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image by Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010
Wairoa Steamship Co. Ltd. Operated 1905-1907 with the flag blue with a narrow
red saltire between the white letters "WSSCo" from
The Log 5/1988 and 8/1989.
Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010
image by Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010
The Wanganui Shipping Co. Ltd. Had one vessel from about 1951 going into
liquidation in 1964 and having had a blue flag with a red diamond bearing a
white "W" from The Log 5/1991.
Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010
image by Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010
Captain Alexander F. Watchlin. Entered shipowning in 1926 being taken over by
the Union Steam Ship Co. of N.Z. Ltd. in 1947. The Log 2/1990 shows a blue flag
with a white diamond bearing a red "W".
Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010
image by Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010
Wattie Industries Ltd. A canned and frozen foods firm who operated a trawler
from 1973 to 1983 with The Log 9/2991 giving a white flag with a green border
and the red written "Wattie's". It is now part of the Heinz empire.
Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010
image by Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010
Westgate Transport Ltd. When the NZ ports were privatized in 1988 that in New
Plymouth being the main "gateway" on the North Island adopted the name of
Wetsgate Transport Ltd. The roughly 1x2 white flag had a panel in the hoist [see
image of Westgate panel] of a teal or dull green with narrow
black rings and a cross of red with half arrow heads [left side only]. The black
rings were thicker in an uneven shape on the fly side, and this darkening
represented the Taranaki coast line against the lighter sea with the "cross" the
main compass points and is best appreciated at a distance. In the fly on the
flag was the black legend "Westgate". The flag was sighted and photographed in
1994.
Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010
image by Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010
Westport Coal Co. Ltd. began shipowning in 1883 withdrawing 1887 and then
re-entering 1903 until 1940. Sea Breezes 6/1979 shows a red flag with the black
letters "WCC" whereas The Log 11/1987 gives a red flag with a narrow black
saltire and the white letters "WCCL". If both are
correct then presumably the latter was the replacement.
Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010
image by Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010
Wilsons Portland Cement Co. Ltd. Originated in 1878 constructing concrete
buildings then into making concrete entering shipowning in 1907 with The Log
11/1995 showing a white flag with a black "W" within a black ring'. In 1918 they
became part of Wilsons (NZ) Portland Cement Ltd. for whom no flag is known.
Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010