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British shipping companies (M)

Manchester Lines, Ltd.
Manchester Ship Canal Co. Ltd.
Maritime Shipping & Trading Co., Ltd.
McAndrews
McIlwraith McEacharn & Co. Proprietory Ltd.
Mediterranean & New York Steamship Co.
Metcalf Motor Coasters Ltd.
W.S. Miller & Company
John Milligen & Co., Ltd.
George Milne and Co. (Inver Line)

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Manchester Lines, Ltd.

by Phil Nelson, 10 April 2000

from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963

This company was known as Manchester Liners in the 1950's.
James Dignan, 8 October 2003

Posted as insolvent on 19 May 2004 (The Times).
Ron Lahav, 20 May 2004

Manchester Ship Canal Co. Ltd.

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 Manchester Ship Canal Co. Ltd., Manchester. A blue rectangular flag with two broad white stripes across the centre bearing the blue letters 'MS', 'CC'. 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."

Loughran (1979) writes: "Forty miles from the sea, the port of Manchester has always required a large fleet of tugs, not only to work on the dredging of the canal, but to assist ocean-going ships to negotiate it. For the better part of a century, these tugs and ancillary vessels, have borne the same livery. The two bands of the funnel are repeated on the house flag, where the company initials are added".
Jarig Bakker, 20 August 2004

Maritime Shipping & Trading Co., Ltd.

by Phil Nelson, 8 April 2000

from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963

McAndrews Shipping Company, Ltd.

by Aingeru Astui Zarraga, 25 April 2002

Interestingly, the MacAndrews logo that appears in the "Carga e Transportes" supplement is very different. All these last images have been taken from the same ad, an ad to MacAndrews, that includes these companies it operates with in Portugal: Bank Line, already sent, New Guinea Pacific Line and Crocodile Line, also already sent, plus two more: Ellerman, a company that has three lines from Lisbon or from Leixões (to the British Isles, to the Mediterranean and to India, Pakistan, Middle East and East Africa), and APL, a company that serves the US and Canada and the Far East.

The logo of MacAndrews (or, better, MacAndrews Lda. / Group Andrew Weir Shipping as the full writing appears in the ad) is not only green, but quite a bit more complicated than appears in Aingeru's image, including a crown and a pair of hands holding the ship:

by Jorge Candeias, 25 April 2002

The logo with the crown and a pair of hands holding the ship belongs to Andrew Weir Shipping Ltd. The one of McAndrews is simpler.
Aingeru Astui Zarraga, 26 April 2002

McIlwraith McEacharn & Co. Proprietory Ltd.

by Jarig Bakker, based on the website of the National Maritime Museum.

From the website of the National Maritime Museum, "the house flag of McIlwraith McEacharn & Co. Proprietory Ltd., Melbourne and London. A rectangular yellow flag with a red rampant lion in the centre within a border of double red lines. The flag is made of a wool and synthetic fibre bunting. It has a cotton hoist and is machine sewn. The lion in the centre is stenciled. A rope and Inglefield clip is attached. The design is based on the Royal Standard of Scotland."
Jarig Bakker, 20 August 2004

Founded 1875, also known as the Scottish Line, operating vessels between England, Australia and Papua New Guinea. The company was a pioneer in the development of refrigerated shipping. Their Australian operation apparently helped form Bulkships Pty., Ltd. in 1958 which became a partnership of the company and Adelaide Steamship Company, which eventually became Associated Steamships Pty. Ltd. (now ASP). Their ships appear to be run by ASP. Stewart & Styring (1963) places this company in Melbourne.
Phil Nelson, 18 October 2003

Mediterranean & New York Steamship Co.

by Joe McMillan

Mediterranean Steamship Co.
There have been several companies with similar names, but none I have found information on matches this time period. The flag in Flaggenbuch 1905 is a distinctive red flag with two white vertical stripes, forming five equal bands.
Source: Flaggenbuch 1905

Joe McMillan, 29 October 2001

Mediterranean Steamship Co. This is the flag of the UK company Mediterranean & New York Steamship Co. Ltd. based in Liverpool and operating 1878-1905. Details are available in Bonsor P1016. (Volume 3). It has been shown by the shorter title, Mediterranean Steamship Co., by the Liverpool Journal of Commerce Chart of 1885 but the fuller title is shown by subsequent sources up to Lloyds 1904. The confusion regarding country (US or UK?) probably relates to their managers, Phelps Bros. & Co., based Liverpool, who had opened a New York branch around 1874.

Neale Rosanoski, 5 March 2004

Metcalf Motor Coasters Ltd.

by Jarig Bakker, based on the website of the National Maritime Museum.

From the website of the National Maritime Museum, "the house flag of Metcalf Motor Coasters Ltd., London. A green swallow-tailed burgee with a white border. A white 'M' is placed in the centre. 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, 20 August 2004

W.S. Miller & Company

by Jarig Bakker

Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels [Wedge 1926]

W.S. Miller & Company, Glasgow - white flag, blue contoured rectangle charged with a blue anchor on top of blue letters "W.S.M & Co".
Jarig Bakker, 15 January 2005

John Milligen & Co., Ltd.

by Phil Nelson, 8 April 2000

from Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors 1963

George Milne and Co. (Inver Line)

by Ivan Sache

W. Montgomery & Co., Ltd., London. The flag is red with a white rectangle charged with a M (blue).
Based on The Mystic Seaport Foundation
Ivan Sache, 1 February 2004