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Thos. Appleby & Co.

[Thos. Appleby & Co. houseflag] image by Ivan Sache, 28 April 2021

In 1866, Thomas Appleby (1839-1909) and Robert Ropner founded the shipping company of Appleby, Ropner & Co. This partnership was dissolved in 1874, with each partner establishing their own companies: T. Appleby & Co., and R. Ropner & Co.
Thomas was chairman of the Hartlepool Gas Company, president of the South East Durham Conservative Association and a J.P.

http://www.hhtandn.org/venues/3831/appleby-and-co
Hartlepool History Then and Now

Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of Thos. Appleby & Co. (#877, p. 78) as quartered per saltire red and white.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/43/
Ivan Sache, 28 April 2021


Appleyard Lincoln & Co (Boatbuilders) Ltd.

[Appleyard Lincoln & Co (Boatbuilders) Ltd. houseflag] image by Eugene Ipavec, 17 June 2009

The story of ‘Appleyard Lincoln & Co (Boatbuilders) Ltd’ (Ely, GB) is found at http://www.orcharddelight.co.uk/index.html. Quote from ‘Appleyard & Lincoln’ section (upper menu):

“Appleyard’s Boathouse, built in 1877 at Ely in Cambridgeshire, was taken over in 1946 by Harry Lincoln and became Appleyard Lincoln & Co (Boatbuilders) Ltd. During the next sixteen years they built over a thousand wooden constructed boats of which Orchard Delight was the last. Harry, whose name was associated with innovation and quality, was a pioneer of Glass Reinforced Plastic to which they switched in 1962. They went on to build over a thousand GRP boats before he retired.”

A design of theirs, the Elysian, would – after a slow start - prove to be very popular: it is easy to find these boats described and offered on the internet.

Shown on the website as a drawing, the wharf's pennant was yellow traversed by a green horizontal stripe; near the hoist was placed a yellow lozenge, outlined green, containing green initials ‘AL’ (no serifs).
Jan Mertens, 13 May 2009


ARC Marine Ltd.

[Carmet Tug Co. houseflag] image by Jarig Bakker, 30 November 2005

ARC Marine Ltd., Southampton - horizontal blue-white-blue flag; in center black "ARC".
Source: Loughran (1995)
Jarig Bakker, 30 November 2005


Arctic Steam Fishing Co., Ltd.

[Arctic Steam Fishing Co., Ltd. houseflag] image by Ivan Sache, 27 April 2021

Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of Arctic Steam Fishing Co., Ltd. (#855, p. 77), a Grimsby-based company, as yellow with a red star.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/42/
Ivan Sache, 27 April 2021


Argonaut S.N. Co., Ltd. (B.C. Atkinson & Son)

[Argonaut S.N. Co. houseflag] image by Ivan Sache, 21 April 2021

Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of Argonaut S.N. Co., Ltd. (B.C. Atkinson & Son) (#1, p. 37), a Middlesbrough-based company, as blue with a white, cursive "A".

https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#2
Ivan Sache, 21 April 2021


Ariadne Steamship Co., Ltd.

[Ariadne Steamship Co., Ltd. houseflag] image by Ivan Sache, 28 April 2021

Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of Ariadne Steamship Co., Ltd. (#971, p. 83), a London-based company, as light blue with a darker blue cross, charged in the center with a slanted yellow anchor.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/48/
Ivan Sache, 28 April 2021


"Armenia" Steamship Company, Ltd.

B.B. Murrell & Co.

[Armenia Steamship Company, Ltd. houseflag] image by Ivan Sache, 4 May 2021

Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of the "Armenia" Steamship Company, Ltd. (B.B. Murrell & Co.) (#1861, p. 125), a West Hartlepool-based company, as white with a red cross, in the respective quarters, the red letters "W", "H", "&", and "Co"
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#90
Ivan Sache, 4 May 2021


Armitage's Steam Trawling Co., Ltd.

[Armitage's Steam Trawling Co., Ltd. houseflag] image by Ivan Sache, 4 May 2021

Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of Armitage's Steam Trawling Co., Ltd. (#1835, p. 124), a Hull-based fishing company, as blue with a red lozenge charged with a white seven-pointed star.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#89
Ivan Sache, 4 May 2021


R.T. Arthurs & Co.

[R.T. Arthurs & Co. houseflag] image by Ivan Sache, 4 May 2021

Lloyd's Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) shows the house flag of R.T. Arthurs & Co. (#1830, p. 124), a Glasgow-based shipping company, as swallow-tailed, red with a white saltire charged in the center with a black "A".
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l011061/l011061-c008/#89
Ivan Sache, 4 May 2021


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