Wessels Companies (German Shipping Company)

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Wessels

Blue with white inscription "WESSELS" in italics. The "W", however, is transformed into a navigating ship through its shape, a wavy line below and light blue additions of several parts typical of cargo ships.
Jorge Candeias, 10 Feb 1999

Wessels Offshore Schleep

Wessels Offshore Schleep G.m.b.H & Co., K.G., Emden - BWB flag proportioned c. 1:3:1, in center red "W". ("Schleep" is saksisch for tug)
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 11 Sep 2005

J. F. Wessels

The company was based in Bremen. The company used a swallow tail pennant, becoming more narrow at the fly, which was red with a white serifed initial "W".
Source: Flaggenbuch 1905, part V, p.18, image no.420
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2019

Hermann Wessels

The company was based in Bremen. The flag was quartered of red and white.
Source: Flaggenbuch 1905, part V, p.12, image no.66
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 July 2019

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