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House Flags of German Shipping Companies (d)

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Dampfer-Genossenschaft Deutscher Strom- und Binnenschiffer

image by Jens Pattke, 11 Oct 2005

Dampfer-Genossenschaft Deutscher Strom- und Binnenschiffer GmbH (Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung). That is: Steamer Company of German River and Inland Shipping Ltd.

This company was a Co-operative Society of private skippers, founded in 1889 in the city of Fuerstenberg (Oder), at present the city of Eisenhuettenstadt. The skippers sailed on the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Kanal (at present Oder-Spree-Kanal). They transported cargo from the river Oder to the German capital Berlin. In 1956 the co-op was nationalised and became the Firma VEB Binnenschiffahrt; in the German Democratic Republic it was a state-firm.
Jens Pattke, 11 Oct 2005

Danziger Rhederei

image and scan by Jorge Candeias, 9 Dec 2004

This flag is a white over red bicolour, with two large blue initials T and R in the center and a third, smaller, letter between them, also in blue. I suppose this is a "&", but I'm far from being sure. The caption, once more, is very hard to read. Half-reading, half-guessing, I came up with "Turiger Rh. A. G.", but this is probably wrong.
Jorge Candeias, 9 Dec 2004

I read Danziger Rhederei A.G.
Jan Mertens, 11 Dec 2004

The caption is 'Danziger Rh. A.G.' which reads as 'Danziger Rheederei A.G.' (old spelling for 'Reederei'). However the initials are 'T (small H) R' - had to blow this up to make sure.
A similar house flag is known, but having blue initials 'DRA' for its namesake. See this page.
As this particular source is a 1930 flag book, Jorge's variant could well be a predecessor. To complicate matters 'Artus', another Danzig shipping company, had 'Danziger Reederei' as an additional name.
Jan Mertens, 18 Dec 2006

Herm Dauelsberg

image by Jarig Bakker, 19 Jan 2006

Herm Dauelsberg, Bremen - Israeli-style WBWBW flag; in center black "D".
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 19 Jan 2006

Peter Deilmann

image by Jarig Bakker, 12 Oct 2005

Peter Deilmann, Neustadt - white flag, red "D", containing a ship's bow topped by an "F", all red.
(Guess this is Neustadt in Holstein)
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 12 Oct 2005

Deppe Lines

image by Jarig Bakker, 5 Nov 2003

From a Google cache (news flash from 24 Sept.) we learn that:
"Deppe Line will withdraw from liner shipping effective 31 October. To confirm with the FMC status of vessel operator, the Hamburg-based H. Schuldt-owned carrier formally chartered a ship (lately a 3,000 TEU unit) from its long-standing partner Lykes Lines (CP Ships).
Deppe, which had its roots in Belgium (Armement Deppe) used to offer space on three weekly box services between N. Europe and the US East Coast and Gulf, including Mexico."

I do not know anything about the degree of relationship between Deppe Lines (DE) and Armement Deppe, but anyway, here goes:
Company website: The Delta points to "Deppe", surely, and the choice of colours may not be accidental.
A quick look did not reveal anything on withdrawing from the shipping business... But if the flag waves on, who are we to complain?
Jan Mertens, 5 Nov 2003

Detjen

image by Jarig Bakker, 6 Nov 2003

Friedrich A. Detjen G.m.b.H. & Co., Hamburg - Dov Gutterman reported the link of Detjen - flag: white with red bordered white diamond charged with black capital D. At the history page of that site the black thingies at top and bottom on a Macromedia Flash image are replaced by black shadows underlining the flag flying. On that same history page is another houseflag: white with a vertical chevron with in the center a capital D. It's black and white, though...
Santiago Dotor, 6 Nov 2003

Deutsch-Australische Dampf Gesellschaft

image by Jorge Candeias, 23 Dec 2004

I would't call this design striking, but it's definitely interesting: a sort of red and black saltire on white, where the saltire is formed by two overlapping diagonals, the one that runs from top hoist to bottom fly disposed above the other one, and both divided in two halves, the hoist half red and the fly half black. The caption is another nightmare. The first word looks like "Olick", OSLT, the second one seems to be "Rusit", or "Dusit", the third is completely unreadable, but seems to begin with a D, and the third one might be the "Gem." abbreviation.
Jorge Candeias, 23 Dec 2004

It's the Deutsch-Australische Dampfschiff(ahrts)-Gesellschaft, Hamburg. The flag can be seen on a pdf file from the 1902 Brockhaus encyclopedia. No Australian angle as far as I can see, only the (then) German national flag colours.
Jan Mertens, 24 Dec 2004

Deutsche Afrika-Linien

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Jun 2007

Deutsche Afrika-Linien John T.Essberger - The company is located at Palmaille 45 in Hamburg-Altona and is today member of Rantzau group. The company is using two flags, that one of John T. Essberger (white with a blue capital "E") and Deutsche Afrika-Linien (yellow with a black white red lozenge, but the lozenge
is not touching the edges). I have displayed a simplified logo of the company. See also: Deutsch Ost-Afrika Linie.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Jun 2007

Deutsche Binnenreederei

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2007

Deutsche Binnenreederei AG - it is a red flag with a blue edge with white fimbriation at either edge without the hoist. In the centre of the flag is a white anchor with a chain.
I spotted this flag on 15 January 2007 on top of Rödingsmarkt-office of the company.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2007

Deutsche Bundesbahn Ferries

[State Flag, State Ensign and War Flag (Germany)]

image by Marcus Schmöger

As far as I know, German ferries in the Baltic Sea in the past wore the state ensign, not the civil ensign, as they belonged to the Deutsche Bundesbahn (federal railways).
Ralf Stelter, 14 Feb 2001

Deutsche Bundesbahn Ferries. The current Deutsche Bundesbahn dates from the 1990 merger of Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany) and Deutsche Bundesbahn - Hannover according to Lloyds Groups though I don't know how correct the latter title is as previously both Lloyds and German sources show it as Deutsche Bundesbahn Bundesbahndirecktion Hamburg [shown by Lloyds in the 1950s as Deutsche Bundesbahn Eisenbahndirecktion Hamburg]. This latter had its own flag as shown by Die Deutsche Handelsflotte 1957 of white with a black "winged" reverse triangle of the black, red and gold colours with the point being between the black letters "D" and "B" [see below] and was the bigger of the 2 West German rail ferry companies. The other was Deutsche Bundesbahn Bundesbahndirektion Münster but its sole small ferry "Wangerooge" seems to have finished prior to the merger and there is no indication of what, if any, flag it used.
Neale Rosanoski, 13 Oct 2004

Deutsche Bundesbahn Eisenbahndirecktion Hamburg

image sent by Neale Rosanoski, 13 Oct 2004

Deutsche Conti Schifffahrt

image by Jarig Bakker, 13 Jan 2006

Deutsche Conti Schifffahrts G.m.b.H., Hamburg - Israeli-style WRWRW flag, in center red "C" containing yellow "C"-like item with on top a yellow thingy.
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 13 Jan 2006

Deutsche Levant-Linie

image by James Dignan, 13 Oct 2003

Image from "The dumpy book of ships and the sea" (ed. Henry Sampson, published by Sampson Low, London, circa 1957).", captioned: Deutsche Levant-Linie.
James Dignan, 13 Oct 2003

German - Continental Ports - Mediterranean and Black Sea. Houseflag: Red and White, quartered diagonally, with DL in White on Black Disk in centre.
Jarig Bakker, 13 Oct 2003

Deutsche Nah-Ost Linie

image by Jarig Bakker, 4 Sep 2005

Deutsche Nah-Ost Linie, Hamburg - white flag, the firm's logo.
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 4 Sep 2005

Deutsche Orient Linie

image by Jarig Bakker, 10 Feb 2005

Deutsche Orient Linie, Stettin - white flag, white saltire bordered red and black; in center black diamond contoured white; white "DOL".
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

Deutsche Seereederei Rostock

image by Jarig Bakker, 2 Feb 2006

Deutsche Seereederei Rostock G.m.b.H., Rostock - horizontal BRB flag; on red white "DSR".
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 2 Feb 2006

H. Diederichsen & Co.

image by Jorge Candeias, 30 Dec 2004

The flag is blue with a white bolrder in three sides, leaving the hoist side out, and a white initial "D" in the center. The caption has an initial, H. and a long word, which I guess is "Dlederidars".
Jorge Candeias, 30 Dec 2004

It's No. 28 in the on-line 1912 Lloyds Flags & Funnels, i.e. 'H. Diederichsen & Co., Kiel'. (In this picture, the 'D' is slightly more elaborate.)
Jan Mertens, 31 Dec 2004

Peter Döhle Schiffahrts KG

image by Jorge Candeias, 18 Feb 1999

Red, with a narrow white lozenge and two very narrow horizontal white stripes along the top and bottom edges of the flag. In the lozenge, the letters 'PD' in black bold capitals.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Feb 1999

C.H. Donner

image sent by Jan Mertens, 25 Jun 2006

Quoting Jorge’s message of 20 December 2004, describing a house flag: “Here's another attractive flag with an almost legible caption. The flag is white with a blue cross throughout and each quarter thus defined contains a red disc centered in it. Over the intersection of the crosse's arms, a white square, outlined in black, contains a blue D capital.”

Recently encountered on a German auction site (end date now being 26 June), here is the direct link to ‘C.H. Donner, Hamburg’:representing the album picture – Jorge already giffed this one (the ‘D’ is somewhat smaller in the album version).

To recall, the above belonged to a German cigeratte album (“Flaggen, die über Meere Völker verbinden“ i.e. Flags linking – or joining – peoples across the seas, Massary, Berlin, 1930).

Sparse references to ships in the 1840’s and 1850’s are found on the internet. But there is a bank bearing the same name, showing this very flag on the home page: Founded in 1798 by Conrad Hinrich Donner and offering a variety of financial services, the bank mentions on its site that said C.H. Donner was a shipowner as well. The ‘Unternehmen’ (firm) section, ‘Geschichte’ (history) subsection shows the ship ‘Conrad Hinrich’; in 1871 the firm moved from Altona – new Prussian territory – to the Free City of Hamburg. There, Donner went on to become an important bank (the animation shows the company flag in b/w with the ‘D’ in the cross’s centre, no square).
Jan Mertens, 25 Jun 2006

dotrans

image sent by Eugene Ipavec, 19 Jul 2006

This is not so nice – a flag picture but almost nothing on the firm! From various commercial information services on the internet we learn that a firm called ‘dotrans’ (lower case), also known as Christian Donner KG, is located at Hannover and engaged in shipping. That is all, really.

Found last year on French eBay (item no. 6535951661, offer finished 8 June 2005), a ‘dotrans’ flag: orange with the company name spared out of a lowered black stripe fitted between two thin black stripes. As the flag was part of a substantial offer of inland navigation flags and pennants (some of them quite horrible), I suppose we may interpret the ‘shipping’ as being restricted to inland waterways, German or otherwise.
Jan Mertens, 30 Jun 2006