Rostock 'Number Flags' c.1830-1867 (Mecklenburg-Hither Pomerania, Germany)

Nummernflaggen

Last modified: 2001-09-08 by santiago dotor
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• Introduction
• Nummernflagge 124 (reported 1847)
• Nummernflagge 27 (reported 1860)
• Nummernflagge 29
• Nummernflagge 41
• Nummernflagge 87
• Nummernflagge 92

See also:

• Rostock until 1867 (Mecklenburg-Hither Pomerania)
• Historical Flags (Mecklenburg-Hither Pomerania)
• Mecklenburg-Hither Pomerania (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
• Germany

These are flags of merchant ships registered with Rostock maritime authorities. They were in use from the mid-1830s to the mid-1860s. I have not been able to find out yet exactly what the numbers meant — order no. of the ship, the owner, the captain, or something else.

Norman Martin, 15 February 2001

Reported 1847

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by Jaume Ollé