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![[Nomadic Steamship Co., Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfnos.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 4 May 2021
The Nomadic Steamship Co. Ltd., managed by John Joss, voluntarily wound up on 6
May 1915 (The London Gazette, 11 May 1915).
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29159/supplements/4575/page.pdf
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of
Nomadic Steamship Co., Ltd. (Joss Sons & Co.) (#1832, p. 124), a London-based
shipping company, as white with a red rising half-sun.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#89
Ivan Sache, 4 May 2021
![[London Court Line Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~nomik.gif)
image
by Jarig Bakker, 20 September 2005
Nomikos (London) Ltd, London - Israeli-style flag; in center blue cross formy.
Source:
Loughran (1995)
Jarig Bakker, 20 September 2005
![[Norships Ocean Carriers, Ltd houseflag]](../images/g/gb~s0620.gif)
image
by Phil Nelson, 6 April 2000
from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963
Norships Ocean Carriers Ltd. This is one that you may wish to toss a coin as to
what name it should be shown under. In Brown 1951 it is recorded for Ship
Finance & Management Co. Ltd. They operated various companies, several of which
had name beginning with "N" and ships with a 1st name of "Lord" indicating that
they were connected and probably were subsidiaries. Norships Ocean Carriers Ltd.
do not appear in Lloyds Shipowners 1953-4 but one company in the above category,
Norwood Steamship Co. Ltd., does and this explains why Stewart 1953 and 1957
show the livery for both Ships Finance & Management and Norwood Steamship. By
1958 the companies operated by Ships Finance & Management appear to have been
consolidated into Norships Ocean Carriers Ltd. which explains why Stewart 1963
and US Navy record it under that name (ignoring the operator). By the beginning
of the 1970s the fleet appears to be under Norships Freighters Inc. with all
other names, including Ship Finance, disappeared from the scene. The answer to
all this, it seems, is one of the "London" Greeks, George Nilcolaou Ltd., being
behind everything, certainly noted as agents for the last mentioned company and
actually shown by US Navy 1961 as well for the livery but under the Greek
section despite domiciling in London.
Neale Rosanoski, 26 February 2004
image by António Martins-Tuválkin,
6 May 2010
The originally operated the Clyde Steamers.
The North British Railway
was earlier than its rivals in operating its own steamers rather than relying on
private owners to provide connections at the railheads. The Railway established
the North British Steam Packet Company to run services from the railhead at
Helensburgh to Dunoon and Rothesay and also to Ardrishaig, in competition with
the route to the West Highlands operated by David Hutcheson. Two large steamers
were ordered for the 1866 season which ended in operational and financial
failure. A more limited service was resumed in 1869 and a regular service was
established from the north bank of the Clyde.
[...]
The North British took
direct control of its steamship subsidiary in 1902 until 1923 when the NB was
amalgamated with other railway lines into the London & North Eastern Railway
(LNER). Railway amalgamation left the LNER steamers independent, but facing a
stronger combined CSP/LMS fleet operating from Gourock on the south bank and
from other Ayrshire piers.
Railway amalgamation in 1923 left the North
British fleet in competition with a newly combined CSP/GSWR fleet and only added
two units to its ageing fleet. With Marmion and Waverley (I), which had been
withdrawn at the end of the 1938 season, lost during World War Two and Lucy
Ashton 57 years old at the end of hostilities, plans were made for new tonnage.
A new paddle steamer, Waverley was introduced for the 1947 season, the last
before railway nationalisation and the transfer of the vessels to the British
Transport Commission and later to its newly acquired subsidiary, the Caledonian
Steam Packet Company, the LNER's former bitter rivals. Waverley was the last
paddler and last steamship built for the Clyde, the last paddler to remain on
the Clyde. Since 1975 she has steamed for private owners, including from a
re-opened Helensburgh, the pier from which the story of railway-owned steamers
was begun by the LNER's predecessors.
Clyde Steamers
http://www.clydesteamers.co.uk/LNER%20Steamers.html
Lloyd's Book of
House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the same flag (#1712, p. 118) for North
British Railway Co. (Clyde Steamers).
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#83
Ivan
Sache, 3 May 2021
See also:
![[North Eastern Steam Fishing Co., Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfnes.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 27 April 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of the
North Eastern Steam Fishing Co., Ltd. (#775, p. 73), a Grimsby-based company, as
blue with a white diamond in the center.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/38/
Ivan Sache, 27 April 2021
![[North East Towing Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~net.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 9 September 2005
North East Towing Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne - white flag, black connected
"NE".
Source:
Loughran (1995)
Jarig Bakker, 9 September 2005
![[North Lancashire Steam Navigation Co., Ltd houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfnls.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 3 May 2021
The North Lancashire Steam Navigation Company introduced a twice weekly
service to the island [Isle of Man], on a year round basis, in 1845 using the
paddle steamers Orion and Fenella. Orion had been built in 1841 and Fenella in
1846. The service was abandoned in December 1846 and reverted to the seasonal
summer service begun by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company’s paddle steamer,
Mona’s Isle in 1842. [...]
Between 1842 and 1876 summer season sailings were
maintained between Fleetwood and Douglas by North Lancashire Steam Navigation
Company and the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, sometimes operating jointly.
Between 1876 and 1961 ships of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company were the
sole operators of the service[...].
Fleetwood's Maritime Heritage
http://www.fleetwoods-maritime-heritage.info/?page_id=71
The first
services from Fleetwood to the North of Ireland were started in 1843 by the
North Lancashire SN Co. By an Act of 1870, the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
(LYR) and the London & North Western Railway (LNWR) obtained powers to run
steamers from Fleetwood to Belfast and Londonderry. The North Lancashire SN Co
owned three paddle steamers at this time, of which the Royal Consort was taken
over by the LYR/LNWR joint companies, who retained the black funnel with a white
band for their own ships.
Simplon
http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/LMS_LYR1.html
The first steamship owned
by the North Lancashire SN Co was the iron-hulled Prince of Wales. She was built
in 1842 for the company's Fleetwood-Ardrossan service. In March 1843 she opened
the Belfast-Fleetwood-Ardrossan service. In March 1843 she opened the
Belfast-Fleetwood route and for the next seventeen years was regularly employed
on it.
In the early 1860s she was chartered for a few weeks on both the
Belfast-Liverpool and Belfast-Ardrossan routes and in 1863 was chartered by the
Great Eastern Railway for the opening of the Harwich-Rotterdam service,
fore-runner of today's Harwich-Hook route. After this she returned to Belfast
and worked to Silloth until 1865. In her early days she was a popular excursion
steamer.
In June 1849 she and the Adrossan steamer Fire Fly went on what must
have been, with two steamers, a monster excursion to Rathlin. In July of the
same year she acted as flag-ship for the Belfast Harbour Commissioners at the
opening of the Victoria Channel.
Tod & McGregor Shiplist
http://www.gregormacgregor.com/Tod&Macgregor/Prince_of_Wales_36.htm
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of North
Lancashire Steamship Co., Ltd. (#1710, p. 118), a Fleetwood-based shipping
company, as white with a thin red cross, in the middle, a red rosette, in the
respective quarters, the green letters "N", "L", "S" and "C".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#83
Tod
& McGregor Shiplist describes a completely different house flag:
The
services to the North of Ireland via Fleetwood were established in 1843 by the
North Lancashire Steam Navigation Co. as subsidiary of F Kemp & Company,
Fleetwood. The flag of the company was red with white St George's cross, having
in the middle a green three-leaved shamrock, symbolising, no doubt, the
facilities provided for transport between England & Ireland. Funnels were black
with a white band, an exceedingly smart combination.
Ivan
Sache, 3 May 2021
image by Ivan
Sache, 3 April 2008
Lloyds Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912)
shows the house flag of "North Lincolnshire Steamship Fishing Co., Ltd. Co."
(#287, p. 50), a company based in Grimsby, as blue with a white ring charged
with a white "L" in the middle.
Ivan Sache, 3 April 2008
![[North of Scotland and Orkney and Shetland houseflag]](../images/g/gb~nscot.gif)
image
by António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 January 2008The flag is horizontally divided blue-white-blue.
Formed as the Aberdeen, Leith & Clyde Shipping Company. Incorporated in 1875
as the North of Scotland & Orkney & Shetland Steam Navigation Co. with offices
in Aberdeen. Became Limited in 1919.
Ran shipping service between Shetland,
Orkney and the Scottish mainland. Also owned a hotel on Shetland. Still
operating in the 1930’s but probably nationalised in 1947 along with the
railways.
https://www.scripoworld.com/records/united-kingdom/scotland/north-of-scotland-orkney-shetland-steam-navigation-company/
ScripoWorld
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of N. of
Scotland & Orkney & Shetland S. Nav. Co. (#165, p. 44) as horizontally divided
blue-white-blue.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#9
Ivan
Sache, 21 April 2021
![[North Sea Ferries houseflag]](../images/g/gb~nsf.gif)
image by Jarig
Bakker, 10 December 2005
North Sea Ferries, Hull - diagonally divided, blue in lower hoist, white in
broad stripe in centre, white in upper hoist. Blue and light blue
separated by thin white bar. On light blue panel and oval logo showing a
stylized ship made of horizontal white lines on a dark blue sea.
Source: Loughran (1995)
Jarig Bakker, 10 December 2005
![[North Thames Gas Board houseflag]](../images/g/gb~ntgb.gif)
image
by Jarig Bakker,
based on the website of the National
Maritime Museum.
From the website of the National
Maritime Museum, "the house flag of the North Thames Gas Board, London. A
white flag with a red rising sun motif in the centre and the black letters 'NTGB'
in the corners. The flag is made of a wool and synthetic fibre bunting. It has a
cotton hoist and is machine sewn. A rope and toggle is attached."
Jarig Bakker, 22 August 2004
![[North Thames Gas Board houseflag]](../images/g/gb~ntgbb.gif)
image
by Jarig Bakker
Brown (1951) shows shows the same flag with blue letters.
Jarig Bakker, 22 August 2004
![[Northumbrian Shipping Corporation, Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfnsc.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 29 April 2021
Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of
Northumbrian Shipping Corporation, Ltd. (Leonard Macarthy) (#1163, p. 92), a
Newcastle-based company, as swallow-tailed, blue with the white letters "L.M.".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#57
Ivan Sache, 29 April 2021
![[Northwold Steam Fishing Co. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~hfnsf.gif)
image by Ivan
Sache, 27 April 2008
Lloyds Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912)
shows the house flag of "Northwold Steam Fishing Co., Ltd" (#321, p. 52), a
company based in Grimsby, as red with a white "W" inscribed in a white ring.
Ivan Sache,
27 April 2008
![[North Yorkshire Shipping Co. Ltd. houseflag]](../images/g/gb~nys.gif)
image
by Jarig Bakker,
based on the website of the National
Maritime Museum.
From the website of the National
Maritime Museum, "the house flag of the North Yorkshire Shipping Co. Ltd.,
London. A green flag with a white rose in the centre. The flag is made of a wool
and synthetic fibre bunting. It has a cotton hoist and is machine sewn. The
design is printed. A rope and toggle is attached."
Jarig Bakker, 22 August 2004
![[James Nourse Ltd houseflag]](../images/g/gb~s0802.gif)
image
by Phil Nelson, 9 April 2000
from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963
Formed by Capt. James Nourse in 1861 at Greenock, but transferred to London
in 1864. Many of the company's early voyages were between Calcutta and
Australian ports but Nourse soon entered the India to the West Indies trade
carrying indentured labour for the plantations. Standards aboard the ships were
high and the native passengers were said to be in better health when they
arrived than when they left India.[...]
It wasn't until 1904 that the company
took delivery of their first steamship having persevered with sail, mainly for
economic reasons and the lack of coaling facilities between India and the West
Indies. In 1917P & O Line purchased a controlling interest in the company, but
there was no obvious change. In 1932 the majority interest passed to British
India S.N. Co., but by 1955 the entire holding passed back to P & O. The trade
between India and the West Indies gradually declined in the 1950s and several of
the company's ships spent long periods on charter to other P & O group fleets.
By 1965 the company had diversified into tramp shipping and amalgamated with
Hain Line to form Hain-Nourse Ltd.
The ShipsList
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/nourse.shtml
Lloyd's Book of
House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the same flag (#1568, p. 111).
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#76
Photo
http://www.poheritage.com/our-history/company-guides/james-nourse
Ivan Sache, 1 May 2021