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image by Jarig Bakker, 14 January 2005
Nav. Generale Gerolomich & Co., Trieste - red flag, white
diamond, black "G".
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign
Steamship Companies, compiled by F.J.N. Wedge, Glasgow, 1926 [wed26].
Jarig Bakker, 14 January 2005
image by Jorge Candeias, 24 Febuary 1999
Dark red over dark blue with a white stripe separating the two
main fields and a white "G" over all. The "G"
is very similar in shape to those of Grimaldi. Perhaps a member
of the Grimaldi Group?
Jorge Candeias, 24 Febuary 1999
From Fratelli Grimaldi formed in 1947 has come the Grimaldi Group operating in two divisions based
in Genoa and Naples respectively. Included in the former is
Gilnavi Società di Navigazione S.r.l. Indications are that the
various companies have differing liveries but in this case the
logo used appears to have come from the agency company Sealine
S.a.r.l.. whereas that indicated by the company website is for a
swallowtail horizontal biband of ordinary red over dark blue with
the white "G" as shown. This "G" format also
figures in some of the other liveries with a logo for Grimaldi
Group suggesting a dark blue swallowtailed flag with a white
"GG" on it, whilst Brown 1995 shows a blue ordinary
flag with a single white "G" for Grimaldi Compagnia di
Navigazione S.p.A. which appears to be a member of the Naples
division (company website) although itself based in Genoa
(according to Lloyds). Going by the funnel of the latter company
their shade of blue is lighter than the other variations.
Neale Rosanoski, 11 April 2003
image by Jarig Bakker, 11 July 2004
At <www.omniainformatica.it>
there is an houseflag for
this company.
Jan Mertens, 31 October 2003
Horizontal BWB with in the center the company logo: capital M
superimposed by a long C, both red.
Jarig Bakker, 11 July 2004
image by Jarig Bakker, 11 July 2004
The flag of this company can be seen in the company site.
Dov Gutterman, 23 January 1999
Previous Flag (?)
image by Jarig Bakker, 10 December 2005
Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione S.p.A., Genoa - blue flag,
white italic "G" (just the one G, perhaps predecessor
of the one above with two G's).
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of
the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995.
Jarig Bakker, 10 December 2005
The blue swallowtail with "GG" logo no longer
appears through the provided link as the Group has changed its
websites around. I have a download of the image on file but it is
insufficiently clear to definitely state that the
letters are as portrayed. I would tend to guess that they are
more likely to be in the flowing
style in line with the second flag [but more othodox] shown
by Jarig from Brown 1995 which is given as being for the
subsidiary Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione S.p.A. As
previously commented my guess is that the swallowtail
with the "GG" may have been a previous Group flag . It
is now replaced by a blue swallowtail
with a single white "G" for which a logo appears on
the current website <www.grimaldi.napoli.it>
though in both cases I doubt whether it was/is used as a sea
flag. The subsidiaries under which the shipping operate, with
ships interchangeable, all have their own funnel liveries and
perhaps their own flags. One definite flag is the recatangle of
Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione S.p.A. although the Brown
letter does not quite agree with the actual which I have taken
from a foto of a stem jack
worn by the "Grande Napoli". The "G" on
the flag is similar to that on the funnel but is more spread out,
presumably to occupy more of the flag field.
Neale Rosanoski, 6 February 2007
image by Jarig Bakker, 1 September 2005
Variant ?
image by Jorge Candeias, 11 Febuary 1999
I believe that this is an italian company. The flag is a red
triangle with a white cross throughout and a black shield in the
center of the cross containing what seemed to be a 5-pointed
star. The original picture was too small, so I'm not at all sure
about the exact shape and charges of the shield (particularly the
shape above).
Jorge Candeias, 11 Febuary 1999
The company is based in Genoa, so it is Italian company. The
image is based on <www.informare.it>.
Dov Gutterman, 11 Febuary 1999
The company website shows an image of the houseflag being a
red pennent with a white cross surmounted by the black letter
logo "CM". The image displayed from the company website
has these letters replaced by a panel of the funnel i.e. black
with a white band above a white star. I can find nothing to
indicate that this is an actual flag or has replaced the other
and it appears to be merely a navigating button for their
website. The company have not responded to a query on this
matter.
Neale Rosanoski, 18 September 2002
Ignazio Messina & Cia., S.p.A., Genoa - red burgee, white
cross; in center intertwined "CM".
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of
the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995.
Jarig Bakker, 1 September 2005
image by Jorge Candeias, 4 March 1999
Unequal vertical tricolour of green white and red. The green
stripe bears the initials "RR" in white, the white
stripe (the narrower) bears something very similar to the
portuguese Coat of Arms ,a yellow circular device with holes
charged by a white shield with red border. The original picture
was too small to see clearly, but something seemed to be in the
shield. The red stripe (the wider) bears the initials
"ISI" in white.
Jorge Candeias, 4 March 1999
Rimorchiatori Riuiti International Shipping & Investments
Ltda formed in 1999 is the full name being a subsidiary of the
Rimorchiatori Riuiti S.p.A. group through Portunato & Co.
S.r.l..
Neale Rosanoski, 11 April 2003
image by Jarig Bakker, 19 February 2005
Soc. di Nav. a Vap. Istria, Trieste - blue flag, white
diamond, blue "S.I.T.".
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign
Steamship Companies, compiled by F.J.N. Wedge, Glasgow, 1926 [wed26]
Jarig Bakker, 19 February 2005
image by James Dignan , 13 December 1997
"Italian Line" (probably wrong)
image by Al Fisher , 1 Febuary 1999
Houseflag of "Italia" Societa Anonima di
Navigazione.
James Dignan, 13 December 1997
"Italia di Navigazione Srl" is one of the partners
in MPE.
Dov Gutterman, 31 July 1999
Stewart shows spear as being white.
Al Fisher, 1 Febuary 1999
Italia di Navigazione Srl and the Italian Line are one and the
same. Originating 1932 as Italia Flotte Riunite it was part of
the 1936 Italian Government reorganisation becoming from 1.1.1937
Società per Azione di Navigazione Italia and eventually ended
as Italia di Navigazione S.p.A. The flag combines those of
Genoa and Trieste with the latter emblem being a
"ranseur" or spear head. No other source suggests that
the spear was ever yellow.
Neale Rosanoski, 11 April 2003
Due to the 'thirties Depression, various Italian shipping
companies were united into a big concern. From The Ships
List, an overview <www.theshipslist.com>:
"In 1932, due to the depression and widespread unemployment
of Italian ships, the major Italian shipping companies were
combined into one state controlled syndicate under the name
Societa Italia Flotte Reuniti NGI - Lloyd Sabaudo - Cosulich. By
1937 this concern had made rapid recovery and repaid the
Government bonds which had supported it. It was then changed into
a Limited Company under the name Italia Societa Anonima di
Navigazione. Lloyd Triestino was incorporated into the new
company. A new holding company (FINMARE) was formed and created
four self contained shipping companies:
ADRIATICA based in Trieste to serve the Adriatic and comprised
Adriatica di Nav., Fiumana and Lloyd Triestino's local services.
TIRRENIA based in Naples served the Tyrrhenian Sea and comprised
Adria, Tirrenia and Sarda.
LLOYD TRIESTINO based Genoa which covered Africa and the Far
East. Comprised Lloyd Triestino, Libera Triestina, Italia Flotte
Reuniti's non North and South American routes plus Veneziana.
ITALIA to cover North and South America and comprised Italia
Flotte Reuniti, Cosulich, Libera Triestina and Veneziana.
In 1940 most Italian ships were taken over for military service
and by 1945, few were left afloat. The fleet was gradually
rebuilt but from 1960 the rising popularity of air travel
signalled the gradual decline of the passenger ships and they
were eventually switched to cruising. By 1977 all long distance
passenger travel had ceased, although many cargo ships continued
to carry a few passengers. A cruising company was set up (Italia
Crociere Internazionali) to employ the remaining passenger
vessels but ceased trading in 1980. Italia continued as a
freighting company, mostly with second hand or chartered
container ships and still operates, but in private
ownership."
Jan Mertens, 29 December 2003
image by Jarig Bakker, 19 August 2004
From the link provided by Barbara Tomlinson of The National
Maritime Museum <www.nmm.ac.uk>:
"The house flag of the Italia Societa Anonima di
Navigazione, Genoa. In this example the design appears to be
reversed. It combines the St George's Cross of Genoa with the
arms of Trieste, represented by a white halberd on a red field.
The flag is made of a wool and synthetic fibre bunting with a
linen hoist. It is machine sewn and the design is printed. A rope
is attached. The major Italian shipping lines were
nationalized under the holding company, Societa Finanziaria
Industriale Italiana in 1932 as a result of the depression. In
1936 the fleet was split into four divisions each serving an
agreed geographical area. Italia commenced operations the
following year on routes to North and South America. By the end
of the 1960s Italia's prestigious passenger liners were becoming
unprofitable owing to the competition from air transport and the
company switched its operations to freight. It is now in private
ownership as part of the Fratelli D'Amico Armatori Societa per
Azioni, Genoa."
It is possible that the Museum got it wrong, as it seems to be
the flag of Lloyd Triestino...
Jarig Bakker, 19 August 2004
image by Jarig Bakker, 30 October 2006
From <www.timetableimages.com>:
'Italia' Società di Navigazione a Vapore, Genoa. As it happens,
the on-line 1912 Lloyds Flags & Funnels has a nice clear
picture i.e. No. 1197 on (the electronic) p. 58 at <www.mysticseaport.org>:
yellow, a black cross throughout, a blue canton bearing a white
six-pointed star which in its turn bears what appears to be a red
mirrored figure '6'. Then, of course, it may well be a
handwritten uppercase 'I'. The card on <planeta.terra.com.br>,
however, shows a fimbriated cross.
More on this firm at planeta
site: founded in 1899 but under the control of the German
Hamburg-America Line which then (1906) moved to the Navigazione
Generale Italiana; becoming a de facto branch of this firm in
1917, sharing its fortunes from then on.
Jan Mertens, 14 July 2004
Italia Società di Navigazione à Vapore - Bonsor describes
the flag as having a blue cross so if it were a dark blue shade,
as also with the canton, it would fit in with the planeta site
image where the two do seem to be a similar colour and it would
explain the fimbriation of the cross. Bonsor calls the letter an
"I" which has to logical though it reminds me more of a
written "T", and makes no mention of the Lloyds
version.
Neale Rosanoski, 22 July 2004
There remains some doubt about the colour of the cross, and
whether it is fimbriated or not. See the picture at <www.civilization.ca>
showing the ship `Ancona' and some flags, the biggest of them representing
the company.
To my mind, the canton is blue, but the cross is black (and
fimbriated), the initial "I" is rather elaborate,
compare the capital letter to the right of the house flag. This
does not explain the choice of colours. (The six-pointed star
could be a variant of the five-pointed one which is one of
Italy's symbols, or even have a religious significance).
Jan Mertens, 30 October 2006
image by Ivan Sache, 25 March 2001
The houseflag of the Italian shipping company 'Italian
Transporti Maritimi' is a white field with a St. George's cross
and a green star in canton. I suspect the company is (or was
originally) based in Genoa because of the St. George's cross.
Source: Znamierowski [zna00],
p. 245.
Ivan Sache, 25 March 2001
Full name is Compagnia Italiana Transporti Marittima S.A. and
it was based Genoa. Known as CITMAR it appears to have
ceased trading in the early 1970s.
Neale Rosanoski, 11 April 2003
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