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House Flags of German Shipping Companies (sch) - part 1

Deutsche Reedereiflaggen (sch) - Teil 1

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German merchant ensign
  • Peter Schaa
  • Scharpen Erben
  • Ad. Schiff
  • Schiffsservice Berlin
  • John Schildt Atlaslinie
  • D. Schilling
  • Julius Schindler Ölwerke GmbH
  • Tankschiff Reederei Julius Schindler (Hamburger Tanker GmbH)
  • Schleppschiffahrt auf dem Neckar
  • Schlesische Dampfer Compagnie (Berliner Lloyd AG)
  • Willy H. Schlicker
  • Ernst Schliemanns
  • Schlüssel Reederei
  • Karl Schlüter
  • Schmeil & Friedrich
  • Other "SCH" companies: See also:

    Peter Schaa

    [Peter Schaa (Shipping Company, Germany)]
    image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Apr 2009
    [Peter Schaa #2]
    image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 July 2019
       

    The company was located in Leer. It existed at least from 1952 until 2010 and was a shipping and freighting company.The flag is a black over red over blue horizontal tricolour, the colours of Eastern Frisia. In the centre a white lozenge (see left image above) or diamond (see right image above), fimbriated black containing a black inscription "Sch", is superimposed.
    Sources: "Flaggen, Schornsteine, Reedereien- Flaggen und Schornsteine der deutschen Reedereien und ihre Schiffe über 300 BRT"; Hamburg 1957; p.F25 and Klaus-Peter Bühne's webpage
    Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Apr 2009


    Scharpen Erben

    [Scharpen Erben] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Aug 2019

    Schleppschiffahrt Scharpen Erben, i.e. tugboat shipping Scharpen heirs, a company based in Hamburg. The flag was parted by a yellow saltire, hoist and fly quarters were red, top and bottom blue, the red quarters were charged with yellow initials "S" (hoist) and "E" (fly).
    Source: Schnall funnel chart 1997
    Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Aug 2019


    Ad. Schiff

    [Ad. Schiff] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 July 2019

    The company was based in Elsfleth. The flag was blue with a red serifed initial "S".
    Source: Flaggenbuch 1905, part V, p.21, image no.573
    Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 July 2019


    Schiffsservice Berlin

    [Schiffsservice Berlin] image by Eugene Ipavec, 8 May 2009

    Alluded to in a message concerning Merkur Schifffahrt-Baustoffe, the yellow pennant seen here represents Schiffsservice Berlin (DE), click first photo in row of three.
    Company website, German only: This bunkering firm at Berlin-Spandau, founded in 1959, was taken over by I. Gersbeck in 1998 and currently employs eight people.  Three bunkering vessels ply the Berlin inland waters (one of them accepting bilge) every day, a shipchandler's shop is maintained, and quayside space offered to vessels in transit. Additionally, the firm operates a tourist shipping terminal.
    House flag: Red-bordered yellow pennant, proclaiming name of owner "Ingo Gersbeck" and company "Schiffsservice Berlin" in black letters without serifs (two lines), plus the Berlin bear, also black, in the lower hoist corner.
    These are in fact the national colours although, of course, the traditional Shell red & yellow are most prominent.
    Jan Mertens, 8 May 2009


    John Schildt - Atlaslinie

    [John Schildt - Atlaslinie 1897]
    image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2012
    [John Schildt - Atlaslinie 1924]
    image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 July 2012
    [John Schildt 1928]
    image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Aug 2019
         

    Flag reported 1897

    It was a blue flag (see left image above). In the upper hoist corner were a yellow moon crescent and a 5-point star of the same colour.
    Source: Gratis Beilage zu Deicken und Behrmann's Neuen Monatsheften Neue Ausgabe Sommer 1897
    Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2012

    Flag reported 1924

    The variant (see central image above) has additional yellow initials in three corners: "D" (upper fly), "P" (lower hoist) and "M" (lower fly). In the centre is a yellow inscription "Atlaslinie" (letters are slightly smaller).
    Source: Otto Mathies: "Hamburgs Reederei 1814 - 1914", Hamburg 1924, p.140
    Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 July 2012

    Flag reported 1928

    Blue flag (see right image above) with yellow vaning crescent in canton, accompanied by a yellow 6-point star
    Source: Massary 1928, series 1, image no.372 Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Aug 2019


    D. Schilling

    [D. Schilling] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 July 2019

    The company was based in Bremen. The flag was blue with a white serifed initial "S".
    Source: Flaggenbuch 1905, part V, p.21, image no.572
    Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 July 2019


    Julius Schindler Ölwerke GmbH

    [Julius Schindler Ölwerke GmbH] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Aug 2019

    The company was based in Hamburg. The flag was white with a blue centred annulet, inside three connected white hexagons, fimbriated blue and ordered 1:2, charged with black initials "O" (above), "J" (beneath left) and "S" (beneath right).
    Source: Massary 1928, series 1, image no.74
    Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Aug 2019


    Tankschiff Reederei Julius Schindler (Hamburger Tanker GmbH)

    [Tankschiff Reederei Julius Schindler (Hamburger Tanker GmbH)] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Aug 2019

    Both labels were based in Hamburg. The flag was white with a red, centred, serifed initial "S".
    Source: Massary 1928, series 1, image no.297
    Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Aug 2019


    Schleppschiffahrt auf dem Neckar

    [Schleppschiffahrt auf dem Neckar] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, based on image located by Jan Mertens, 5 Nov 2008

    Towage on the (River) Neckar Ltd is the meaning of this company name. Established at Heilbronn, this venerable firm was founded in 1877 to carry goods on the River Rhine's tributary, the "towage" refers to the fact that for a number of years transportation was operated, literally, by barges being pulled along a 114 km long chain on the bottom of the river. The idea was to compete with the ever-expanding railways.  From 1935 on the river was fully canalized and steam (later diesel motor) vessels were put into service.  The company was taken over by Reederei Schwaben in 1972.

    German WIKIPEDIA, a photo showing navigation on the Neckar (before 1885):
     A 'Binnenvaart' page shows the flag as a drawing and flying on steam tug "Otto Konz" (colour photo):
    The flag has seven horizontal stripes black-red-black-white-black-red-black, the central (white) one being somewhat wider and bearing the serifed company initials "S.a.d.N." in black; next to the hoist is a vertical stripe in counterchanged colours RNRWRNR.  Black and red are the old Württemberg flag colours.
    Jan Mertens, 5 Nov 2008


    Schlesische Dampfer Compagnie

    [Schlesische Dampfer Compagnie (Berliner Lloyd)] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Aug 2019

    Schlesische Dampfer Compagnie and Berliner Lloyd AG. The company probably was based in Breslau, the Llloyd in Berlin. Either one was a daughter of the other or both companies had an alliance. One base of both was in Hamburg. The flag was a red-white-red horizontal triband.
    Source: Schnall funnel chart 1997
    Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Aug 2019


    Willy H. Schlicker & Co

    [Willy H. Schlicker] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Apr 2007

    The company was located in Hamburg-Altona. It is a black over white horizontal bicolour with a big, red "S" in the centre.
    Source: "Deutsche Reedereien und ihre Erkennungszeichen", 2nd ed.; Hamburg; 1956; p.33.
    Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Apr 2007


    Ernst Schliemanns

    [Ernst Schliemanns] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Apr 2007

    Ernst Schliemanns Tankschiff Reederei
    The company was located in Hamburg. It is a white over red over white horizontal triband with a white disc, fimbriated black, containing a black capital "S" in the centre.
    Source: "Deutsche Reedereien und ihre Erkennungszeichen", 2nd ed.; Hamburg; 1956; p.36.
    Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Apr 2007


    Schlüssel Reederei

    [Schlüssel Reederei] image by Jarig Bakker, 11 Sep 2005

    The company was based Bremen - triband NWN; in center on white red shield charged with a white contour line and a white key. Schlüssel (= key).
    Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
    Jarig Bakker, 11 Sep 2005


    Reederei Karl Schlüter

    [Reederei Karl Schlüter] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Jul 2012

    The blue flag is divided by a white saltire. In the centre is a white disc containing a blue initial "S".
    Source: Verband Deutscher Reeder homepage
    Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Jul 2012


    Schmeil & Friedrich

    [Schmeil & Friedrich] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 May 2012

    It is a 10-stripes flag horizontally divided by alternating red and white stripes. In the centre is a blue diamond containing a white inscription "S & F".
    Source: Gratis Beilage zu Deicken und Behrmann's Neuen Monatsheften Neue Ausgabe Sommer 1897
    Klaus-Michael Schneider and Jörg M. Karaschewski, 29 May 2012


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