House Flags of German Shipping Companies (r) - part 3

Pennant

On 30 april 2006, I had to confess: "no photos with flag found yet I'm afraid" (the house flag has been giffed by Eugene, to be sure) but the optimists will prevail - after a fashion, as a small pennant is only a small breakthrough.
There is a photo detail showing this white pennant with the worker in a darker shade of blue than shown on the company website (he said accusingly). Found on German eBay under item no. 220025238762, end 17 September 2006, concerning five house flags in all. Not identified by the owner, the pennant's dimensions were given as 28cm x 51cm and described as "new" despite its somewhat crumpled appearance. But then you are bound to look like that after a hard day's work…
Jan Mertens, 10 Oct 2006

RMKS

Rhein Main Kies und Splitt GmbH & Co. KG (i.e. Rhine Main Gravel and Crushed Stone?) is established at Wesel on the River Rhine and related to ?RMKS Schiffahrt, Spedition und Handel GmbH (i.e. RMKS Shipping, Forwarding and Trade?).
Modest website (German only), showing a flagoid we may assume is the house flag: founded in 1963 and currently employing 26, RMKS is active in extracting sand, gravel, and crushed stone which are important building material.  As the extracting sites empty they are landscaped with respect for the environment (although ecologists have their doubts).
Additional source.
 Image based on a table flag ? standing in for a possible house flag (as RMKS has a separate shipping division): I have not yet found any photos of vessels flying it.  Blue field bearing large white initials RMKS without serifs.
Source: German eBay offer no. 160181252406 (end 23 Nov 2007) put up by ?maiti35?.
Jan Mertens, 29 Dec 2008

H.L. Rochow

It is a red swallow tail pennant with a white bordure at three sides. In the red filed shifted to the hoist is a white, serifed capital "R".
Source: Gratis Beilage zu Deicken und Behrmann's Neuen Monatsheften Neue Ausgabe Sommer 1897
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Apr 2012

Rolf Rohden

The company was located in Loga/Leer. It is a black over red over blue horizontal tricolour, the colours of eastern Frisia. In the centre a white lozenge, fimbriated black containing a black capital "R", is superimposed.
Source: "Flaggen, Schornsteine, Reedereien- Flaggen und Schornsteine der deutschen Reedereien und ihre Schiffe über 300 BRT"; Hamburg 1957; p.F25 Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Apr 2009

Berend Roosen

Berend Roosen - The company flag is an inverted flag of the City of Hamburg. In the centre of a white flag is a red Hamburg-gate.
Source: Jürgen Meyer: "Hamburger Segelschiffe von 1795-1945"; ISBN 3-89225-400-1; Hamburg 1999; inside cover.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Mar 2007

J. Roosen

Acc. to source Hamburg shipowners register provides evidence of the company's existence at least from 1855 until 1871. The flag is divided per saltire into white and red. The white quarters have red inscriptions "J" (hoist) and "R" (fly).
Source: Otto Mathies: "Hamburgs Reederei 1814 - 1914", Hamburg 1924, p.97
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Jul 2012

Rostock Port (Hafen-Entwicklungsgesellschaft Rostock mbH)

Rostock Port is owner of wharfages and water expanses in the port area of Hansa City of Rostock. The business is development of infrastructure of the port, especially leasing of pieces of real estate. Furthermore the company is shareholder of terminal company KLV.
Rostock Port maintains a ferry terminal, a cruise terminal and the whole freight- and tanker shipping spectrum.
Description of flags:
The ratio is appox 11:6. They are both horizontal tricolours with ratio 7:2:1 from top. The blue flag (left) has classical colours of the city, i.e. blue over white over red, the red flag (right) has red over white over blue. On both flags at the bottom of the white stripe is an inscription in capitals: "ROSTOCK"(blue) "PORT"(red). On both flags a white square at the hoist side is superimposing the bottom stripe half. It contains the logo of the company, aquarter of a blue disc and a red angle.
Source: I spotted these flags in the port area of Rostock on 25 April 2009
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2012

Roß, Vidal & Co.

According to source Hamburg shipowners register provides evidence of the company's existence at least from 1842 until 1883. The predecessor was Roß & Co. since 1836. Their flag is not reported. The white flag is divided by two narrow horizontal stripes. Between the stripes is a blue inscription "RV & Co.".
Source: Otto Mathies: "Hamburgs Reederei 1814 - 1914", Hamburg 1924, p.8
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jul 2012

K.G. Reederei Roth

K.G. Reederei Roth, G.m.b.H. & Co., Hamburg - blue flag, white cross, in center white diamond, red "R".
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 23 Oct 2005

Roth Kies

The company was located in Rendsburg-Westerrönfeld. It was a yellow flag, divided by a blue horizontal stripe. In the centre was awhite disc fimbriated blue and containing a red capital handwriting "R" .
Source:"Reedereien und ihre Schiffe über 300 BRT"; Hamburg 1957; p.F25
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Apr 2009

Rüdebusch BBS

Rüdebusch Braunschweiger Binnenschifffahrt GmbH (i.e. Rüdebusch Brunswick Inland Navigation Ltd.) is a young firm founded in 2007 by Hans-Hermann Rüdebusch. For further information click here.
One vessel, INGA, a general freighter, is operated. Services rendered logically include transportation over inland waterways, possibly to a harbour, but also warehousing. Apparently preferred goods are construction materials.
BBS was founded to expand the logistic solutions, already offered by Mr. Rüdebusch's original road transportation company, founded in 1978. For further information click here.
Originally established at Braunschweig the main firm now has three more local offices, two of them in the former GDR.
The house flag is red showing the Rüdebusch road transportation logo in white, perhaps somewhat shifted towards the right, plus the company initials in black, serifless initials "BBS" in the upper hoist.
The logo consists of three rounded and parallel stripes, gradually growing thicker and coming together (the left or largest one definitively ends in an arrowhead) while describing a quarter circle (left upper quadrant); there is a fourth bowed line under the others, seemingly aimed at meeting them the other way round.
Jan Mertens, 2 Aug 2010

Spielmann & Co. Reederei Ges. "Russia" mbH

According to source Hamburg shipowners register provides evidence of the company's existence at least from 1913 until 1914. The white flag is divided by a blue saltire, like the Russian jack. In the centre is a red Hamburg castle surrounded by a blue annulet. Blue, white and red are the colours of the flag of Russia. Source: Otto Mathies: "Hamburgs Reederei 1814 - 1914", Hamburg 1924, p.222 Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Jul 2012

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