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British shipping companies (N)

Nerdrum Shipping Ltd.
Geo. Nesbet & Co., Ltd.
Newbigin Steam Ship Co., Ltd.
Newry & Kilkeel Steam Ship Co., Ltd.
New Zealand Shipping Co., Ltd.
Niarchos Ltd.
James Nicoll & Co.
Norships Ocean Carriers, Ltd. (Ship Finance & Management Co. Ltd.)
North of Scotland and Orkney and Shetland Steam Navigation Co.
North Thames Gas Board
North Yorkshire Shipping Co. Ltd.
James Nourse Ltd.

See also:

Nerdrum Shipping Ltd.

by Phil Nelson, 9 April 2000

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

Geo. Nesbet & Co., Ltd.

by Phil Nelson, 11 April 2000

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

George Nesbit & Co. Ltd. Originated as Nesbit, Calder & Co. with a similar flag but swallowtailed and with the blue letters "NC", [one source says black], the red bands being shown as narrower.
Neale Rosanoski, 6 June 2004

Newbigin Steam Ship Co., Ltd.

by Phil Nelson, 7 April 2000

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

Newry & Kilkeel Steam Ship Co., Ltd.

by Phil Nelson, 8 April 2000

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

Newry & Kilkeel Steam Ship Co. Ltd. This is the flag of Joseph Fisher & Sons Ltd. dating from 1897. For a long time they traded through the Newry & Kilkeel Steamship Co. Ltd. and, earlier, the Frontier Town Steamship Co. Ltd. By the mid 1960s the ships were only under their own name and they eventually faded from Lloyds around the early 1980s.
Neale Rosanoski, 26 February 2004

New Zealand Shipping 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 New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd, London. A white flag with a red cross and the black initials 'NZS Co' in the quarters. A pennant divided vertically into red white and blue above. The flag and pennant are made of a wool and synthetic fibre bunting. They have cotton hoists and are machine sewn. The pennant and flag are on a single rope with a toggle attached. The pennant was originally a 'steam cornet' flown to indicate that the vessel was proceeding under steam as well as sail. It was added to the house flag when the company acquired steam assisted vessels."

The letters are blue according to Brown (1951) and Loughran (1979), and I think on the real flag too.
Jarig Bakker, 21 August 2004

New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd., London: white, a red St George's cross and blue letters (without serifs) in the corners: `N' in upper hoist, `Z' in upper fly, `S' in lower hoist and `Co' in lower fly, the `o' raised (no dot). Above this flag, a pennant vertically divided red-white-blue, the height being one half of the flag's and slightly extending beyond it, say one fifth of its own length. You can read more about it in this pdf file. And the same flag, without pennant, on this document. Based on Larousse Commercial Illustré (1930).
Jan Mertens, 4 June 2004

Niarchos 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 Niarchos Ltd., London. A white flag with a narrow horizontal band striped red, white a blue across the centre. In the middle is placed a large, black-bordered 'N'. 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) shows nearly an identical flag for Niarchos Group, Athens; Hellenic Shipyards Co. Ltd., of Piraeus, is part of the empire of Stavros Niarchos, and uses his flag and funnel.
Jarig Bakker, 21 August 2004

James Nicoll & Co.

by Ivan Sache

James Nicoll & Co., Dundee.
The flag is white with a border red (top and left) and blue (bottom and right) and N.D. (blue) in the middle.
Based on The Mystic Seaport Foundation
Ivan Sache, 1 February 2004

Norships Ocean Carriers, Ltd. (Ship Finance & Management Co. Ltd.)

[Norships Ocean Carriers, Ltd houseflag]

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

North of Scotland and Orkney and Shetland Steam Navigation Co.

[North of Scotland and Orkney and Shetland houseflag]

by Ivan Sache, 18 March 2004

The flag is horizontally divided blue-white-blue.

North Thames Gas Board

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

by Jarig Bakker

Brown (1951) shows shows the same flag with blue letters.
Jarig Bakker, 22 August 2004

North Yorkshire Shipping 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 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

by Phil Nelson, 9 April 2000

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