Japanese controlled transport companies (China)

Last modified: 2005-04-02 by phil nelson
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• Manchokuo transports vessel flag
• Southern Manchuria Railway Company
• Northern China Railway Company
• Central China Railway Company

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• China: Index of Pages
• China

by Jaume Ollé

The flag of Manchurian Transport Vessels is yellow with two black serrated lines. This is also according Flaggenbuch 1939. Adopted 22 October 1935.
Jaume Ollé 17 June 2000

Note: Flaggenbuch, 1939, shows this flag having blue serrations. This is a reported error.

by Jaume Ollé

The first Japanese penetration in Manchuria was through the railways of the region that after the Russian-Japanese war of 1905 fall in hands of Japan (Portsmouth Treaty). The South Manchurian Railway Co., a organization near under government control, was created in April 1908 and adopted this flag.
Jaume Ollé 17 June 2000

by Jaume Ollé

Northern China Railway Co. was created in 1938 and was under Japanese military control. The company adopted and used this flag.
Jaume Ollé 17 June 2000