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Dutch Houseflags of Shipping Companies [w]

Wagenborg Shipping
Walvisvaart
Waterweg, Den Helder burgee and houseflag
West-Indische Maildienst - other
Westpolder
Wijklijn
Wijnne & Barends

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Wagenborg Shipping

by Jorge Candeias, 21 March 1999

Quartered per saltire in red (above and below) and white (hoist and fly). A black chimney with two white stripes longitudinally centered and based at the bottom.
Jorge Candeias, 21 March 1999

(Source: Company's website)
Al Fisher, 13 February 1999

Walvisvaart

by Jarig Bakker, 31 January 2001

Houseflag of N.V. Nederlandsche Maatschappij voor de Walvisvaart, Amsterdam.
Image from Flagchart of houseflags of Dutch shipping companies, attached to the magazine "De Blauwe Wimpel", April 1956.
Jarig Bakker, 1 Feb 2001

Nederlandse Maatschappij voor de Walvischvaart N.V. Other sources [after 1956] show the cantons bands being equal and the letters being separated whilst US Navy 1961 shows a very large "W" only positioned mid fly.
Neale Rosanoski, 25 Sep 2003

Waterweg, Den Helder

by Jarig Bakker, 9 Mar 2005

Jan Mertens reported this link. Waterweg, Den Helder - burgee horizontal BWB; in center red "W" fimbriated white.
Rederij Waterweg bv is one of the biggest shipping companies in Europe which is specialized in dredging support and several other tasks in coastal waters, all over the world (e.g. Sakhalin).
Jarig Bakker, 9 Mar 2005

Waterweg houseflag

by Gerard van der Vaart, 17 Apr 2005

Gerard van der Vaart has been involved in a project for the preservation of a tugboat in Maassluis (Zuid-Holland province). He took several pictures of flagged tugs (mostly signalling flag), with in the center houseflags of tugging companies.
Waterweg, Den Helder - Argentine-like flag with red "W" shifted towards the hoist. Shipmate made several flags for this company, none with the white fimbriation, as shown on FOTW. Probably the white fimbriation is only used for tableflags.
Jarig Bakker, 17 Apr 2005

West-Indische Maildienst

by Jarig Bakker, 19 Oct 2003

Koninklijke West-Indische Maildienst (Royal West-Indian Mailservice), Amsterdam; founded 1882, services to the West-Indies and New York (US), after image from Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon, 14th ed., c. 1907. White with red St. Andrew's Cross; top: red Crown, in hoist, fly, and bottom red letters W.I.M.
Jarig Bakker, 19 Oct 2003

"Sandy Hook's 1930 W.I.M. flag is small, but there are no dots after the letters. Furthermore, the crown is yellow in this version but that may be a mistake... or has it anything to do with the line becoming 'Royal'?
Jan Mertens, 14 Nov 2003

Griffin 1895, Lloyds 1904 and 1912 and Liverpool Journal of Commerce 1909 sheet all show red charges but Brown 1926 changes the crown to yellow. The name renamed the same throughout. Of these only Lloyds 1904 shows dots after the letters.
Neale Rosanoski, 7 Jan 2004

West-Indische Maildienst - other

by Jarig Bakker, 17 Jan 2005

Koninklijke West Indische Maildienst, Amsterdam (Royal West-Indian Mailservice) - white flag, red saltire; in top yellow crown; at hoist, fly and bottom "WIM".
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies, compiled by F.J.N. Wedge, Glasgow, 1926 [wed26].
Jarig Bakker, 17 Jan 2005

Westpolder

by Jarig Bakker, 2 February 2001

Houseflag of N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij "Westpolder", Rotterdam.
Image from Flagchart of houseflags of Dutch shipping companies, attached to the magazine "De Blauwe Wimpel", April 1956. Same flag and funnel used by Cornelders Scheepvaart Maatschappij.
Jarig Bakker, 1 Feb 2001

N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij "Westpolder". Sources vary with the colour of the letter. Talbot-Booth 1942 and 1944 gives it as green for describing the design appearing as a panel on the funnel, not showing the actual flag but normally they would be identical. Later ABC Foreign Coastal Freighters for the funnel panel gives a black "W" and this is supported for both panel and actual flag by Wyt's Digest of 1960. Presumably this adds up to it being a very dark shade, whichever the colour.
Neale Rosanoski, 25 Sep 2003

Wijklijn

by Jarig Bakker, 18 Oct 2003

Stoomvaart Maatschappij "Wijklijn", Rotterdam - houseflag: white with a Green St. Andre's Cross; the field at the hoist charged with a black letter "E"; at the fly a black letter "D". Flown 1901-1987; ED stand for Erhardt & Dekkers.
Source: houseflagchart attached to the magazine "De Blauwe Wimpel", April 1956.
Jarig Bakker, 18 Oct 2003

This was only one of the companies under which Erhardt & Dekkers registered their ships, being the most appropriate with vessel names having the suffix “wijk”. For some reason Dutch sources have noted the livery under one or more of these subsidiaries rather than the owner which would be more appropriate.
Neale Rosanoski, 7 Jan 2004

Wijnne & Barends

by Jorge Candeias, 21 March 1999

Houseflag of Wijnne & Barends' Cargadoors- en agentuurkantoren BV (Delfzijl).
Orange with narrow white stripes near the top and bottom. Near the center, the stripes cross to form an "X". At the hoist, a bold white "W"; at the fly, a bold white "B".
Jorge Candeias, 21 March 1999

Source: Company's website.
Dov Gutterman, 28 February 1999

Wijnne & Barends' Cargadoors- en agentuurkantoren BV. Originated 1855 as Wijnne Barends N.V. changing name at end of last century. The original flag was white with the black letters "W&B" which was changed to the version shown 4/1968. Brown 1978 shows a red version which I would normally regard as a printing error but the Josef Nüsse's site also shows this coloured flag making its actual existence possible.
Neale Rosanoski, 25 Sep 2003