson (1836-1919) and Robert Chater in detail from c.1867 and tells how it
was converted into a limited liability company - the Anchor company - in North
Shields on May 25 1903” (…) the company's independent existence ended with the
France Fenwick take-over in July, 1920, just one year after the death of John
Anderson".
Jan Mertens, 2 December 2005
![[Andreadis (U.K.) houseflag]](../images/g/gb~andrd.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 9 September 2005
Andreadis (U.K.), London - white flag, red saltire, blue oval and vertical
bar. (Obviously of Greek origin: the blue oval and stripe form together the
Greek letter "Phi" - F).
Source:
Loughran (1995)
Jarig Bakker, 9 September 2005
![[Anglesey Shipping Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfans.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 1 May 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of
Anglesey Shipping Co. (#1485, p. 107), a Bangor-based shipping company, as blue,
in the center, a white diamond charged with a red dragon rampant.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#72
Ivan Sache, 1 May 2021
![[Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfaao.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 3 May 2021
The Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd. was formed in 1888 and its main business was
the shipment of lamp oil branded as "Royal Daylight" from America to the United
Kingdom. The company was a British affiliate of the Standard Oil Trust which had
been set up and run by John D Rockefeller in the USA. The UK head office was
situated at Bishopsgate, London and a storage facility was located at Purfleet
in Essex. The company later had offices at 36 Queen Anne's Gate London SW3 and
other storage facilities. In 1911, following a ruling by the US Supreme Court,
the dissolution of the Standard Oil Trust took place. This resulted in over 30
separate companies becoming independent. Standard Oil of New Jersey was one of
them and acquired the Anglo-American Oil Company (AAOC).
By this time the
AAOC was already importing motor spirit into the UK using the brand name of
Pratt's and as the motor industry started to grow the company introduced
different brands [...].
In 1934 re branding took place and the AAOC took a
phonetic version of the initials of Standard Oil - "ess_o" and Pratts was no
more as the brand of 'ESSO' set out on the road to become a global household
name.
Vintage Garage
http://www.vintagegarage.co.uk/histories/anglo%20-%20american%20oil%20company%20ltd.htm
See also
Esso Petroleum, Co.
Lloyd's Book of
House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of Anglo-American Oil Co.,
Ltd. (#1632, p. 114), a London-based shipping company, as divided red-blue by
the ascending diagonal, overall, a golden spread eagle standing on a white orb.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#79
Ivan
Sache, 3 May 2021
![[Anglo American Telegraph Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~anamtg.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 October 2010
Anglo American Telegraph Ltd.
It was a blue swallow tail pennant with a Union
Jack in the middle of the hoist side surrounded by 13 white 5-point stars,
probably symbolizing the original states of the USA. A white inescutcheon
containing a black vertical wavy double line, probably symbolizing a cable, was
put upon the lower half of the vertical cross bar of the jack.
The
Anglo-American Telegraph Company was organized in 1865 as a joint
British-American venture to lay an Atlantic telegraph cable. After three failed
attempts by other telegraph companies, Anglo-American Telegraph Company
successfully laid and operated the first trans-Atlantic cable in 1866. The
company operated cables until 1912, when they were leased to Western Union. For
further information click:
http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!140148!0#focus
Source:
Campbell and Evans (1953); plate V, flag no.3
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 October 2010
Sources:
http://www.red-duster.co.uk/MILBURN.htm and
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/milburn.htm.
An early starter, at 23 William Milburn was already involved in shipping in 1849
and had ships of his own from 1852 on. This trade was coastal (coal), operating
out of Newbiggin and Blyth. From 1857 till 1879 he and Edmund Watts - as the
senior partner - operated Watts, Milburn & Co. Already active in the West
Indies, India, and China, Milburn saw his field of operations now extended to
the Black Sea. Other ventures were the Hamburg-Brasilianische Dampf. Ges. in
cooperation with Bolten (to Brazil) and later the famous
Hamburg Süd (to South America in general). The partnership with Watts having
been dissolved, Wm. Milburn & Co., new and London-based from 1880 on,
established routes to China and Australia. In fact, 1883 saw the foundation of
the Anglo-Australasian Navigation Co. with Antwerp as an important link in the
chain (the line was known as the Australasian Steam Navigation Co.). Both
entities were put together under a new name, Milburn Line, in 1890. There was a
slack in emigrant transportation then resulting in a heightened importance of
cargo, of course, and tramping as well. One ship however, a collier, was
operated by the separate Ashington Coal Co. 1905 saw the end of passenger
transportation. The final name, Milburn & Co., Ltd. was introduced in 1912. Over
the years, cooperation with firms such as Royden
and Tyser led to the establishment of the
Commonwealth & Dominion Line later known as Port Line Ltd.
(1914). Milburn - acting on its own - operated some ships from 1927 on but I do
not know when this ended.
![[Wm. Milburn & Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~wmil.gif)
image
by Ivan Sache, 9 December 2005
Now to the flags. The first one found is a red triangular pennant with initials in white 'W.M & Co' (the 'o' is raised) and can be seen here, top of page: http://www.red-duster.co.uk/MILBURN.htm.
![[Wm. Milburn & Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~anau.gif)
image
by Ivan Sache, 9 December 2005
The second attachment shows the twin pennants of the Anglo-Australasian
Steam Navigation Co. as rendered by the on-line 1912 Lloyds Flags & Funnels:
http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/initiative/Impage.cfm?PageNum=13&bibid=11061&ChapterId=8,
see no. 241. Red pennant uppermost, in fact an elongated version of the
preceding one, and a white one accompanying it, bearing the red initials ‘AASN
Co’ (again, the ‘o’ is raised).
![[Wm. Milburn & Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~wmaa.gif)
image
by Ivan Sache, 9 December 2005
On the other hand, according to Red Duster “The pennant houseflags of the
two companies were amalgamated into a single rectangular flag. 1890” which
we see here, top of page: http://www.red-duster.co.uk/MILBURN4.htm.
![[Wm. Milburn & Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfwmc.gif)
image
by Ivan Sache, 28 March 2008
Lastly, a rectangular flag for ‘Wm. Milburn & Co., London’ appears in the
on-line 1912 Lloyds Flags & Funnels:
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#13,
see no. 122. Only the form is different from the short and long pennants;
colours and initials are the same.
All this is fairly clear except for the rectangular WMC/AASNC flag, which
Lloyds ought to have shown – or so it seems, if we believe Red Duster –
instead of the twin pennants.
Of course there is still the obscure Ashington Coal Company… And although
the later Watts flag is known, what did the combined Watts-Milburn flag
look like?
Jan Mertens, 3 December 2005
![[Anglo-Belgian Prince Line, Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfabp.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 1 May 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of
Anglo-Belgian Prince Line, Ltd. (#1560, p. 111), a London-based shipping
company, as green, in the middle, a red rectangle charged with a white "P".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#76
Ivan Sache, 1 May 2021
![[Anglo-Norwegian Steam Fishing Co., Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfano.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 3 May 2021
The Anglo-Norwegian Steam Fishing Co., Ltd. appears to have named its ships
for old Greek celebrities: "Hercules", "Socrates", "Euripides".
Lloyd's
Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of Anglo-Norwegian
Steam Fishing Co., Ltd. (#1688, p. 117), a Hull-based fishing company, as red,
charged in the center with a white star slightly tilted to the upper left corner
of the flag.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#82
Ivan
Sache, 3 May 2021
![[Athel Line houseflag]](../images/g/gb~aspc.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker
Larousse Commercial Illustré (1930) shows Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.,
London: white, a thin blue saltire (let us say, one fifth of flag height) and a
red disk in the centre, the disk being about one third of flag height. The
on-line 1912 Lloyds shows this flag (with a broader saltire) under No. 1372:
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#67
Jan Mertens, 19 May 2004
Anglo-Saxon Petroleum owned and ran the oil transport and storage activities
of the Shell group of companies from the early 20th century to 1955, when Shell
acquired the assets of Anglo-Saxon Petroleum, essentially bringing its fleet of
ships in-house.
https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Anglo-Saxon_Petroleum_Co
Grace's Guide
Ivan Sache, 30 April 2021
![[Angus Shipping Co., Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfags.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 29 April 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of Angus
shipping Co., Ltd. (John P. Bruce) (#1135, p. 91), a Dundee-based company, as
swallow-tailed, red with a white "A".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#56
Ivan Sache, 29 April 2021
![[Anning Brothers houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfann.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 26 April 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of Anning
Brothers (#718, p. 71), a Cardiff-based company, as red with a white "A".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/36/
Ivan
Sache, 26 April 2021
![[Antrim Iron Ore Company, Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfaio.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 26 April 2021
The Antrim Iron Ore Company was established in 1872, went on liquidation in
1891, and was reconstructed under the same name in 1910.
Lloyd's Book of
House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of the Antrim Iron Ore
Company, Ltd. (#707, p. 70), a Belfast-based company, as triangular, red with a
red border and two triangles placed along the hoist, the red part charged with
the white letters "A.I.O. C¨.".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/35/
Ivan
Sache, 26 April 2021
British Shipping lines: continued
