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House Flags of German Shipping Companies (b)

Other "B" companies:

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Karl-Heinz Baase

image by Jarig Bakker, 3 Jan 2006

Karl-Heinz Baase, Elsdorf-Westermühlen - red flag, black hoist-diagonal stripe, in center white disk, black "B".
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 3 Jan 2006

BACO-Liner GmbH

image by Jarig Bakker, 4 Dec 2005

BACO-Liner GmbH., Duisburg - blue flag with white vertical stripes; in center a yellow "b"-like thingy.
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 4 Dec 2005

Gustavo Bahr

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2007

Gustavo Bahr - The company used a red flag with a white 5-point star in its centre. In the star was a black serifed capital "B".
Source: Jürgen Meyer: "Hamburger Segelschiffe von 1795-1945"; ISBN 3-89225-400-1; Hamburg 1999; inside cover.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2007

Baltische Reederei

image by Jarig Bakker, 14 Dec 2004

Baltische Reederei, Hamburg - a white saltire between (top and bottom) yellow) and (right and left) blue; in the center a white disk charged with a black "B"; flag bordered white.
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies, compiled by F.J.N. Wedge, Glasgow, 1926 [wed26]
Jarig Bakker, 14 Dec 2004

Baltische und Weißmeer Handels- und Schiffahrt

[Baltische und Wei??meer Handels- und Schiffahrts Ges]

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Mar 2007

Baltische und Weißmeer Handels- und Schiffahrts Ges.m.b.H. Danzig - The flag of the company was divided by saltire. Its quarters were blue (top), red (bottom); white (others) with black serifed capital letters in its white quarters "B" (hoist) and "W" (fly).
Source: Jürgen Meyer: "Hamburger Segelschiffe von 1795-1945"; ISBN 3-89225-400-1; Hamburg 1999; inside cover.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Mar 2007

Baltrum Linie

image by Jarig Bakker, 3 Jan 2006

Baltrum Linie GmbH & Co., Baltrum - green flag, white triangle bordered black, black "B.-L.".
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 3 Jan 2006

Baum & Co

image by Jarig Bakker, 6 Nov 2003

Dov Gutterman reported the linkof Befrachtungskontor W. Baum & Co., Nordenham - A canting flag (German Baum meaning tree). Flag is blue with a white diamond neraly touching all sides, charged with a green tree, with "&" on its stem and below the tree capitals CO, all blue.
(Nordenham is along the Weser river opposite Bremerhaven).
Santiago Dotor, 6 Nov 2003

Volker Baume

image by Jarig Bakker, 19 Oct 2005

Volker Baume, Hamburg - green flag, white stylized "vb".
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 19 Oct 2005

Bavaria AG

image by Jos Telleman, 4 Jul 2007

Bavaria Schiffahrts- und Speditions-AG (Bavaria Shipping and Transport Co. Ltd) has its head office at Aschaffenburg on the River Main and local offices in Germany (Würzburg, Bamberg, etc.) and France (Strasbourg). Company website (the house flag appears), and the English version of this site.

Bavaria offers extensive warehousing facilities, is specialized in integrated transport, operates a fleet of 25 barges representing about 45.000 metric tonnes, and has a subsidiary offering insurance.

The house flag can be seen flying on the "Bavaria" and also as a drawing on this Binnenvaart page.
If we consider the company website's version as the correct one, we can describe the house flag as being light blue with a thin white saltire and a small white, black-rimmed, disk in the centre bearing a black initial B. (In this picture the B is italic, but Binnenvaart shows it straight.).
Jan Mertens, 28 Apr 2006

Bayerischer Lloyd

image sent by Jan Mertens, 23 Nov 2007

Image from a German eBay offer no. 150133135419 (end 25 June 2007) put up by 'bundeszentralregister', table flag measuring about 15 cm x 24 cm.
Description: Wavy gyronny of twelve pieces, blue and white; in the centre a yellow lion, rampant, with red tongue and nails.
Jan Mertens, 23 Nov 2007

Binnenschiffahrtskontor Beck

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Aug 2008

It is a celestial blue flag with a white rhomb in its centre, containing a black capital “B”.
Source: I spotted this flag as jack of a ship of Dettmer company passing by at Billwerder Bucht on 13 April 2007. Another skipper told me, that flag belonged to a former member of Dettmer Reederei Bremen, who had established his own subsidiary. (The flag hoisted on top of the mast was that one of Dettmer).. But he didn’t know the name of that guy.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Aug 2008

It is Binnenschiffahrtskontor Beck GmbH
The company is located in Hamburg-Eidelstedt. It is a celestial blue flag with a white rhomb in its centre, containing a black capital, serifed “B”.
Source: I spotted this flag as jack of a ship of Dettmer company passing by at Billwerder Bucht on 13 April 2007. On 1 April 2009 a captain of a DTG vessel gave me the important hint and showed me the address in some kind of almanach. The father of the owner is said to be a high rank employee of Dettmer (Bremen).
Finally identified! I redrew the flag, for my “B” was wrong, it is now serifed.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 April 2009

August Behn

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Mar 2007

August Behn - The company had a dark blue (FIAV-code B+) flag with a white centred cross.
Source: Jürgen Meyer: "Hamburger Segelschiffe von 1795-1945"; ISBN 3-89225-400-1; Hamburg 1999; cover inside.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Mar 2007

Behnke & Sieg

image by Jorge Candeias, 24 Dec 2004

The flag is quartered per saltire in blue an white, with black serifed initials in the white quarters (hoist and fly): B and S. The caption is simply not legible. Guessing like crazy, I came up with something in the lines of Behnda & Sipg.
Jorge Candeias, 24 Dec 2004

It's Behnke & Sieg, Danzig as shown in the on-line 1912 Lloyds Flags & Funnels as No. 13. In fact, it's one of the table flags Josef Nuesse would like to add to his collection.
Jan Mertens, 25 Dec 2004

BeKa

image sent by Jan Mertens, 21 Nov 2007

On 1 Jan of this year, the important inland shipping group Imperial (DE) took over freighting office BeKa Schiffsbefrachtungs-GmbH at Kehl on the Rhine (opposite Strasbourg in fact). The latter firm was founded in 1982 by Franz-Joseph Becker; his daughter Monique Hezel-Reyntjens continues to head the office, arranging transportation for about twenty private shippers (Dutch, most of them) and some others.
See the in-house magazine ‘Imperial News’ no. 1/2007, page 5 (English version).
BeKa page on the Imperial website: showing the house flag, a pennant really, confirming Imperial’s habit of allowing formerly independent operators to keep their flags flying (other examples are Wijgula, NL; De Grave-Antverpia, BE; Transest, FR).
See a larger drawing on the Vlootschouw page dedicated to the vessel ‘Jordy M’: Blue pennant, yellow vertical stripe near the hoist bearing the company name in blue letters (no serifs) placed vertically; in the fly, a drawn-out but still recognizable initial ‘B’ placed above a wave, both yellow.
For an even better picture see image above taken from German eBay offer no. 160171593145 (end 28 Oct 2007) put up by “maiti35”.
Jan Mertens, 21 Nov 2007

Bendorfer

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2009

Bendorfer Umschlag- und Speditions Gesellschaft mbH - The company was located in Bendorf, a small town between Koblenz and Neuwied and was established by Dr.Jürgen Bernhold, well known as owner of Hamburger Lloyd, and the Kann, a logistics(?) company.
In 2007 the company ran the dry good section of Bendorf’s harbour, while the fuel section was overtaken by Oiltanking GmbH (Hamburg) in the 1990's, when Hamburger Lloyd deteriorated.
Source: www.marcollect.de, maintained by Klaus-Peter Bühne.

Description of flag: It is a light blue flag with horizontal red stripes at both edges and a white fimbriation between the stripes. In the red stripe is a simplified version of the coat of arms of the city of Bendorf (an image can be seen at www.bendorf.de) at the hoist and white capitals “BUS”, which are separated by white dots, at the fly.
Source: I spotted this flag at Billwerder Bucht/Hamburg on 10 April 2009.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2009

Kurt Bernhold

image by Eugene Ipavec, 6 Sep 2008

On this page recounting an inland shipping career and showing the house flag of tanker operator â€?[Binnentankreederei] Kurt Bernhold KGâ€™ at Hamburg: See fourth photo showing vessel 'Fuhlsbüttel' in 1962.
Quarterly red and blue with a white cross throughout, the white Hamburg castle in the upper hoist (red field) and white initials 'KB' in lower fly (red field).
The (unnamed?) author worked for Bernhold between ca. 1959 and 1963 and mentions the end of the company (taken over by Hamburger Lloyd) without giving a precise date.
Kurt Bernhold was already mentioned as manager of Hamburger Lloyd.
Jan Mertens, 5 Sep 2008

Hans E.W. Berndt

image by Eugene Ipavec, 11 Feb 2009

This Seatowage page yielded a number of house flags last year, but the 'others' listed end of page may yield some more. One of these is the Berndt towage company at Hamburg, represented by 'Moorburg' and 'Wedel'“ click the first photo to see the tug flying a horizontally divided flag blue-yellow-blue (mirrored by the funnels). Here is the table flag version, found on German eBay as offer no. 290197756509 (end 22 Jan 2008) put up by 'shipflag'. Dimensions given as approx. 16 [cm] x 25 [cm].

Celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2005 (thus founded in 1930, no doubt named after the first owner), Berndt was at that time under control of Vattenfall, an important energy concern. However the Eckelmann shipping and logistics group has taken over Berndt since the beginning of 2008. News story, in German only here.
Active in Hamburg harbour and inland navigation, Berndt is said to have been above all a major stowing agent, especially of bulk goods such as coal, which in its turn explains the firm's ties with energy providers. The company continues to exist - would its colours still fly?
Jan Mertens, 9 Feb 2009

Arnold Bernstein

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2009

Arnold Bernstein
The company was located in Hamburg. It is a black over red horizontal bicolour, superimposed by a white lozenge touching the edges of flag. In the lozenge are black, dotted capitals “A.B.”
Source: Arnold KLUDAS: Die Geschichte der deutschen Passagierschiffahrt (5 Bde.) Hamburg 1986; Reprint Laibach Slovenia-Buch Nr. 03617-8 Flagchart p.224.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2009

Beulwitz, Dönitz, Witt & Co

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Mar 2007

Beulwitz, Dönitz, Witt & Co. - The company was established of three former naval officers in 1919: Eugen von Beulwitz, Hermann Witt and Friedrich Dönitz, who was a brother of admiral Karl Dönitz. The company lost the ship BOHUS in 1924 and the press was very hostile to the company afterwards for the crew was not very experienced. This marked the end of the company.
The company used a white flag divided by a light blue saltire and with light blue stripes on either edge(FIAV-code B-). In the white fields were black serifed capital letters: "B" (hoist), "D" (top),"W" (fly) and "Co" (bottom).
Source: J??rgen Meyer: "Hamburger Segelschiffe von 1795-1945"; ISBN 3-89225-400-1; Hamburg 1999.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Mar 2007

F.V. Beutelrock

image by Jarig Bakker, 19 Oct 2005

F.V. Beutelrock, K.G., Lübeck - per saltire white and red; in center white disk, fimbriated black, black "FB".
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 19 Oct 2005

Wilhelm Biesterfeld

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Mar 2007

Wilhelm Biesterfeld Reederei- und Schiffahrts G.m.b.H. This shipping company existed at least until 1923. The company does exist even today but only as a trading company for chemicals and fertilizers. The company used a red flag with a white diamond touching the edges with a red serifed capital "B".
Source: Jürgen Meyer: "Hamburger Segelschiffe von 1795-1945"; ISBN 3-89225-400-1; Hamburg 1999; p.229-230.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Mar 2007

Bilgenentölungsgesellschaft

image by Ivan Sache, 7 May 2006

A modest company with a simple flag, such is the case of the above firm (the name meaning a company which collects bilge, used oil, and other shipping waste products ) established in that very large inland harbour with lots of flags, Duisburg in Germany.

The company website informs us that BEG, as the name is mercifully abbreviated, was founded in 1961 and at some later date became part of the important Rhenus concern also located in Duisburg. More specifically, BEG is active in the area south of Münster (Westfalia), mainly in the lower Rhine region. In all, eight ships based in different inland ports plus a collecting pontoon and landside storage facilities are operated. According to the website, in 2005 some 23M litres of bilge, 2800 metric tonnes of used oil and 137 metric tonnes of waste products were collected; most of the used oil is recycled.
Collecting these waste products is free I believe, BEG is paid a fee under a government contract.

As they say, somebody has to do it - and as BEG does it proudly and under its own colours, who are we to complain?
Jan Mertens, 4 May 2006

Bismark Linie

image by Jorge Candeias, 3 Jan 2005

The flag is a swallowtail, horizontally bicoloured, blue at the top and yellow below, with a red seriffed B in the center of the flag (excluding the tails). And the caption reads "Bismark Linie".
Jorge Candeias, 3 Jan 2005

Blanke Schiffahrts K.G.

image by Jarig Bakker, 6 Oct 2005

Blanke Schiffahrts K.G., Elsfleth - VWV flag, in center white diamond bordered black, black "B".
(Elsfleth is along the Weser river, a little northwest of Bremen.)
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 6 Oct 2005

Jürgen Blöckert

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Apr 2009

Jürgen Blöckert
The company was located in Flensburg. It is a yellow over celestial blue over yellow horizontal triband, the blue stripe is slightly wider. In the blue stripe are white connected capitals “JB”.
Source: Title: „Flaggen, Schornsteine, Reedereien- Flaggen und Schornsteine der deutschen Reedereien und ihre Schiffe über 300 BRT“; Hamburg 1957; p.F2.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Apr 2009

Blohm & Voss

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2009

Blohm & Voss shipyards
Brief history: The company is located in Hamburg and nowadays a company of Thyssen-Krupp Marine Systems. It was established in Hamburg on 5 April 1877 by Hermann Blohm and Ernst Voss es a dockyard and mechanical engineering company. In 1882 the company started a ship repair branch. Already in 1905. In 1905 the company has rented world greatest dockyard area incl. 550,000 sqm and 3 km waterfront. In 1913 Voss was leaving the board. One year later WWI broke out, The dockyard produced 96 submarines, 6 destroyers and one small cruiser for German Imperial Navy.
In 1927 the company celebrated its 50th anniversary. Till then it had built 429 vessels for both, merchant fleet and the navy, 35 of them for HAPAG, 29 for Hamburg-Süd, 22 for Woermann Linie and 20 for Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie. In 1933 the sailing ship GORCH FOCK was completed. During WWII the company produced 238 submarines, another 17 had been planned. Since 1942 the company also built speed submarines.
In 1955 the company is changed and renamed into Blohm & Voss AG. Phönix-Rheinruhr AG acquires 50% of the shares.
Since 1958 the company specializes its production, now mainly refrigerator ships and car transport ships were built. In 1968 the first container ship ELBE EXPRESS is handed over to HAPAG.
In 1980 the company created new standards in war ship building by inventing MEKO (reg. trademark) technology, which was used in new types of frigates. 32 MEKO-frigates or corvettes are built or ordered by various navies. In 1985 four containerships of HAPAG were modernized and prolongated.
The company was developing innovative technologies also in the following years. In 2005 the Thyssen Krupp dockyards and HDW group merged and Blohm & Voss was incorporated into Thyssen Krupp Marine Systems.
For further information click www.blohmvoss.com.

Description of flag: It is a blue flag charged with two yellow rings, ordered like a wedding-ring-symbol. In each ring is a yellow, serifed capital: “B”(hoist) and “V”(fly). In the ring’s intersection is a yellow “&”.
Source: I spotted this flag on 12 April 2009 at the entrance of the company.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2009

B. Blumenfeld

image by Jarig Bakker, 10 Feb 2005

B. Blumenfeld, Hamburg - green - white - black triband; white disk, charged with two hammers in saltire and B^DB, all black.
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies, compiled by F.J.N. Wedge, Glasgow, 1926 [wed26]
Jarig Bakker, 10 Feb 2005

J.M. Blumenthal

image by Jarig Bakker, 1 Feb 2005

J.M. Blumenthal, Hamburg - white flag with red stripes; in center black "B".
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies, compiled by F.J.N. Wedge, Glasgow, 1926 [wed26]
Jarig Bakker, 1 Feb 2005

W. Bockstiegel Reederei

image by Jarig Bakker, 23 Oct 2005

W. Bockstiegel Reederei K.G., Emden - per saltire blue - yellow; in center white disk outlined blue; blue "WB".
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 23 Oct 2005

Hubert Bode

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Mar 2007

Hubert Bode - 1905 a line from Hamburg to Australia was open. Hubert Bode pretended being shipowner of two ships but according two Lloyds the Reederei-Gesellschaft "Nord" was owner of the two ships. It seems that Bode at first was only a ghost trader for F.L.Sloman and indeed his company flag is of the same type like the Sloman-flags but with inverted colours. In a white flag are blue capital letters "HB" in the centre and a blue 5-point star in each corner. In 1907 he became owner of Reederei 'Nord'.
Source: Jürgen Meyer: "Hamburger Segelschiffe von 1795-1945"; ISBN 3-89225-400-1; Hamburg 1999; p.205ff.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Mar 2007

Hermann Bögel

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Apr 2009

Hermann Bögel - The company was located in Bremen-Vegesack. The black flag is divided by two white horizontal stripes. Between the stripes is a shield, divided per bend into a red field with a white key (city of Bremen) and white with a black cross formy(modified from Vegesack borough).
Source: „Flaggen, Schornsteine, Reedereien- Flaggen und Schornsteine der deutschen Reedereien und ihre Schiffe über 300 BRT“; Hamburg 1957; p.F3.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Apr 2009

Schiffahrts Braack

image by Jarig Bakker, 6 Oct 2005

Schiffahrts Braack K.G., Drochtersen - white flag, blue "B". (Drochtersen is a place northwest of Hamburg)
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 6 Oct 2005

Brag branch BRG

image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Jan 2009

The house flag of German Brag (CH) subsidiary found in 'Flaggen auf dem Rhein' (1952 ed.).
Brag archivexillum: white with shifted black crozier, a national flag (in this case the German one) in the canton.
Name: Basler Rheinschiffahrt-Gesellschaft mbH (i.e. Basle Rhine Shipping Co. Ltd), Mannheim.
Jan Mertens, 26 Sep 2007

F.C. Bramslöw

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2007

F.C.Bramslöw - Friedrich Christian Bramslöw was born in Aabenraa and was like his father before seaman and captain. The latter was captain on a vessel of John R.Möller which he bought in 1856. But he lost ship and his life 1859 near Hongkong. His son was not discouraged and became seaman at the age of 15 and was captain with 25 years in 1881 on a ship of B.Wencke Söhne. He remained captain and became inspector from 1889 till 1893. He became member of the board of the OPDR and promoted an association to run a ship for learners (germ.:Schulschiff). Finally from 1891 to 1910 he was owner of his own fleet. The company ended in 1910. Bramslöw died in 1930.
The company used a dark blue flag with a white 5-point star in its centre superimposed by a smaller one pointing to the bottom.
Source: Jürgen Meyer: "Hamburger Segelschiffe von 1795-1945"; ISBN 3-89225-400-1; Hamburg 1999; p.155ff.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2007

Roerd Braren, Kollmar

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 August 2008

Reederei Roerd Braren, Kollmar
Description of flag: It is a yellow over red over blue horizontal tricolour. The shade of the red stripe is slightly orange. In the centre of the flag is a white rhomb containing a black unserifed capital "?B''.
Kollmar is a small village on the northern bank of the river Elbe near Glückstadt.
Source: I spotted this table-flag in a pub in Kollmar on 8 June 2007.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 August 2008

Brema Reederei

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Apr 2009

Brema Reederei - The company was located in Bremen. The white flag is divided by a red saltire being cotized white and blue. In the centre is a white disc containing a black anchor, which exceeds the disc at its top and is flanked by black capitals “B” and “R”.
Source: „Flaggen, Schornsteine, Reedereien- Flaggen und Schornsteine der deutschen Reedereien und ihre Schiffe über 300 BRT“; Hamburg 1957; p.F3.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Apr 2009

Bremen Südamerika Linie

[Bremen Sudamerika Linie GmbH & Co KG (Shipping Company, Germany)]

image by Jorge Candeias, 29 Apr 2002

Bremen Südamerika Linie GmbH & Co KG - a German company that links Europe and Brazil - particularly northwestern Brazil and the Amazon basin - and is represented in Portugal by Garland Navegão. Its logo consists of a flag that can be described as that of Bremen with a blue triangle based at the fly and with the third angle vertically centered at about 2/12ths of the length. The triangle is charged with the sigla BSL in white. There is always the possibility that the real flag is something different than this, but I am sending along what I suppose is the company flag.
Jorge Candeias, 29 Apr 2002

Bremen-Vegesacker Fischerei Gesellschaft

[Bremeni-Vegesacker Fischerei Gesellschaft]

image by Ivan Sache, 14 Mar 2008

Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of "Bremen-Vegesacker Fischerei Gesellschaft" (#14, p. 37), a company based in Grohn, as white with a vertical border along the hoist made of two columns of six squares, alternating red and white, two horizontal stripes on top and bottom of the flag (width, one square), and the black letters "BV" in the middle.

The name of the company reads "Fishing Company of Bremen-Vegesack". Vegesack is a borough of the town of Bremen, while Grohn is a borough of Vegesack.
Founded in 1897, the company became one of the biggest herring fishing company in Europe. In 1895, the company purchased the steel saillogger "Vegesack BV2", used as a herring fishing vessel (drifter) at the North Sea. Sold in 1921, the ship had several successive owners, and is still operate by the "Maritime Tradition Vegesack Nautilus" association, as the oldest Europen herring drifter.
Source: "Schooner Man" website.

The company was overtaken in 1968 by the "Norddeutsche Hochseefischerei AG" (NDHAG), based in Bermerhaven. The house flag of the company is derived from the flag of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.
Ivan Sache, 14 Mar 2008

Bremer Helgoland Dienst

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2009

Bremer Helgoland Dienst
The company was located in Bremen. It is a white flag divided by a saltire of green and red. Those three are the colours of Helgoland. In the centre was a red, cotized shield with a white key, a modification of the small arms of the city of Bremen.
Source: Arnold KLUDAS: Die Geschichte der deutschen Passagierschiffahrt (5 Bde.) Hamburg 1986; Reprint Laibach Slovenia-Buch Nr. 03617-8 Flagchart p.224.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2009

Henry Breuer

image by Jarig Bakker, 17 Feb 2006

Henry Breuer, Stade - horizontal flag blue over green; white "HB".
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 17 Feb 2006

Briese Schiffahrts K.G.

image by Jarig Bakker, 30 Sep 2005

Briese Schiffahrts K.G., Emden - white flag. the firm's logo. (black-red-blue are the East-Frisian colors)
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 30 Sep 2005

Brinckmann & Albers

image by Jorge Candeias, 10 Jan 2005

The flag is red with a white lozenge touching the edges and black initials "B&A" in the center. And the caption seems to read "Brickmann & Albers".
Jorge Candeias, 29 Apr 2002

Richard Bröhan

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2009

Richard Bröhan
The company was located in Hamburg. The flag is divided per saltire into red and white. In the centre is a white lozenge, fimbriated black, with a black inscription “RB”.
Source: “Deutsche Reedereien und ihre Erkennungszeichen”; 2nd ed.; Hamburg 1956; p.13
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2009

Büchting

image by Jorge Candeias, 3 May 2004

The German bunkering firm 'Bunkerbetriebe Büchting GmbH' is established at Duisburg on the Rhine. This page shows their boats, prosaically named 'Büchting 1' and 'Büchting 2': Briefly mentioned in the 15 Jun 2007 message 'HTAG formerly Harpen (DE)', the company - founded in 1966 - is owned by HTAG.
English language version of site:
A table flag still on offer on German eBay shows the HTAG colours: horizontally divided black, white, and red, defaced with the company name in a special voided font also seen on above website. This image was put up by 'bundeszentralregister' under item no. 150164078480, end of offer 2 Oct 2007, dimensions given as 15 x 25 cm.
As the item in this format was shown among many others in a house flag exhibition ('Flagge zeigen', Duisburg) I visited earlier this week I feel confident that it exists in life size as well.
Jan Mertens, 28 Sep 2007

Wilfried Buck

image by Jarig Bakker, 19 Oct 2005

Wilfried Buck, Duisburg - white flag, red diamond, white handmade "B".
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 19 Oct 2005

Gerd Ernst deBuhr

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Apr 2009

Gerd Ernst deBuhr KG
The company was located in Oldenburg. It is a white flag with dark blue stripes (FIAV-code B++) at the top and bottom edge. In its centre is a red diamond with a white capital “B”.
Source: Title: „Flaggen, Schornsteine, Reedereien- Flaggen und Schornsteine der deutschen Reedereien und ihre Schiffe über 300 BRT“; Hamburg 1957.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Apr 2009

Hans Günther Bülow

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Apr 2009

Hans Günther Bülow
The company was located in Kollmar (Steinburg county) next to Glückstadt at the northern banks of river Elbe. It is a yellow flag. In its centre is a white diamond with a red capital “B”.
Source: Title: „Flaggen, Schornsteine, Reedereien- Flaggen und Schornsteine der deutschen Reedereien und ihre Schiffe über 300 BRT“; Hamburg 1957; p.F4.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Apr 2009

J.W.Burmester

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2007

J.W.Burmester - Burmester established his company in 1885 in Oporto. Nevertheless the home of his ships was Hamburg. The name was changed to "Hermann O. Burmester" in 1891; and to "H.Burmester &Co." in 1906. In 1908 however J.W.Gerhard Burmester was the only owner of the company. The last ship was sold in 1911 and the company was dissolved three years later in 1914. The company used a blue flag withwith white serifed capital letters "HB" in the centre..
Source: Jürgen Meyer: "Hamburger Segelschiffe von 1795-1945"; ISBN 3-89225-400-1; Hamburg 1999; p.132ff.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2007