![[St. Andrew's Steam Fishing Co., Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfsas.gif)
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Sache, 4 May 2021
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Sache, 4 May 2021
St. Andrew's Steam Fishing Co., founded in 1897, was acquired in 1939 by Boston
Deep Sea Fisheries, a company that had began trawling operations from Boston,
Lincolnshire, in 1885 and moved to Hull and Fleetwood after 1918.
Hullwebs. History of Hull
http://www.hullwebs.co.uk/content/l-20c/industry/fishing/trawling/trawlers/prince-charles.htm
See Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co.
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of St.
Andrew's Steam Fishing Co., Ltd. (#1792, p. 122) as blue with a white saltire
(St. Andrew's Cross), charged in the respective quarters with the white letters
"S.F.", "SAINT", "Co LTD", and "ANDREWS".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#87
Ivan Sache, 4 May 2021
![[St. Helena Shipping Co., Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~shsc.gif)
image by Jarig
Bakker, 10 January 2006
St. Helena Shipping Co., Ltd. (Curnow Shipping Co.), Porthleven - green flag,
yellow/blue sealion, holding a yellow crown furnished red.
Source:
Loughran (1995)
Jarig Bakker, 10 January 2006
Saint Line Ltd. Had its origins with Pollok, Gilmour & Co. of 1804 with their shipping interests in 1861 being placed under Rankin, Gilmour & Co. using a "Saint" nomenclature and operating as the British & Foreign S.S. Co. Ltd. which was replaced in 1919 by the Saint Line Ltd. which continued to operate after Rankin, Gilmour ceased c.1929-1930 shifting from Liverpool to London in 1934 and shortly afterwards coming under Mitchell Cotts & Co. Ltd. [or Mitchell, Cotts & Co. Ltd. as sources differ as to whether "Mitchell" was a 1st or surname] though it is not clear whether this was as owners as well as operators. The two flags shown by Scott are in theory for the manager and the owner.
![[Saint Line Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~m446am.gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin
The blue flag with map of Africa is that of Mitchell, Cotts & Co. Ltd. with the
letters being "M" over "C".
Although they had a long involvement with shipping this with Saint
Line Ltd. is the only recorded use of their flag that I have come
across and according to an article in the December 1969 Marine News
its use did not occur until well after WW2 keeping in mind that Saint
Line ceased as a shipowner in 1962. Mitchell Cotts was itself an
international conglomerate based in London with later the UK parent
being bought out and the group becoming localized [still operating
especially in South Africa and Kenya] with the fate of the flag
unknown.
![[Saint Line Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~r100am.gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin
The 2nd flag shown by Scott is that of Rankin, Gilmour & Co. and
whilst it is correct in design [give or take a dot after the "G"] it
is incorrect in that the company no longer existed but it is possible
that Saint Line Ltd. continued to fly it as I have seen this done in a
similar case. The Rankin flag itself developed from its forerunner
Pollok, Gilmore & Co. white used white with the blue letters "P.G"
[see image here] being in the first instance the
red-white-red as shown but with the red letters "P.G." although the LJC chart of 1885 shows a 2nd
version where all is blue instead of red without explanation, whilst
the final version with "R.G." [sources vary as to whether there were
dots] is shown by the 1912 books i.e. prior to the formation of Saint
Line.
Neale Rosanoski, 15 March 2005
![[Saint Line Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~st-rg.jpg)
image
provided by David Downard, 23 July 2009
I was an apprenticed Deck Cadet with the Saint Line and joined my first ship the
Saint Bernard at Rotterdam on 12 June 1950 under the command of Captain Bradley.
The Saint Line head office at that time was at Winchester House, Old Broad
Street, London and their Shipping Director was L.G. Dann. In 1950, the Saint
Line was a subsidiary of Mitchell Cotts and Company Limited who also operated a
coastal shipping company under the South African flag known as Theisens. The
Saint line was operated from London and the fleet of ships consisted of .....
the s.s.Saint Bernard, s.s. Saint Edmund, s.s. Saint Gregory. Funnel colours
were red with two white bands and a black top. The house flags flown were the
Mitchell Cotts flag in the superior position and the Rankin and Gilmore flag
beneath on the same mainmast halyard. Also operating from the same London Office
was the Sun Shipping Company with one vessel..... the s.s. Cape St. David. All
Deck and Engineering Officers were interchangeable between these 4 vessels and
all were operated from London. The Crew were employed from China (Stewards from
Hainan, Seamen from Shanghai and Firemen/Greasers from Fuchow. I have attached
for interest, a copy of the Saint Line headed paper which shows the Rankin and Gilmore flag.
David Downard, 23 July 2009
![[Sally Line Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~sally.gif)
image
image
by Jarig Bakker, 28 October 2005
Sally Line Ltd., Ramsgate - white flag, red underlined "SALLY", over black
"FERRIES".
Source:
Loughran (1995)
Jarig Bakkerr, 28 October 2005
![[J.T. Salvesen & Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfjts.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 29 April 2021
From the beginning of the 19th century the Salvesen family owned several
commercial enterprises in their native Norway, including shares in a number of
ships. In 1843 Johan Theodor Salvesen set up in business as a shipbroker at
Grangemouth, a few miles west of Edinburgh and three years later opened another
office at Leith. In 1851 his brother, Christian, left Norway to join him in
Scotland and was given responsibility for the Leith office.
At the time
Christian joined the company, the Leith office was being operated jointly with
George Turnbull as Turnbull, Salvesen and Company. Their main trade involved the
export of coal and the import of timber. In 1872, the partnership with Turnbull
ended and Christian Salvesen and Co. was formed.
Meanwhile, Johan
concentrated on the Grangemouth office and, in 1853, withdrew completely from
the Leith business. Eventually, the company started at Grangemouth passed to the
control of F.T. Everard.
https://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/csalvesen.shtml
The ShipsList
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of J.T.
Salvesen & Co. (#1179, p. 93) as red with a blue diamond bordered in white and
inscribing a white "S".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#58
Ivan Sache, 29 April 2021
![[Sally Line Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hffsa.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 27 April 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of F.
Samuel & Co., Ltd. (#750, p. 72), a Cardiff-based company, as red with a black
"S".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/37/
Ivan
Sache, 27 April 2021
![[R. Sargeant & Sons houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfrsa.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 30 April 2021
Robert Sargeant was born at Thornton-le-Beam, near Northallerton, in North
Yorkshire, in 1850. After coming to Hartlepool in his younger years, he took
over the running of a business of wholesale fruit merchants and importers of
foreign produce in 1874. Robert had two sons, Harry and Robert (Jnr.); he took
Harry into partnership in the firm in 1901.
Shortly after this time his
interest in shipping developed with his ordering a vessel from the local
shipbuilders, Irvine's. A spar deck ship with deep framing, she was launched in
May 1906 by Mrs. Robert Sargeant and named "Ribston", a very appropriate name as
the Ribston Pippin is a type of apple.
The "Ribston" was delivered in
June 1906, and her first Master was Captain G. Haxfield. Robert Sargeant ran his
ship from the same office at which he ran his fruit business, in Charles Street.
The vessel had a rather adventurous career in her early days and it was
subsequently discovered that the Standard Compass was placed too close to the
engine room ventilators, and each time they were rotated to take air into the
engine room, the compass was deflected. After the compass was re-positioned away
from the ventilators the problem was resolved, and the time spent in shipyards
having new bottom plates fitted after groundings etc., was considerably reduced
and her insurance premiums lowered accordingly!
Trouble for the "Ribston
"re-appeared in a somewhat spectacular way in 1915 when she was carried inland
at Galveston, Texas, by a huge tidal wave. She was refloated and continued her
trading career. Sadly, on April 23rd, 1916, when under the command of Captain
R.T. Marshall, she was captured and sunk by the German submarine U-19, some 66
miles west of Ushant, when outward bound from Cardiff with coal, probably under
sealed orders.
Robert (Snr.) and Harry continued to run the fruit business,
with Robert (Jnr.), 'Bob', working for Furness Withy by this time. Like so many
other shipowners at the time, they did not attempt to replace the "Ribston", and
so the Ribston Steamship Co. Ltd. ceased to be.
https://www.hhtandn.org/venues/3805/ribston-steamship-co-ltd
Hartlepool
History Then and Now
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows
the house flag of R. Sargeant & Sons (#1241, p. 96), as white with a blue "S" in
the center.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#61
Ivan Sache, 30 April 2021
![[Scaramanga Bros. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfsca.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 10 March 2008
"Scaramanga Brothers" was established in London by the Scaramanga family,
from Chios, Greece. The house flag of "Scaramanga Brothers" is shown on
Lloyds Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912),
#866, p.78, as horizontally divided white-red-white-red-white. The flag is
therefore identical to the house flags of "Poret, Lobez & Cie." and "Georg T.
Monsen", also shown by Lloyd's.
Ivan Sache, 10 March 2008
![[Henry Scholefield & Son houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfhsc.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 27 April 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of Henry
Scholefield & Son (#792, p. 74), a Newcastle-based company, as red with a white
shield charged with a H (red) and "S" (blue) monogram.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/39/
Ivan Sache, 27 April 2021
![[John O. Scott & Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfjos.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 1 May 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of John O.
Scott & Co. (#1535, p. 110), a Newcastle-based shipping company, as blue, in the
middle a white disk charged with a blue "S".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#75
Ivan Sache, 1 May 2021
![[Scott Brothers houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfscb.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 3 April 2008
Lloyds Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912)
shows the house flag of "Scott Brothers, Ltd." (#313, p. 51), a company based in
Newcastle-on-Tyne, as white with a blue rectangle charged with the red letters
"S.B."
Ivan Sache, 3 April 2008
![[Walter Scott & Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfwsc.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 4 May 2021
Walter Scott, a West Hartlepool-base shipowner, was mentioned in 1917 as one of
the two liquidators of the Retalwston Steam Ship Co., Ltd. (The London Gazette,
6 March 1917).
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the
house flag of Walter Scott & Co. (#1844, p. 124), as white with the red letters
"W.S & Co".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#89
Ivan Sache, 4 May 2021
![[Scottish Ship Management houseflag]](../images/g/gb~ssm.gif)
image
provided by Ian Warner, 27 March 2013
Source:
http://www.scottishshipmanagement.org/
![[Scottish Shire Line Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~scsh.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 Turnbull Martin and Co. Ltd, London. A
blue swallow-tailed burgee bearing a white saltire and a red diamond in the
centre. The flag is made of a wool and synthetic fibre bunting. It has a cotton
hoist and is machine sewn."
Brown (1951) lists this too as Scottish Shire Line Co. Ltd., London (Turnbull,
Martin & Co., London)
Scottish Shire Line. Turnbull Martin & Co. began shipping between UK and New
Zealand in 1884 and operated as the Scottish Shire Line (also known as Shire
Line), with their ships being so named, from 1893, becoming part of Clan Line in
1918 but continuing to operate independently adopting the Clan Line funnel in
the 1930s but retaining its own flag. This lasted probably until the sale of its
last ship "Argyllshire" about the mid 1970s with the company name used for a few
years more as the registered owner of the "Encounter Bay". According to
Talbot-Booth (1942) this flag was flown from the mainmast whilst from 1935 the
Clan line flag was flown from the foremast though in his 1944 book he both
states this and then elsewhere reverses the order.
Neale Rosanoski, 15 March 2005
![[Scottish Shire Line, Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~scsh1.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 29 April 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows a slightly different
rendition of the same house flag (#1217, p. 94).
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#59
Ivan Sache, 29 April 2021
![[Scottish Tanker Co. Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~sctc.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 Scottish Tanker Co. Ltd., London. A pale
blue rectangular flag with a white saltire. In the centre is a white diamond
with a red rampant lion. The flag is made of a wool and synthetic fibre bunting.
It has a cotton hoist and is machine sewn. The lion on the flag is printed."
Jarig Bakker, 27 August 2004
![[Scrutton, Sons & Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfscr.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 3 May 2021
Scruttons of London commenced business as shipbrokers and ship owners in the
West Indian trade, their first vessel being the ship "Dominica" of 402 tons,
purchased in 1808 and sold in 1822. The fleet gradually expanded to about a
dozen in the mid nineteenth century, a total of about 30 vessels having passed
through the firm's ownership by 1890.
The Scrutton fleet was acquired in 1920
by Thomas & James Harrison.
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels
(1912) shows the house flag of Scrutton, Sons & Co. (#1638, p. 114), as
swallow-tailed, blue, charged in the center with a red disk.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#79
Ivan
Sache, 3 May 2021
![[Seacon Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~seaco.gif)
image by Jarig
Bakker, 20 December 2005
Seacon Ltd., London - white flag, several bright blue and bright green
parallelograms.
Source: Loughran (1995)
Jarig Bakker, 20 December 2005
![[W.H. Seager & Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfwse.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 28 April 2021
William Seager set up his shipping company in Cardiff as the Tempus Shipping
Co in 1904. In 1909 he took over the control of the Starcross SS Co from J.
Hoggarth, Cardiff together with their single ship and by 1914 the company owned
four ships. Two ships were lost to enemy action, but new purchases meant that
the fleet remained at four in 1918. Three ships were sold in 1919 leaving the
company with only one. However, new ships were delivered between the wars and by
1939 five tramps were owned. Four of these were lost during WWII and the
remaining ship was sold in 1946. This was replaced by the purchase of two
wartime built vessels which were sold in 1955 and 1962 respectively. The company
was wound up in 1964.
http://www.mariners-list.com/site_pages.php?section=Shipping+Companies&category=Welsh&page_name=Tempus+Shipping+Co
Mariners L
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the
house flag of W.H. Seager & Co. (#1066, p. 87), as swallow-tailed, white with a
red cross cantonned by the black letters "W", "H", "S" and "C°.".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/52/
Ivan Sache, 28 April 2021
![[Seacrest SG Co. Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~seacr.gif)
image by Jarig
Bakker, 15 February 2006
Seacrest SG Co., Ltd. (S.A, Polemis), London - blue flag, three red stones
outlined white, the top one lying, the bottom ones standing.
Source: Loughran (1995)
Jarig Bakker, 15 February 2006
![[Sealink Stena Line houseflag]](../images/g/gb~seast.gif)
image by Jarig
Bakker, 10 November 2005
Sealink Stena Line, London - blue flag, two thin yellow lines, the top one bent
into a triangular loop.
Source: Loughran (1995)
Jarig Bakker, 10 November 2005
![[Seaton Shipping Co., Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfsea.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 29 April 2021
Jacob Allison (c. 1863-1910) purchased his first ship, "Atalanta", in 1888
and founded J.S. Allison & Company in 1889. In 1906 the company became the
Seaton Shipping Company Co. Ltd.
In 1911 the management of the Seaton
Shipping Co. Ltd. was transferred to Sydney Hogg & Co.
https://www.hhtandn.org/venues/4709/seaton-shipping-co-ltd
Hartlepool
History Then and Now
In 1911, after the death of J.S. Allison, Sydney
Hogg & Co. took over the management of Seaton Shipping Co. Ltd. They also
managed ships for Merryweather Shipping Co. Ltd.
In 1911, on purchase of the
steamship "Brierton", the company used the name Brierton Shipping Co. Ltd., and
in 1913, on purchase of the steamship "Welbury", the company used the name Bury
Shipping Co. Ltd.
By 1917 the last ship had been sold and in January and
February 1918 all the companies were dissolved.
Sydney Hoog (1874-1936)
was a town councillor and became a J.P. He was also president of the Hartlepools
Chamber of Commerce and the Shipbrokers’ Association. He was admitted into the
Freedom of the City of London in the Painters Company on 5th January 1921.
http://www.hhtandn.org/venues/4710/sydney-hogg-and-co
Hartlepool History
Then and Now
Merryweather Shipping Co. Ltd. was formed through a long
connection of family shipowners which included William, Richard, Joseph Benjamin
Lister and William Scott Merryweather. William Merryweather (1791-1866) was an
auctioneer and purchased shares in his first sailing vessel soon after the
Victoria Dock opened in Hartlepool in 1840. His son, Joseph Benjamin Lister
Merryweather (1836-1902) formed a partnership with Robert Coverdale & Charles
Scotson Todd in 1873. On 31 August 1878 the partnership was dissolved by mutual
consent and Joseph and his son, William Scott (1860-1930), became partners.
Their first ship was the "Sarah Ann" named after Joseph’s wife.
William added
ships to the company after his father’s death. The last ship was sold in 1915
and he carried on a business as a shipbroker.
https://www.hhtandn.org/venues/4397/merryweather-shipping-co-ltd
Hartlepool History Then and Now
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels
(1912) shows the house flag of Seaton Shipping Co., Ltd. and Merryweather
Shipping Co., Ltd. (Sydney Hogg & Co.) (#1073, p. 88) as yellow with a blue
border and a blue cross.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#53
Ivan
Sache, 29 April 2021
![[John S. Sellers houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfjse.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 24 April 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of
John S. Sellers (#462, p. 58), a Liverpool-based company, as swallow-tailed,
blue with a white "S" in the center.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#23
Ivan
Sache, 24 April 2021
