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The site dedicated to the International Artiglio Award at www.artiglio.org
shows some nice flags or rather gonfalons such as those
representing Viareggio and Lucca Province. But while the Award is a
plaque, last year given to Smit Salvage, the ceremony entails the
use of a gonfalon all its own.
Concerning the Award, named after a famous vessel operated by Sorima: “The award was founded
for promotion and development of science, technology and sport in
the underwater world. In memory of the recovery ship
Artiglio, the Award intends to honor the values of the great
European seafaring tradition. The Award proposes to reward
persons, societies and associations that have distinguished
themselves for their creativity, commitment and determination in
activities connected with the underwater world.”
List of winners, the first of which (posthumously) was Jean-Yves Cousteau is at www.artiglio.org/Albo_premiati.html.
International Artiglio Award gonfalone
visible on this
page: Blue with four tails and fringed in gold; in the left
upper corner the Rotary emblem above the name of the local branch
(I think) Viareggio Versilia, white letters; to the right of
these the name ‘FONDAZIONE / ARTIGLIO EUROPA’ also in
white letters, left aligned; the rest of the field – but for
the tails – taken up by a picture of the reddish-brown bow
of ‘Artiglio’ (identified as such by the ship’s
name in white letters), some details in white; the sea a kind of
pale liliac with white wavelets; in the pale blue heaven most of
the twelve European stars, white, and slanted. The presence of a
Rotary gonfalone on the photos is quite natural as the legal seat
of the award’s secretariat is the Club’s local base at
Lido di Camaiore near Viareggio.
Jan Mertens, 9 March 2008
image by Jarig Bakker, 18 November 2005
Achille & Vincenzo Onorato, Naples - blue flag, two white
wings with in center a white oval fimbriated black charged with
intertwined green "A" and red "O".
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of
the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995.
Jarig Bakker, 18 November 2005
image by Željko Heimer, 27 March 2004
The 1930 "Larousse Commercial" lists this company as
Italian, based as it was in Fiume, but we all know that Fiume is
now Rijeka, Croatia.
"Adria" S.A. di Navigazione Marittima has a blue flag
with a red saltire (the arms equal to 1/5 of the flag's width),
over all a yellow anchor (without rope) which bears a letter A,
also yellow: its apex has been flattened to run parallel to, and
immediately below, the anchor's stock. Incidentally, the A rests
completely within the saltire, you could say it sits astride on
it. The anchor itself takes up about 1/3 of the flag's length and
almost completely fills up the flag's width. Funnel: black.
See also previous flag below, showing an earlier, pre-WWI version
(technically, a Hungarian house flag).
The blue in the 1930 flag could refer to Italy, whereas the
central emblem survived in a adapted form. I believe the firm
helped to make up a new company to be called Adriatica
di Navigazione.
Jan Mertens, 31 October 2003
In "All about Ships and Shipping", 1938 I found
about the same image, with minor differences: the legs of the
"A" are in blue; the anchor takes 2/3 flagheight, and
there's a yellow 5-pointed star in the top.
Caption: "Adria", Soc. Anon. di Nav. Marittima (I
sailed by one of their ships from Palermo to Tunis in 1965).
Jarig Bakker, 31 October 2003
I did see a very small yellow speck on the 1930 image... I
thought it was due to bad printing...
Jan Mertens, 31 October 2003
My deductions, which are only guesswork, are that it
originated as the Austro-Hungarian company shown by Griffin 1895
as Adriatic Hungarian Sea Navigation Co. or Adria-Hungarian Sea
Navigation Co., by Lloyds 1904, 1912 and Reed 1912 as Royal
Hungarian Sea Navigation Co. "Adria" Ltd., and by
Merchant Ships 1942 as the Hungarian company Adria Regia Ungarica
which after WWI became the Italian Adria company [i.e.
"Adria" Società Anonima di Navigazione Marittima]
which merged into Società Anonima di Navigazione
"Tirrenia" in 1938.
For the "Previous Flag" four sources show flags
differing slightly in each case. Griffin 1895 has the emblem in
black outline on the white oval comprising a foul anchor with
above it a crown and below a scroll. Lloyds 1904 shows basically
the same except it is in red and the crown looks more like a
mitre and touches the top of the anchor and there is a suggestion
(possibly imagination) that a red "A" surmounts the
anchor stock with the scroll shown as red with white print.
Lloyds 1912 shows a blue anchor but the crown and scroll look
more like printing blots or possibly misprinting of the anchor
cable [I am working from an actual edition which I assume is also
clearer than the web version], and I presume that fairly enough
they have been ignored when producing the previous flag shown as
what they actually are only becomes clear when comparing with the
other sources. Finally Reed
1912 gives a larger oval touching top and bottom which is
basically the same with the red "A" appearing to exist
and the scroll being red with black letters. None of the scrolls
can be read of course.
Neale Rosanoski, 24 March 2004
The item atop the emblem would be, most probably the St.
Stephen's crown (I think it is a safe guess), but I decided to
ignore it for the moment, just as I did with the scroll (that
would read, no doubt either "ADRIA" or
"FIUME"). Anyway, the details for the emblem were of
little significance for the books of the kind we use as sources
here (they were meant for recognizing purposes and not to be
fully faitful), and we would probably need to get hold of a real
flag or at least some other material containing the Adrial logo
(like the headers of writing paper or the time tables). Anyway,
it seems to me that the letter A and the cable was red, while the
anchor was blue.
Željko Heimer, 27 March 2004
Previous Flag ?
image by Željko Heimer, 27 March 2004
After looking at the Lloyd's 1912 on the Net, I found the
drawing of the previous company of the same name (it's listed
under number 188 there).
Željko Heimer, 26 December 2003
The post 1918 flag of the S.A. di Navigazione Maritima
"Adria" - Fiume is blue with red saltire and overall an
anchor and a letter A topped with a yellow five-pointed star. My
image is prepaired based on Larousse Commercial, 1930 (thanks to
Jan Mertens) and "All about Ships and Shipping", 1938
(thanks to Jarig Bakker).
This only makes the assumption of the crown above the pre-1918
emblem more probably - the five-pointed "star of
freedom" was the emblem of Fiume that replaced the Hungarian
emblems "as a mater of default", if I am not much
mistaken.
Željko Heimer, 27 March 2004
image by Jorge Candeias, 5 February 1999
A white-red vertical bicolour with the lion of St. Marcus
centered.
Jorge Candeias, 5 February 1999
The flag of this maritime company based in Venice , Italy (as
can see also from its flag) is based on
http://www.adriatica.it/inglese/index.html (defunct) and can be
seen here.
Dov Gutterman , 16 January 1999
Formed 1932 by the merger of several companies as Compagnia di
Navigazione Adriatica with subsequent changes leading to the
current title of Adriatica di Navigazione S.p.A.
Neale Rosanoski, 11 April 2003
At the 1940 page at www.24flotilla.com:
"Adriatica", Venice - The lion (with lowered tail)
stands on a ground, has a full aureole and takes up a rather
large part of the field. No criticism implied –
the 1940 source shows a very "classic"
rendition.
Jan Mertens, 5 January 2008
image by Jarig Bakker, 18 November 2005
Almare di Navigazione S.P.A., Genoa; blue flag, a
white device (anchor with Lorraine cross?).
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of
the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995.
Jarig Bakker, 18 November 2005
Almare di Navigazione SpA. Formed in 1972 the company was taken over by Premuda SpA in 2000 with its by then 1 vessel being placed under Premuda ownership in 2002. I do not know at what point the colours changed but they are now gone. Unlike Jarig my take on the Brown image was it could have been a stylized galley, but it turns out that his interpretation is better. Only problem is that the Brown image is probably not accurate based on the fact that the same design is shown for both funnel and flag and ship photos for the funnel show a more squashed but clearer anchor connection.
image by Neale Rosanoski, 17 September 2010
At the site
http://www.naviearmatori.net/gallery/viewalbum.php?id=319 there are two flag
images shown. One is as per Jarig's image [and is probably a copy of it] but
there is a 2nd flag logo showing a black field
but the anchor design as shown on the funnel. I would image that the black field is
misleading and that the likely flag with blue field is as in the image above. The enlarged image at the naviearmatori site shows that the
horizontal bars do have forked ends. My shade of blue is based on the
funnel photos and subject to light and camera foibles a medium shade seems
applicable.
Neale Rosanoski, 17 September 2010
image by Jarig Bakker, 11 July 2004
Alpha Trading SpA (Milan, Genoa; also Monaco) is an Italian
firm founded in 1985 dealing in various petroleum-based products,
active on the home market (ports, for instance) and also
internationally.
The firm's flag with company logo at www.alphatrading.it
is showing a white sunburst on a red panel in the center of a
white flag.
Jan Mertens, 18 January 2004
image by Miles Li, 21 May 2016
At the 1940
Spanish source (fifth flag on the third complete row): Full
name ‘Società di Navigazione Alta Italia (La Creola)’
(Northern Italy (Creole) Shipping Co.), established at Genoa,
also known as NAI.
Founded by the Piaggio Group at Turin in 1906; moved to Genoa and
listed on the stock exchange in 1932; operated
passenger ships and tankers (Gulf of Mexico, then the Americas
and the Far East); important tanker operator after WWII: majority
of shares owned by Montanari since
1999.
image by Miles Li, 21 May 2016
As to Alta Italia itself, the Spanish source shows an house flag: The flag is
vertically divided blue-yellow-blue, the company seal in the
centre, rendered all in black. Said seal is coloured
in the version of the
flag on-line
1912 Lloyds Flags & Funnels as No. 1859 ‘Società
Anonima Navigazione Alta Italia. Turin’: Yellow Turin bull on a blue background within a
yellow garter, a yellow crown above it.
Not much more is learned by looking at the 1913
share (in the centre of this page), but this share also shows
a long pennant which represents, I think, ‘La Creola’ mentioned as
an additional name in the 1940 source. The link in the Montanari comments does show a tiny Alta Italia flag
on a funnel (see 1998 versions, top). Additional information at www.itawiki.com
and www.navmont.com.
Jan Mertens, 15 March 2008
At the 1940
Spanish source (fourth of second complete row, between
“Garibaldi” and “Ilva”, archived
here) - Andrea Zanchi, established at
Genoa. It
shows the flag, dark blue
bearing a white animal facing the fly, and a small white
five-pointed star in each corner.
It seems that the company – surely named after a real person
(one source mentions “Comm. A. Zanchi”) which would
have been the owner – was founded in 1925 with a view to
import frozen meat from South America. In fact so regular was
this line that A. Zanchi was granted the use of the postal
pennant. During WWII several ships were sunk or impounded by
allied nations or Germany although a number of them was restored
after the war. Years of activity were certainly 1925
till 1963.
Sources: (in Italian and English, respectively)
www.agenziabozzo.it,
www.red-duster.co.uk.
Jan Mertens, 12 February 2008
The creature on the house flag is a bear – see this page, part of an
impressive collection of Italian house flags:
http://www.naviearmatori.net/gallery/viewimage.php?id=72913.
Jan
Mertens, 24 March 2011
image by Jarig Bakker, 14 January 2005
Angelo Parodi, Genoa - white flag; red intertwined
"AP".
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign
Steamship Companies, compiled by F.J.N. Wedge, Glasgow, 1926 [wed26].
Jarig Bakker, 14 January 2005
image by Ivan Sache, 21 February 2005
image by Ivan Sache, 21 February 2005
Angelo Parodi - Appears to have become Società Anonima
Emanuele V. Parodi by the 1930s [a later ship was name
"Angelo Parodi"] with the flag first of all having a
small horizontal biband canton of yellow and blue [see here] as shown by
Talbot-Booth in 1936-1938, or by adding the canton and changing
the letter to a single "P" [see here] as shown by Brown 1934
onwards and Talbot-Booth agreeing by 1942. Dating from 1896 the
company sold its last ships in 1965.
Neale Rosanoski, 20 February 2005
At the 1940 page at www.24flotilla.com:
"Emanuele Parodi", Genoa - The 1940 source gives the
single initial ('P') variant.
Jan Mertens, 5 January 2008
image by Jarig Bakker, 20 February 2006
Aretusa S.p.A., Rome; white flag, red hoist-diagonal stripe;
in canton "CCG" over two wavy bars, all black.
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of
the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995.
Jarig Bakker, 20 February 2006
Aretusa was a nymph in the ancient mythology.
Ivan Sache, 21 February 2006
image by Jarig Bakker, 18 November 2005
Atlantica S.p.A. di Navigazione, Genoa - blue flag, white
"A".
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of
the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995.
Jarig Bakker, 18 November 2005
image by Ivan Sache, 1 February 2004
Following the link found by Joe Mc Millan - The Mystic Seaport Foundation www.mysticseaport.org,
we can reach the 1911 Lloyd's flagbook, whose full title is
(after the scan of the cover): 'Lloyd's book of house flags and
funnels of the principal steamship lines of the world and the
house flags of various lines of sailing vessels', published at
Lloyd's Royal Exchange. London. E.C. On p. 134, we have:
#2052. Attilio Milesi, Fu Pietro, Genoa. The flag is
swallow-tailed, blue with a M (white) near the hoist and two
white stars placed vertically near the fly.
Ivan Sache, 1 February 2004
image by Jarig Bakker, 1 September 2005
Ausonia Crociere S.p.A., Genova - white burgee, top red
border; in bottom green wavy stripe.
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of
the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995.
Jarig Bakker, 1 September 2005
image by Jarig Bakker, 19 February 2004
Becchi & Calcagno, Savona - horizontal triband RWR,
proportioned 1:2:1; on white contoured "B.C.".
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign
Steamship Companies, compiled by F.J.N. Wedge, Glasgow, 1926 [wed26]
Jarig Bakker, 19 February 2004
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 April 2009
‘Biarma SRL’ or Biarma Shipping is an Italian maritime agency established at
Pozzallo in the S. of Sicily. Website, Italian only, at www.biarma.it.
The company organizes forwarding of bulk or special cargo and
containers (in partnership with MSC, for instance), customs
clearing, port assistance (dock workers), etc. Active since 1994,
Biarma has helped to put Pozzallo harbour on the map by
developing various international maritime routes.
Shown on the site (as a flagoid – no photo found) is a house flag bearing a white
diamond on a dark blue field, and a dark blue initial
‘V’ in a special font placed on said
diamond. This initial surely recalls the family name
of the owner(s), Venniro.
Jan Mertens, 24 January 2009
image by Jarig Bakker, 1 September 2005
Bibolini Societa di Navigazione S.p.A., Genoa - blue flag,
"B" between two 5-pointed stars, all white.
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of
the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995.
Jarig Bakker, 1 September 2005
See also: Carboflotta
