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Sache, 11 April 2008
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image by Ivan
Sache, 11 April 2008
Lloyds Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912)
shows the house flag of "Fred. Drughorn, Ltd." (#268, p. 49), a company based in
London, as horizontally divided green-white-green with the black letters "FD" in
the middle of the white stripe.
Ivan Sache, 11 April 2008
Sir John Frederick Dughorn Baronet (1862-1943) was a Dutch-born British
shipowner and benefactor. He was a director of Fred Drughorn, Ltd, the
Anglo-Brazilian Line, Ltd, and the British and Continental Estates, Ltd. He was
created a baronet, of Ifield Hall in the County of Sussex, in 1922.
After the
war had started, his father, John Drughorn's Swedish operations still shipped
iron ore to Holland whose final destination was Germany. He helped organise this
but apparently considered that trading between two neutral countries was outside
the scope of the laws against trading with the enemy. He was charged with
trading with the enemy and on 19th January 1915 was brought to trial at the Old
Bailey. The prosecution proved that he had had actual dealings in Holland with
arranging the transhipment of the iron ore to Germany. The defence argued that
actions in a neutral country were outside the court's jurisdiction. The defence
produced good character witnesses from eminent business figures. Nevertheless he
was convicted of trading with the enemy.
His elevation to Baronet by David
Lloyd-George in 1922 caused a scandal leading to a re-evaluation of the honours
system. One source indicates that William Drughorn served under the name of
William Frederick Henderson which may have been to distance himself from this
incident. When he died, he had no - surviving sons and the baronetcy died with
him.
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/33774400/john-frederick-drughorn
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A Grave
Ivan Sache, 22 April 2021
![[John Dry Steam Tugs, Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfdry.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 26 April 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of John
Dry Steam Tugs, Ltd. (#679, p. 69), a North Shields-based company, as red with a
blue "D".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/34/
Ivan
Sache, 26 April 2021
![[Fred. Drughorn houseflag]](../images/g/gb~d333a.gif)
image by
Eugene Ipavec, 27 August 2008
Ducal Line. Trading name for Eastern Steamship Co. Ltd. formed 1871, also
known as Duke Line with ships named after sundry Dukes. Flag as shown by sundry
late 19th Century sources of Lloyds 1882, Liverpool Chamber of Commerce charts
1881 and 1901, Griffin 1895 and Reed 1891 and 1901 and Flags of the World 1915,
being a double pennant, the 1st being a horizontal biband of blue over yellow
and the 2nd a vertical biband of yellow to the hoist and blue to the fly [see
gb~d333a.gif attached]. This agrees with the flags flown at the main mast of
"Duke of Devonshire". The 2nd flag flown from the mizzen is unknown. The Ducal
Line was eventually owned by J.B. Westray it seems, though some sources state
British India bought it. Several of their ships were chartered to BISN at
various times so perhaps control and ownership at the end have been confused.
Neale Rosanoski, 26 August 2008
![[T.L.Duff & Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~tlduff.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 October 2010
T.L.Duff & Co.
It was an 11-striped flag divided by alternating horizontal
red and white stripes. In the canton was the flag of Scotland, a white saltire
in a blue field. The company was probably located in Glasgow.
Source:
Campbell and Evans (1953); plate V, flag no.5
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 October 2010
My grandfather was TL Duff and his Glasgow based shipping company was TL Duff &
Co. I have one of the flags, and I’m sure the stripes were there because of TL
Duff’s connections with the USA and transatlantic shipping. TL Duff started the
company himself and he died 1930.
Malcolm Duff, 9 March 2018
The same house flag is shown (# 1511, p. 108) in Lloyd's Book of House Flags and
Funnels (1912). The company was based in Glasgow.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#73
Ivan Sache, 1 May 2021
![[J.T. Duncan & Company houseflag]](../images/g/gb~jtd.gif)
image
by
Ivan Sache, 22 April 2021
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels [Wedge 1926]
J.T. Duncan & Company, Cardiff - blue burgee, red cross, in the center white
"D".
Jarig Bakker, 31 January 2005
J.T. Duncan & Co. I have found 5 variations for the positioning of the letter so
far. The version shown is supported by Lloyds 1912 and most of the Brown
editions between Wedge 1926 and
Wedge (1958) although notes to the latter 1958
edition state that the "D" goes over the vertical arm and under the horizontal
arm of the cross after displaying it as shown here. The 1951 edition of Brown (Wedge, 1951)
has the letter wholly over the cross as do the early editions of Stewart (1953),
whereas as
Talbot-Booth (1936) has the cross wholly
over the letter. Reed 1912 shows the "D" mainly
on top with only the bottom of the "D" going under the bottom vertical arm of
the cross. Finally a drawing from a maritime collection has the "D" over the
cross but within the "D" only the vertical cross arm shows, the horizontal arms
do not, just the blue field. The company itself ceased shipping around the late
1950s early 1960s [sources vary] but continued as a shipbroker until 1978 [or so
a source says].
Neale Rosanoski, 23 March 2005
Never a large firm, J.T. Duncan & Co. operated a number of small steamers in the
trades to the Bay of Biscay and on charter to the Admiralty as fleet colliers.
https://museum.wales/collections/online/object/2bcc66d7-589e-3bde-aff6-d07438cd7052/SS-J-DUNCAN-glass-negative/
National Museum Wales
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912)
shows the same house flag (#235, p. 48).
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#13
Ivan Sache, 22 April 2021
![[John Duncan Son & Co.houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfjds.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 28 April 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of John
Duncan Son & Co. (#1070, p. 87), a Liverpool-based company, as diagonally
divided yellow-red from upper hoist to lower fly charged with a yellow "L" in
lower hoist and a red "D" at upper fly, a blue border all around.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/52/
Ivan Sache, 28 April 2021
![[Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co., Ltd houseflag]](../images/g/gb~dd.jpg)
image
from
Port Cities located by Jan Mertens
Duncan Dunbar established a business in London, and with his son built up a
sailing-ship empire which traded all over the world from Dunbar Wharf,
Limehouse.
Jan Mertens, 7 February 2005
Duncan Dunbar. According to Loughran (1979) the
fleet commodore flew a swallow-tailed version whilst the commodore either before
or after this version may have flown a true pennant charged with a dog's head
superior to the houseflag, but further details of such a flag have not been
found.
Neale Rosanoski, 23 March 2005
![[Dundee & Newcastle Steam Shipping Co., Ltd.houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfd&n.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 29 April 2021
The Dundee & Newcastle Steam Shipping Co. was taken over in 1917 by the Dundee,
Perth & London Shipping Co.,
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels
(1912) shows the house flag of the Dundee & Newcastle Steam Shipping Co., Ltd.
(#1188, p. 93) as blue with a white saltire.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#58
Ivan Sache, 29 April 2021
![[Dundee Fishing Co., Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfduf.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 30 April 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of Dundee
Fishing Co., Ltd. (#1465, p. 106) as triangular, white with the a red star
skewed to the hoist and charged with a white "C".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#71
Ivan Sache, 30 April 2021
![[Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co., Ltd houseflag]](../images/g/gb~s0947.gif)
image
by Phil Nelson, 11 April 2000
from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963
DP&L is a direct descendant of an amalgamation of The Dundee & Perth Shipping
Company and The Dundee & Perth Union Shipping Company who were fierce rivals on
the important Dundee to London route. The new company had a total of 23 vessels,
13 of which were principally employed on the London sailings whilst the others
traded to Glasgow via Grangemouth, and the Forth & Clyde Canal, to Leith and to
Liverpool.
The company's earliest venture into steamship ownership came in
1830 when delivery was taken of the wooden paddle tug "Sir William Wallace" and
in 1833 orders were placed for two wooden paddle steamers from the famous
Clydeside engineer, Robert Napier.[...]
Gradually the era of paddle steamers
gave way to that of screw steamers and the company took delivery of its first,
another "London," iron built and engineered by Napier in 1854. Its successor, a
larger "London," built in the Dundee yard of Gourlay Brothers proved to be one
of the most successful vessels to fly the company flag, remaining with the fleet
for 53 years and serving not only on the London run but also to St.
Petersburg.[...]
This was a period of expansion for the company and the old
established Dundee & Hull Shipping Company was acquired in 1857.[...] The last
two paddle steamers were replaced in 1861.
The latter years of the 19th
century proved to be a period of consolidation for the company with
modernisation of the fleet continually taking place.[...]
During the war
years of 1914 – 1918 many of the company's ships were requisitioned, primarily
as armed boarding steamers and convoy escort vessels. [...] When the war
finished in November 1918 the company found itself with no vessels to maintain
its sailings although with war loss compensation they were eventually able to
obtain the release of four vessels from the Ministry of Shipping.
A further
period of acquisition followed the first war with the purchase of the Dundee &
Newcastle Steam Shipping Company and the Kirkcaldy Steamship Company Limited.
Furthermore, the goodwill of Thomas Cowan's sailings from Leith and Dundee to
Southampton and Treport was acquired. An attempt the by company to acquire the
Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company failed in early 1920 after negotiations had
been underway for 18 months. This would have given DP&L a virtual monopoly of
the sailings between north east Scotland and London. [...] The long established
Aberdeen, Newcastle & Hull Steam Company was acquired in 1929.[...]
The
outbreak of war in 1939 brought to an end the London passenger sailings which
had been maintained uninterrupted in peace time since the inception of the
company. Five vessels were requisitioned and it was not possible to maintain
normal services. [...] Only one ship was lost during the war. [...]
DP&L
eventually became part of the Coalite Group which itself was taken over by the
fuel distribution group Anglo United plc in 1981. In April 1993 the company
returned to local ownership when Cortachy Holdings acquired the company and so
again became part of the local business community.
DP&L corporate website
https://dpandl.co.uk/history/
Ivan
Sache, 1 May 2021
![[T. Dunlop & Sons houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfdun.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 1 May 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912)
shows a slightly different house flag (#1587, p. 112), the white "&" being
placed on a blue shield.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#77
Ivan Sache, 1 May 2021
![[T. Dunlop & Sons houseflag]](../images/g/gb$dplc.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 1 May 2021
The today's DP&L groups "comprises leisure and
business travel agencies, a paint, coatings and lubricants supplier, marquee
hire, industrial and commercial supplies, including safety and corporate
clothing, and a recruitment company."
The company's headquarters fly a flag
similar to the old house flag, but with proportions 1:2 and without the blue
shield charged with the "&".
http://www.dpandl.co.uk/
Ivan Sache, 1 May 2021
![[Dundee Steam Trawling Co., Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfdst.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 3 May 2021
William High was a self-made businessman involved in Dundee's steam trawling
industry and manager for Dundee Steam Trawling Co., Ltd. Thomas Leishman Devlin
(founder of the business of T. L. Devlin, Trawler Owners) was a Director and
shareholder of Dundee Steam Trawling Co.
Wreck Site
http://www.wrecksite.eu/ownerBuilderView.aspx?23497
Thomas Leishman
Devlin was born at 5 Annfield, Newhaven, in 1854 [...]. In 1871 he was working
as a 'Fish Merchant' with his father. Seven years later, he was working as 'Fish
Merchant and Salesman' on his own account.
Thomas acquired the trawler Grace
from his father in 1887. He sold it two years later, but went on to buy many
more trawlers from the 1890s onwards, beginning with Commodore in 1890. This was
the start of the T. L. Devlin, trawler owning business, the largest private
fleet of steam trawlers in Britain. In addition to his trawling business, Thomas
had an interest in many other businesses. He was a director of many companies,
including Dundee Steam Trawling Co., Madelvic Car Factory, Granton, North
British Cold Store, Leith, and Scotts Shipyard, Kinghorn.
He became a very
successful businessman, and amassed an estate of £429,522: 3s 6d by the time of
his death in 1919. He left the ownership of his trawling business to his wife,
Grace. Grace retained control of the Devlin business until her own death, in
1941, at the age of 91.
EdinPhoto
http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_d/0_documents_devlin_family_tree_thomas_leishman_1854.htm
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of
Dundee Steam Trawling Co., Ltd. (#1701, p. 117) as triangular, blue with a white
thistle placed near the hoist.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#82
Ivan
Sache, 3 May 2021
![[T. Dunlop & Sons houseflag]](../images/g/gb~dunl.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 21 April 2021Based on
Wedge 1926 T. Dunlop & Sons, Glasgow - white
flag; white diamond bordered red, charged with blue "D".
Jarig Bakker, 13 December 2004
T. Dunlop & Sons. Some early sources such as Griffin 1895 show the diamond
frame being throughout the field, whilst the others vary with its size within
the field. The company originated in 1851 becoming a ship owner in the early
1870s and ceasing in 1957.
Neale Rosanoski, 23 March 2005
Thomas Dunlop of Glasgow was a provision merchant and later became a grain
merchant. He bought his first ship in 1868 and eventually owned 14 sailing
ships. In 1883 he purchased his first steamship. Confusion with the ships of
Cayzer, Irvine's Clan Line caused Dunlop to change his naming system from Clan
to Queen from 1878. The company traded successfully until 1956 when their last
ship was sold and the company wound up.
https://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/queen.shtml
The Ships Lists
Sir Thomas Dunlop (1855-1938), was the eldest son of Thomas Dunlop.
From
1881, he was a director of his father's firm, Thomas Dunlop & Sons, grain
merchants; shipowners of the Queen Line of steamers and the Clan Line of sailing
ships; marine insurance brokers and Lloyd's agents. He was also a director of
the Royal Bank of Scotland for 21 years, Bruce Peebles Ltd and the Scottish
Union and National Insurance Company.
He held numerous public offices on
his way to becoming Lord Provost in 1914, serving on Erskine School Board
(Renfrewshire); in 1898, he became Deacon of the Incorporation of Bakers
(primary customers for his flour imports); a Clyde Navigation Trustee
(supporting free ferries); a Glasgow town councillor from 1901, and from 1905 a
baillie (magistrate). He chaired the Corporation Parks and Galleries Committee
from 1909 to 1912, and was Glasgow's Deputy Lieutenant.
Sir Thomas was a
director of the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, and was said to 'possess a
representative collection of pictures of the Glasgow School'. He was also a keen
yachtsman and served as an officer with the 1st Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers.
In 1914, he became Lord Provost of Glasgow and was created a baronet in 1916
due to this position and appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the
British Empire (CBE) in 1918. During the First World War he fund-raised
tirelessly and visited servicemen on active duty. He was created 1st Baronet of
Woodbourne in 1916 and knighted in 1918.
http://www.scotlandswar.co.uk/dunlop_sir_t.html
Scotland's War
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the same house flag (#26,
p. 38).
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#3
Ivan
Sache, 21 April 2021
![[Charles G. Dunn & Co., Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfcdu.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 1 May 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of Charles
G. Dunn & Co., Ltd. (#1563, p. 111), a Liverpool-based shipping company, as
horizontally divided red-blue, in the middle a white diamond.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#76
Ivan Sache, 1 May 2021
British Shipping lines: continued
