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House Flags of German Shipping Companies (i)

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Johannes Ick

image by Jarig Bakker, 29 Aug 2005

Johannes Ick, Hamburg - per saltire red and white; on white at hoist black "J", at fly black "I".
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 29 Aug 2005

Joh. Ick + bar

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2009

Johannes Ick - In 1891 a certain Arthur Sommer was employed by the company Johannes Ick in Danzig. More and more parts of his job within the company were one by one transferred to Hamburg and in 1903 the young man was appointed to open a new branch in Hamburg.
In 1910 Ick was the first tenant in the new built Sloman house at Baumwall 3.
In 1934 Sommer, Rob M. Sloman and Sartori & Berger acquired shares of Mathies-Reederei KG.
Until 2008 Sommer and his descendants had been lead the business of the companies Johannes Ick, Arthur Sommer and Mathies-Reederei KG. After WWII Mathies-Reederei was restructured completely and changed into a modern container shipping company. Meanwhile named “king of the Baltic Sea” Arthur Sommer died on 4 August 1947.
Klaus-Peter Bühne, translated and trimmed by Klaus-Michael Schneider

Description of flag: In this variant the black „J“ has an additional horizontal bar in ist centre.
Source: “Deutsche Reedereien und ihre Erkennungszeichen”; 2nd ed.; Hamburg; 1956; p.23.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2009

Interoceana Schiffahrtsgesellschaft

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Apr 2009

INTEROCEANA Schiffahrtsgesellschaft mbH
The company was located in Hamburg. It is a white flag divided by two horizontal red stripes. This flag has the same pattern like NYK line flags, at least a variant.
Source: Deutsche Reedereien und ihre Erkennungszeichen”; 2nd ed.; Hamburg; 1956; p.23
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Apr 2009

Interscan

image by Santiago Dotor, 11 Nov 2003

Jens Pattke spotted the link of Interscan Schiffahrt - white with narrow red stripe on top and bottom; in the center black letters IS.
Santiago Dotor, 11 Nov 2003

Interscan Reederei #2

image by Jarig Bakker, 19 Oct 2005

Interscan Reederei G.m.b.H., Hamburg - Spanish-style RWR, in center black "IS".
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 19 Oct 2005

F. Ivers & Co.

image by Jorge Candeias, 1 Dec 2004

The flag is white with a cross, seemingly composed by 4 red and white stripes in the vertical arms and 5 green and white stripes in the horizontal arms, plus something yellow in the center. I'd advise you to take my GIF with a grain of salt because it might include some errors.
As I read it, the caption seems to read "F. Jvers", but since another "Jvers" was corrected as Ivers, I suppose the same thing happens here. The first letter looks a lot like a J, though, but that's possibly a font thing.
Jorge Candeias, 1 Dec 2004

The firm is F. Ivers & Co., Stettin (pre-WWII Germany). The flag with the remarkable cross can be seen here (on-line 1912 Lloyd's Flags & Funnels) as No. 206 with probably the initial 'I' in the centre of the cross which repeats the colours of the combined Swedish-Norwegian flag I bet. (Not unusual, given the location.) But...by Neptune! it's a 'herring salad' in cross form!
Jan Mertens, 2 Dec 2004