Société Columba Belge de Navigation (Shipping company, Belgium)

Last modified: 2007-06-23 by ivan sache
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• Presentation of Columba
• House flag of Columba

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• Belgium
• Belgium: House flags of shipping companies

Presentation of Columba

The company operated a service from Antwerp, the company seat, to Canada, using four ships, each of about 2,000 tons. There were negociations with the Canadian government concerning a possible takeover in 1896.

Jan Mertens, 24 February 2007

House flag of Columba

The house flag of Columba, as shown on a share issued in 1894 and shown on the Boone Scripophily website, is white with a red cross throughout and in the centre a blue disk bearing a white dove flying away from the hoist. The dove recalls the name of the company (in French, a dove is a ).