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zachary harden
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image by Ivan Sache, 14 October 2000
A white pennant with the Hungarian national flag in the
middle, extending all over the pennant length, and a black anchor
over the national flag, shifted to hoist. The flag flies over the
Mahart building in the center of Budapest (Pest side). It can
also be seen very often in touristic leaflets, used as logo on a
blue rectangular background.
Mahart seems to have a kind of monopoly on sailing in Hungary, so
I suspect it is a national company or the privatized avatar of
the former national company during Communist period. In that
sense, it would have been a kind of unofficial civil ensign
Ivan Sache, 14 October 2000
MAHART = MAgyar HAjózási RT means Hungarian Shipping Co.
Ltd.
Information about MAHART (in English) at <www.mahart.hu>.
István Molnár, 15 October 2000
image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2009
Balatoni Hajózási (Balaton Shipping Co.) was founded on 21
September 1846 with the launching of the steamboat
"Kisfaludy". The company operates today 26 motor
passenger ships serving 22 ports around Lake Balaton. Most
important, the ferry service between Szántórév and Tihanyrév
links the northern and southern shores of the lake. The company
also owns one hotel and several marinas. For more details see:
<www.balatonihajozas.hu>.
The flag of Balatoni Hajózási is horiztonally divided
blue-white-blue- white-blue-white-blue with a red canton covering
three horizontal stripes and c. 40% of the flag width, charged
with the yellow letters "BH". The stripes and canton
are outlined in yellow, except along the hoist.
The flag is shown on a photo available on Flickr
(August 2007). It is confirmed by another photo
shown on the website of the shipping company.
Ivan Sache, 14 October 2000 and 24 May 2009
Balaton Hajózási RT is indeed a division of Mahart and also a
yacht-club. MAHART Lake Balaton Shipping Co. Ltd site also at
<www.mahart.hu>.
István Molnár, 15 October 2000
image by Zeljko Heimer, 24 December 2018 (based on badge scan by Márton Pelles)
image by Zeljko Heimer, 24 December 2018 (based on badge scan by Márton Pelles)
image by Zeljko Heimer, 24 December 2018
image by Zeljko Heimer, 24 December 2018
The Fiume-Venetia Society owned by Lipót Schwarz and Girolamo Prister was established in 1884. In the beggining they worked with a single small wooden hull steamer but after they had managed to sign a contract with the state their fleet was extended so passenger and freight forwarding could start on the Fiume-Ancona line as well. At the time of Ungaro-Croata’s creation they worked with two bigger and a smaller steamer of which two sank due to collisions. Only one of the ships could be refloated and sold. To make up for the loss a large cabin steamer was purchased. Lipót Schwarz headed the company alone since 1895 which got a new name, too: Impresa Fiume-Ancona e Fiume-Venezia. With support of the government a new ship was ordered from England, then a few years later another even larger one from Germany. The company was wound up in 1900 and its assets were brought into Ungaro-Croata in June, 1901. The four ship handed over represented a total of 2610 BRT and 3275 Hp.The drawing of the company flag Márton Pelles posted from his research in the State Archives in Rijeka, (Državni Arhiv u Rijeci, 46, Pomorska oblast za Ugarsko-Hrvatsko primorje u Rijeci), showing a flag with white and red "wolf-teeth" border (6 outward pointing white "teeth" along the vertical and 11 outward pointing white "teeth" along the horizontal edges, white rhomboid pieces in the corners), the central pert green-red vertical bicolour with a white lozenge throughout including a blue emblem - a fouled blue anchor between the initials "L" and "S".Zeljko Heimer, 24 December 2018