Last modified: 2005-08-26 by jonathan dixon
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image by Jarig Bakker, 17 Jan 2005
Adelaide S.S. Co. Ltd., Adelaide: white flag, blue cross; in the center a red 8-pointed star.
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies [wed26].
Jarig Bakker, 17 Jan 2005
I am trying to identify a shipping company from it's house flag. The
flag is white having a red cross in saltire with a solid diagonal blue
square superimposed upon it.
The illustration I have I estimate as being mid 19th century.
Tony Burton, 29 Jun 2004
I have found this Australian Company: Archo. Currie & Co of Melbourne.
Dominique Cureau, 30 Jun 2004
image by Jarig Bakker, 13 Oct 2003
From Koninklijke Java - China - Paketvaart Lijnen (K.J.C.P.):
The Asia-Australia Express Service (K.J.C.P.L. + China Navigation Co., Ltd.,
end 1973-1975) had a houseflag: Blue with capitals AAE.
Jarig Bakker, 13 Oct 2003
image by Jonathan Dixon, 5 Aug 2005
According to information
obtained from the Nautical Association of Australia Inc. publication
The Log, the originating company of the Hunter [or Hunter's] River
Steam Navigation Co. liquidated and reformed in 1851 as the
Australasian Steam Navigation Co. with a flag diagonally quartered red
and blue as confirmed by Liverpool Chamber
of Commerce Sheet of 1885, Reed 1891 and Griffin 1895.In 1886 the
company was acquired by British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. and
the following year it was amalgamated with the Queensland Steam
Shipping Co. to form the Australasian United Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.
Neale Rosanoski, 30 July 2005
image by Jonathan Dixon, 25 Apr 2005
The flag of the Australasian United Steam Navigation Company is a white saltire throughout, top and bottom 'quarters' red, hoist and fly blue.
The Hunter's River Steam Navigation Company, started in the early 1840s,
was taken over in 1851 by A.U.S.N., based in Sydney.
Source: http://merchant-navy-ships.com/index.php?id=8,0,0,1,0,0
Jonathan Dixon, 25 Apr 2005
According to information
obtained from the Nautical Association of Australia Inc. publication
The Log, the originating company of the Hunter [or Hunter's] River
Steam Navigation Co. liquidated and reformed in 1851 as the
Australasian Steam Navigation Co. with a flag diagonally quartered red
and blue as confirmed by Liverpool Chamber
of Commerce Sheet of 1885, Reed 1891 and Griffin 1895. In 1886 the
company was acquired by British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. and
the following year it was amalgamated with the Queensland Steam
Shipping Co. to form the Australasian United Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.
The Queensland Steam Shipping Co. had been formed in 1887 by BISN with
its flag being red with a white saltire
which was the BI colours and basic design in reverse. The new flag
thus combined the two. From what I can make out from various comments
the origin of the original companies was aimed against overseas
companies such as BISN being involved in Australian trades. So, they
came in through the back door. AUSN, although continuing to be
involved and regarded as an "Australian" company and although shown as
based in Sydney by Reed 1901, was actually set up in London and was a
British company [Australian Coastal Shipping by Barry Pemberton 1979]
and subsequent sources show this as the head office where as a BI
subsidiary it ended up part of P&O and came to an end with the sale of
its last ships in 1961.
Neale Rosanoski, 30 July 2005
image by Jarig Bakker, 3 Aug 2004
From the link provided by Barbara Tomlinson of The National Maritime Museum http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/:
Jarig Bakker, 3 Aug 2004The house flag of the Australian Coastal Shipping Commission, Melbourne. A flag with a white field bearing a blue cross. The letters 'ACSC' in red appear in the four quarters. The flag is made of a wool and synthetic fibre bunting. It has a cotton hoist and is machine sewn. A rope is attached. This design was in use from 1956 to 1968 when the initials 'ACSC' were replaced by 'ANL' in the first quarter.
The Commission was established by Act of Parliament on 1 October 1956 to take over and manage vessels previously under the control of the Australian Shipping Board. This body had been made responsible for the management of merchant vessels in government ownership as a result of wartime conditions. The registered name of the fleet was the Australian National Line. It extended its operations to Japan and Europe in 1969 and to other countries in the 1970s. In 1974 it became the Australian Shipping Commission and was replaced by the wholly government owned Australian National Line in 1989.
In mid 1969 the flag was
changed with the letters becoming "ANL" in red placed in the canton:
image by Jonathan Dixon, 5 Aug 2005
Then in 1984, after green and gold had
officially been declared the Australian colours, the flag became white
with a green cross and the gold letters "ANL" in the canton:
image by Jonathan Dixon, 5 Aug 2005
However these colours did not stand out and
soon came under reconsideration. There was a report of a version with
a light grey field but this was probably a weathered white and the
real change was to a green field with a gold cross and lettering:
image by Jonathan Dixon, 5 Aug 2005
ANL Ltd., as it became in 1989, was dismantled
by the Australian Government in 1998 with the name rights and overseas
vessels being acquired by what is now CMA CGM Holdings. The name is
still in use by this group as the subsidiaries ANL Container Line Pty.
Ltd. and ANL Singapore Pte. Ltd. using chartered tonnage which still
bear the ANL funnel colours but I have no knowledge of whether the
flag still flies.
Neale Rosanoski, 30 July 2005