![[E.F. & W. Roberts houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfrob.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 30 April 2008
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image by Ivan
Sache, 30 April 2008
Lloyds Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912)
shows the house flag of "E. F. & W. Roberts" (#344, p. 53), a company based in
Liverpool, as blue with a red border and a white star in the middle.
On
24 October 1898, the "Andorinha", a four-masted sailing ship owned by E. F. and
W. Roberts, was involved in a big blaze that caused a loss of $300,000 in
Brooklyn. A fire seems to have started on the ship and to have swiftly spread to
the pier belonging to the German-American Stores. Then the blaze extended to the
naval storeyard of George L. Hammond & Co. and to the three-masted schooner "Wacamaw".
The whole story was reported in "The New York Times", 25 October 1898.
Ivan Sache, 30 April 2008
![[Roberts & Ruthven, Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfrru.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 1 May 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of
Roberts & Ruthven, Ltd. (#1481, p. 107), a Grimsby-based fishing company, as
white with a blue border.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#72
Ivan Sache, 1 May 2021
![[Hugh Roberts and Son houseflag]](../images/g/gb~s0966.gif)
image
by Phil Nelson, 11 April 2000
from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963
Hugh Roberts & Son was established in Newcastle in 1874 as the owner of small
wooden sailing ships. In 1875 the North Shipping Company was formed when the
North Wales was delivered. In 1877 the company took delivery of its first
steamship and the sailing fleet was later sold off. By 1888 eight steam tramps
were owned but by the end of the Great War in 1918 only one ship survived. The
fleet was rebuilt but the Second World War again caused the loss of most of
their ships. In 1964 the company and its one remaining ship was sold to Common
Brothers of Newcastle.
Mariners L
http://mariners-list.com/site_pages.php?section=Shipping+Companies&category=English&page_name=North+Shipping+Co
More details on Captain Roberts (1826-1906) and the company's ships are
available on the Rhiw website.
http://www.rhiw.com/y_mor/hanes_llongau_llyn/north_shipping/hugh_roberts.htm
Ivan Sache, 3 May 2021
![[Hugh Roberts and Son houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfhrs.gif)
image by
Ivan Sache, 3 May 2021
Lloyd's
Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the same flag (#1683, p. 117), but
with a smaller "R".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#82
Ivan Sache, 3 May 2021
![[William Robertson, Shipowners, Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~s0016.gif)
image
by Ivan Sache, 21 April 2021from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963
William Robertson, Shipowners, Ltd. Griffin 1895, Lloyds 1904 and the Liverpool
Journal of Commerce all show the white band being very broad with equal bands
then shown by all sources from 1912 onwards, suggesting that there was a change
in the basic design. Robertsons had their fleet under the name Gem Line Ltd.
from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, the ship names being after minerals or
semi-precious stones, then around the mid 1970s seem to have been absorbed by
Stephenson Clarke Shipping Ltd.
Neale Rosanoski, 16 February 2004
![[Gem Line houseflag]](../images/g/gb~gem.gif)
image
by Jarig Bakker,
based on the website of the National
Maritime Museum.
From the website of the National
Maritime Museum, "the house flag of Gem Line. A white, rectangular flag with
the top and bottom edges in dark blue. In the centre is a red 'R'. 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."
Jarig Bakker, 13 August 2004
William Robertson Shipowners Ltd used the name Gem Line from the late 1950s,
their ships being given the names of minerals or semi-precious stones. They were
acquired by Stephenson Clarke Shipping Ltd in 1970 and integrated with their
fleet in 1978 though the ships retained their 'gem' names.
https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/235.html
National
Maritime Museum
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the
same house flag [with equal stripes] (#97, p. 41).
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#6
Ivan Sache, 21 April 2021
![[Robertson, Mackie & Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfrom.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 3 April 2008
Lloyds Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912)
shows the house flag of "Robertson, Mackie & Co." (#185, p. 45), a company based
in Glasgow (Scotland), as white with a blue border and a red star in the middle.
Ivan Sache, 3 April 2008
![[Robertson, Paterson & Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfrpa.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 1 May 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of
Robertson, Paterson & Co. (#1613, p. 113), a Glasgow-based shipping company, as
red with two white ascending diagonal stripes, in upper left corner, a white
"R", in lower right corner, a white "P", in the middle, a white thistle placed
per bend sinister.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#78
Ivan Sache, 1 May 2021
![[J.H. Robins & Co., Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfroc.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 26 April 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag ofJ.H.
Robins & Co., Ltd. (#685, p. 69), a Hull-based company, as white with a red "R"
in the center.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/34/
Ivan
Sache, 26 April 2021
![[Rogers & Bright, Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfr&b.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 24 April 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of
Rogers & Bright, Ltd. (#461, p. 58), a Liverpool-based company, as white with
the red letters "R&B".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#23
Ivan
Sache, 24 April 2021
![[Sir Robert Ropner & Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~rropn.gif)
image
by James
Dignan
Based on Sampson (1957).
James Dignan, 19 October 2003
Sir R. Ropner Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool: Larousse Commercial Illustré (1930)
shows quarterly red and white, characters counterchanged in each canton i.e.
upper hoist, white `R.', upper fly, red `R.', lower hoist, red `&', lower fly,
`Co' (`o' raised, no dot). No serifs. Robert Ropner's remarkable career is
described on this
site (click on the flag). The firm is still active in shipping but no longer
independent: see its home page, then click
`Company History'.
Jan Mertens, 4 June 2004
![[Sir Robert Ropner & Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~srrc.gif)
image by
Jarig Bakker,
based on the website of the National
Maritime Museum.
From the website of the National
Maritime Museum, "the house flag of Sir R. Ropner & Co. (Management) Ltd.,
Darlington. A rectangular flag quartered into red and white with a black and
gold shield of arms in the centre. The flag is made of a wool and synthetic
fibre bunting. It has a cotton hoist and is machine sewn. The shield is printed
onto cotton."
Jarig Bakker, 29 August 2004
Sir Robert Ropner & Co. The flag apparently changed post WW2, being shown
from Stewart 1951 onwards, the letters being deleted and a shield added overall.
I am not sure of the charges on the shield but at some point I have noted that
they included stag heads.
Neale Rosanoski, 24 May 2004
![[T. Robinson houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hftrb.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 24 April 2021
Sir Thomas Robinson (1855-1927)
At 14 he was cabin boy on a fishing smack
and within 14 years had become a master smack owner. By 1883, recognizing the
inevitable changes the steam trawler would bring, he had given up going to sea
and had his own fleet of fishing vessels. In World War I he became an adviser to
the government on food supply, especially fishing. He handed over 14 of his
ships to the government, went to the Canadian Pacific to acquaint himself with
local conditions and then built three trawlers designed for work in that area.
He was knighted for his work work with Cecil Harmsworth's Food Control.
https://dmbi.online/index.php?do=app.entry&id=2337
A Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland
Lloyd's Book of
House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of T. Robinson (#412, p.
56), a Grimsby-based company, as vertically divided red-white-blue.
The same
housed flag is shown for another two companies established vt Robinson in
Grimsby, the Dominion Steam Fishing Co., Ltd. (#413, p. 56) and the Onward Steam
Fishing Co., Ltd. (#414, p. 56).
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#21
Ivan Sache, 24 April 2021
![[D. Pettitt houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfrbs.gif)
image by
Ivan Sache, 23 April 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of
Robinson Bros. (#354, p. 53), a Whitby-based company, as swallow-tailed, blue
with a white cross cantonned on top by the white letter "R" and "BS.".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#18
Ivan Sache, 23 April 2021
![[R. Ropner & Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfrro.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 24 April 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of R.
Ropner & Co. (#416, p. 56), a West Hartlepool-based company, as quartered white
and red with the counter-colored "R.", "R.", "&", and "Co." in the respective
quarters.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#21
Ivan Sache, 24 April 2021
![[Thomas Rose houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfthr.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 25 April 2021
Thomas Rose, ship owner, ship broker, shipping agent, coal exporter & many
other things besides, initially owned vessels in his own name, i.e. 'Thomas
Rose' or 'Thomas Rose & Co.' But in 1913 he both founded 'The Rose Line Limited'
(known as 'Tommy Rose'), & through that company purchased Wylam Wharf. a wharf &
related dock & warehouses facility located on the S. bank of the River Wear
immediately to the west of the Bodlewell Ferry landing.
http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland162.html
The Sunderland
Site
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag
of
Thomas Rose (#517, p. 61) as white with a blue saltire.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#26
Ivan
Sache, 25 April 2021
![[Ross Group houseflag]](../images/g/gb~ross.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker,
based on the website of the National
Maritime Museum.
From the website of the National
Maritime Museum, the house flag of the Ross Group, Grimsby. A rectangular
green flag with a five-pointed white star. The flag is made of a wool and
synthetic fibre bunting. It has a cotton hoist and is machine sewn."
Jarig Bakker, 26 August 2004
![[F. & T. Ross, Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfftr.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 4 May 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of F. &
T. Ross, Ltd. (#1726, p. 119), a Hull-based shipping company, as red, charged in
the center with the white letters "FTR".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#84
Ivan
Sache, 4 May 2021
![[Ross, Allan & Johnston houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfraj.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 3 May 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of Ross,
Allan & Johnston (#1708, p. 118), a Glasgow-based shipping company, as red with
the white letters "RAJ" in the center.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#83
Ivan
Sache, 3 May 2021
