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![[Peter Callen & Sons Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~call.gif)
image by
Ivan Sache,
11 December 2015
Peter Callen & Sons Ltd. Shipbuilders and shipowners etc at Stockton around the
beginning of the 20th Century flying a vertical biband of white and red with the
letters "PC&S" counterchanged from The Log 2/1993.
Neale Rosanoski, 8 March 2010
The Callen brothers were major players in the growth of Stockton. They owned one
of the biggest shipyards, which built a wide range of vessels like tugs,
lighters and ferries, as well as constructing sea walls, wharves and bridges.
They provided lighterage services for the harbour, and also disposed of
Mayfield’s nightsoil by towing it out to sea on barges, and they had their own
big timber yard, steam sawmill, joinery and slipway. In 1895 the partnership
between the Callen brothers split up and Peter Callen went out on his own with
his son. (Jean Purtell gives this date as 1890). After he had built the wharf
for the newly-opened colliery he set up a new slipway near the present-day
16-footer club while the other brothers set up another shipyard and slip at
North Stockton, opposite the Seamens’ Mission near what is now The Boatrowers
Hotel. Peter Callen & Sons Ltd retained the
ownership of the cargo punt.
[...]
Things chugged along pretty uneventfully for another ten years, but
come the turn of the new century Peter Callen found that the demands of the
cargo punt service were making things difficult for him in his major enterprise,
which was shipbuilding, and in 1901 he took steps to convert the cargo punt
service into a limited liability company. Around the same time the Newcastle
Council came to the conclusion that the punt should be run by the State
Government, and soon Peter Callen was assailed by a series of complaints about
his service. Chief among these dissatisfactions was the fare being charged to
use the punt.
[...]
The Council couldn’t seem to get its act together to
build a new bit of infrastructure (surprise, surprise!) and Peter Callen felt
increasingly unappreciated and truculent. Things continued on this mutually
sour and surly note for the best part of another decade, and it took until 1916
before the powers that be had finally managed to get their arse into gear. In
March of that year
Callen Bros were relieved of the thankless task of
carrying the public and its goods across the harbour, and a brand spanking new,
purpose-built, steam-powered vehicular ferry built by the Public Works
Department at Walsh Island took over the
service. It was called the Mildred.
http://www.billbottomley.com.au/car_punts/ch1.pdf - "The Car Punts of
Newcastle" by Bill Bottomley, Chapter 1. The Early Years
Ivan Sache,
11 December 2015
![[Captain Cook Cruises houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~ccc.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
8 March 2010
Not to be confused with the Captain Cook Cruises Pty. Ltd., Captain Cook Cruises
operating as a trade name out of Perth from 1980 changing owners in 1987 and
with The Log 5/1989 showing a blue flag with a navy blue border and stylized
"CC" logo. Because the original source is a B&W
hatching and apart from the navy blue shade being mentioned in the description,
the other colours are unclear. The field is a lighter shade of blue obviously
but the letters appear to be shaded, but the shade colour is unclear. I have
assumed white. This operation also went under the name of "Captain Cook
Scenic Tours" which was shown on the funnel and "Captain Cook Scenic Cruises"
recorded on the bow of their then vessel "Captain Cook". Their current fleet
does not include any old fashioned funnels and a very small image of a bow jack
looks to be more like a pennant with a white border so there would appear to
have been a subsequent change.
Neale Rosanoski, 8 March 2010
![[Captain Cook Cruises Pty. Ltd.houseflag]](../images/a/au~cccpl.gif)
image by Jorge Candeias
Originated 1970 as Haworth Investments Pty. Ltd. being
run by Captain Trevor Haworth, changing name to Captain Cook Cruises Pty.
Ltd. in the early 1980s. The original flag was red with the white legend
'CAPTAIN COOK CRUISES", each word under the other. I do not have a date for
the replacement flag shown here but it was shown in The Log of 11/1990.
Neale Rosanoski, 22 Feb 2004
![[Carnarvon Cruises houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~car.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
8 March 2010
Carnarvon Cruises. Operated between Port Arthur and Hobart in the mid 1980s with
The Log of 11/1995 showing a white pennant with a blue horizontal band bearing a
white circle charged with the red lion of Tasmania and being between two yellow
"C"s.
Neale Rosanoski, 8 March 2010
![[W. & R. Carpenter & Co. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~carp.gif)
image by
Ivan Sache,
11 December 2015
W. & R. Carpenter & Co. Ltd. Formed in 1914 and trading out of Sydney it grew
into quite a sizeable group extending to Fiji, New Guinea and the Solomon
Islands and post WW2 seems to have operated principally through the Fijian-based
Pacific Shipowners Ltd. The Carpenter family relinquished their interest in the
Group in 1983 and the following year it became part of the Malaysian
conglomerate of Bf Holdings Group. Three flag versions have been found with the
main one being
blue with a white Star of David enclosing a white "C" which is
supported by US Navy 1961 and The Log 8/1989.
![[W. & R. Carpenter & Co. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~carp1.gif)
![[W. & R. Carpenter & Co. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~carp2.gif)
images by
Ivan Sache,
11 December 2015
A slightly different version is shown by Brown 1951 in which the upper and
lower points of the star do not extend whilst Brown 1943 only shows a blue flag
with a white "C" which seems odd when the complete star emblem appears on its
portrayal of the funnel albeit with the upper point not extending.
Neale Rosanoski, 8 March 2010
![[Cement Australia houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~cemau.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski, 16 Nov 2008
Australian Cement Holdings, in which CSR held 50%, later became merged as Cement Australia.
Cement Australia's flag was white with the name in purple below a couple of "swooshes" [as they have been
described] in purple and gold. The bottom
of the gold line is a slight arc as is the top of the "CEMENT"
lettering. I hold a photo of the ship in which the flag can just be
made out though very obscured with a poor flutter.
Neale Rosanoski, 16 November 2008
![[China-Australia Steamship Company flag]](../images/a/au~cass.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 17 Jan 2005
China - Australia Steamship Company, Limited, Sydney,
N.S.W. Horizontal triband Red White Red; on the white band six [blue] 5-pointed stars.
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies [wed26].
Jarig Bakker, 17 Jan 2005
![[Christmas Island Phosphate houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~cip.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
8 March 2010
Christmas Island Phosphate. According to The Log of 8/1991 the blue flag with a
the combined white "CI" logo belonged to the Christmas Island Phosphate Co. Ltd.
which operated from 1897 to 1948 which makes it British. However US Navy 1961
ascribes it to the Christmas Island Phosphate Commission which acquired the
assets of the company in 1948 when the Australian and New Zealand Governments
took over the mining operations, which would make it Australian.
Neale Rosanoski, 8 March 2010
![[Clarence & New England S.N. Co. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~cnesn.gif)
image by
Ivan Sache,
11 December 2015
Clarence & New England S.N. Co. Ltd. Operated out of Sydney from around the mid
1860s until going broke around 1886 or 1888 (dates vary between two sources)
having used a flag of diagonal halves from lower hoist to upper fly of blue over
red and then a white band placed overall as a bend sinister.
Neale Rosanoski, 8 March 2010
![[Clarence, Richmond & MacLeay Rivers Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~crmrs.gif)
image by
Ivan Sache,
11 December 2015
Clarence, Richmond & MacLeay Rivers Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Originated 1857 as
the Grafton Steam Navigation Co. and then in 1860 following a capital increase
it was renamed The Clarence & Richmond River Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. A further
renaming in 1888 saw it become the Clarence, Richmond and Macleay Rivers Steam
Navigation Co. Ltd. before in 1891 finally merging into the new company, North
Coast Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. The flag, from The Log 8/1992, was quartered
blue and white.
Neale Rosanoski, 8 March 2010
![[Clutha Development Pty. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~cluth.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
8 March 2010
Clutha Development Pty. Ltd. An Australian subsidiary of the Daniel K. Ludwig
group of USA which owned ships for the bauxite trade between 1969 and 1980 and
having a white flag with two narrow black bands well apart and between them a
black squarish "C" from The Log 11/1987.
Neale Rosanoski, 8 March 2010
![[Coal & Allied Industries Ltd houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~cai.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
8 March 2010
Coal & Allied Industries Ltd. The result of the 1960 merger of J. & A. Brown &
Abermain-Seaham Collieries Ltd. and Caledonian Collieries Pty. Ltd. though the
former seemed to have kept their existence for some time afterwards and exactly
when the C&A name was fully adopted is unclear. The old Brown flag was retained
for quite a while as it is not until 1980 that a change is recorded to a yellow
flag with a narrow green bend sinister surmounted by the logo of a white oval
with a double black ring enclosing the black letters "C&A" from The Log 11/1987.
They ceased as shipowners in 1994 after having operated through Coal & Allied
Operations Pty. Ltd. from the early 1980s.
Neale Rosanoski, 8 March 2010
![[Coal and Allied Shipping Co. flag]](../images/a/au~coal.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 14 Jun 2009
Another house flag shown on the State Library of Tasmania website is that of Coal and Allied Shipping Co.:
“Medium yellow (...) house flag with a diagonal green stripe running from the bottom left corner to the top right corner. In the centre of the flag over the green stripe is a white oval with a black outline, and the letters 'C & A.' 'C' and 'A' are in white lettering with a black outline and '&' is in black. Coal and Allied were owners of the Stephen Brown.”The photo is clickable, larger version here.
The Logo looks very much like the C&A clothing outlets logo but the colours are different and there is no wavy border around the oval.
Traces are found on the ’net of the ships Camira and Conara working for, if not owned by, Coal & Allied during the nineteen eighties, but I could not find any traces of vessels now directly operated by or for the company. Stephen Brown mentioned above is now a stationary training ship of the Australian Maritime College (see their site).
Coal & Allied presents itself (from their website):
“After 150 years in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Coal & Allied is one of the major coal producers in the region, employing more than 2000 people across our three operations - Mount Thorley Warkworth, Hunter Valley Operations and Bengalla. Coal & Allied is also currently undertaking the Mount Pleasant Project and the Lower Hunter Lands Project. (...) Coal & Allied is managed by Rio Tinto Coal Australia.”Jan Mertens, 12 June 2009
This firm was founded after the merger of Brown & Abermain Seaham with Caledonian Collieries in 1960.
Additional info: CareerOne page on Coal and Allied [no longer accessible]
Jan Mertens, 17 November 2009
![[Coast Steamships Pty. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~coast.gif)
image by
Ivan Sache,
11 December 2015
Coast Steamships Pty. Ltd. Formed Adelaide in 1913 it was taken over in 1915 by
the Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd. but continued operating as a subsidiary until
1966. The flag from The Log 8/1989 and the Stewart editions 1953, 1957 & 1963
show a diagonally quartered flag of blue and red bearing a white 6 pointed star
at the fesse point.
Neale Rosanoski, 8 March 2010
![[Craig, Mostyn & Co. Pty. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~craig.gif)
image by
Ivan Sache,
11 December 2015
Craig, Mostyn & Co. Pty. Ltd. A privately owned family trading company mainly
involved in the export and import of foodstuffs since 1923 and still operating,
they qualify by having a small shipping interest through operating prawn
trawlers in the Gulf of Carpentaria from around 1963 although it is only in the
1970s that Lloyds show them. Although they seem to be still involved in the
prawn industry I cannot find any reference to them still owning trawlers, but
they may still and according to The Log of 5/1992 the flag is a horizontal
biband of white bearing 6 blue stars over blue bearing the white letters "CMC".
Neale Rosanoski, 8 March 2010
![[Croisdale International Pty. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~crois1.gif)
![[Croisdale International Pty. Ltd. houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~crois.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski,
8 March 2010
Croisdale International Pty. Ltd. of Sydney were involved in chartering ships
for the Australian/Far East trade around the end of the 1960s using a blue flag
with a yellow stylized "Ci" logo [see au~c304a.gif attached] and later operating
through their subsidiary Croisdale Shipping Co. Pty. Ltd. who used a more
orthodox blue flag with narrow yellow horizontal bands towards chief and base
and between them the yellow letters "CSC" [see au~c530a.gif attached]. Sourced
from The Log of 5/1987 it mentions the livery of the latter being spotted in
1977.
Neale Rosanoski, 8 March 2010
![[W. Crosby flag]](../images/a/au~crosb.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 20 Feb 2005
W. Crosby, Melbourne - red flag, blue cross; in center a
white rectangle.
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies [wed26].
Jarig Bakker, 20 Feb 2005
The flag is the same as that of William France, Fenwick &
Co. Ltd. with whom they were associated.
Neale Rosanoski, 6 August 2005
Pre 1993 flag![[ CSR/Colonial Sugar Refining Co. houseflag before 1993 ]](../images/a/au~csr.gif)
image by Phil Nelson, 6 Apr 2000
From Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colors, 1963 [ste63].
Phil Nelson, 6 April 2000
Post 1993 flag
![[ CSR houseflag after 1993 ]](../images/a/au~csr93.gif)
image by
Ivan Sache,
11 December 2015
The Colonial Sugar Refining Co. Ltd. is located in Sydney. No doubt formed with British money it is still an undoubted true blue Aussie company formed in 1887 but dating back to 1855. The original flag was as shown as blue with a red triangle issuant from hoist throughout. In 1973 the name was changed to CSR Limited but it was not until 1993 that a change in the flag was noted with the addition of the white letters "CSR". The company continues to operate (company website) but its shipping activities ceased in 2007 [being taken over by the CSL Group of Canada] but prior to that CSR Shipping was involved in the operation of 3 ships, 2 of which carried gypsum from Gypsum Resources Australia's South Australian operations to the eastern Australian states and raw sugar and calcite from Queensland to southern Australian states on return voyages.
The two ships involved in the gypsum/sugar cartage were managed by
Austocean Pty Ltd and were under their colours, until in 2004 the "Kowulka" changed its livery to that of its registered owner, Gypsum Resources Australia, which was a CSR subsidiary. The third ship carried cement for Australian Cement Holdings (ACH) in which CSR held 50% but that later became merged as Cement Australia
with the ship wearing that company's colours.
Neale Rosanoki, 16 November 2008
![[Flagship Charters flag]](../images/a/au~flgsp.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 30 Nov 2006
Flagship Charters, founded in 1982 in Sydney, are specialized in luxury cruises in Sydney Harbour, the Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef regions of Queensland. The company owns some 30 ships, suitable for 1-4 ("La Dolce Vita") to 80-475 ("Lady Rose") passengers.
The houseflag of Flagship Charters is diagonally divided blue-red with
a white diamond, not touching the borders of the flag and charged with
a black Italic F. It is shown on a
photograph on the company website presenting the wedding packages proposed by the company.
Ivan Sache, 30 November 2006
Flagship Charters. They operate two websites and the second,
http://flagshipcruises.com.au gives
the official name as Flagship
Cruises Pty Ltd. and shows a slightly different
version of the logo with the diamond touching the top and bottom edges though as
the sides of the diamond do not properly align with the field division the
chances are that it is all immaterial and there is no actual flag. Though if
there is one I doubt that the letter is italic as the spine is angled in line
with the image edges. The company arranges charters for the various vessel
owners according to its site – just a booking centre in effect.
Neale
Rosanoski, 8 March 2015