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British shipping companies (G)

Galgate Co., Ltd. (John Joyce & Co.)
J. & A. Gardner & Co. Ltd.
Geest Line
General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.

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Galgate Co., Ltd. (John Joyce & Co.)

by Ivan Sache

Galgate Co., Ltd. (John Joyce & Co.), Liverpool
The flag is red with a white saltire and J (blue) in the middle of the saltire.
Source: 1911 Lloyd's flagbook, as illustrated at The Mystic Seaport Foundation.
Ivan Sache, 24 January 2004

J. & A. Gardner & Co. Ltd.

by Jarig Bakker, based on the website of the National Maritime Museum.

From the website of the National Maritime Museum, "the house flag of J. & A. Gardner & Co. Ltd., Glasgow. A dark blue rectangular flag with a red 'G' in the centre. The flag is made of cotton fabric and is machine sewn. A rope and toggle is attached."
Jarig Bakker, 18 August 2004

Geest Line

by Jorge Candeias, 21 Mar 1999

White with two light blue horizontal stripes near the upper and lower edges. A yellow lozenge centered with a thick red border and a fancy red "G" inside. Crampton ’90 [cra90] shows this flag and calls the company “Geest Industries, Ltd.”
Jorge Candeias, 24 Feb 1999

House flag of this Southampton (UK) based maritime company at http://www.geestline.co.uk
Dov Gutterman, 28 Jan 1999

General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.

by Jarig Bakker, based on the website of the National Maritime Museum.

A white flag with the letters (clockwise from honour point) G S C N in the four corners in red. between the N and C is the date "1824". In the centre is a ring (colour unknown) containing a globe (constructed from latitude and longitude lines, no lands shown), also colour unknown.
James Dignan, 18 October 2003

"1824" is black; ring is red as are globe and latitude and longitude - another version has a Q-like ring, (Q turned, Lloyd names it a girdle).
Jarig Bakker,