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by Željko Heimer, 16 October 2004
Bakar Steamship Company (Bakarsko parobrodarsko društvo), Bakar - Bakar is an excellent natural port east of Rijeka (Fiume), and unlike Rijeka who was given to direct Hungarian rule, it remained under the Croatian rule. In the mid-19th century the Bakar shipowners had 22 sailships, and in 1875 the Coratian Shiping Company (Hrvatsko brodarsko društvo) was established initially with three sailships: Ban Mažuranic, Hrvat and Bakaran. In 1878 the first steamship was build: Grad Bakar, and the steamship company was established under this name. After the building of the direct railroad to Rijeka in late 1880's, the importance of Bakar gradually diminished. Isaic describes that the Croatian shipowners used the Croatian tricolour as the base for their houseflags and gives example of the BBD (=Bakarsko Broda