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Havreboot (The Netherlands)

N.V. Havre Stoomvaart Maatschappij v/h Corns. Balguerie & Zoon

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[Havreboot houseflag] image by Jarig Bakker, 22 Oct 2003 See also:

Havreboot

C.V. Havreboot, Rotterdam. CV is an abbreviation of "Commanditaire Vennootschap", a company with silent partners. Havre refers to Le Havre, France.
Houseflag: blue with white C.V.H.
Image from Flagchart of houseflags of Dutch shipping companies, attached to the magazine "De Blauwe Wimpel", April 1956.
Jarig Bakker, 22 Oct 2003

Havre Stoomvaart

[Havre Stoomvaart] image by Jarig Bakker, 23 Oct 2003

Havre Stoomvaart Maatschappij - a new flag, I presume: blue with white
letters N.V.H.S.M.
        V.C.B.B.&Z. (a most boring flag - N.V. = Naamloze Vennootschap (Limited Company), HSM is the Company's abbreviation - the rest is gobbledegook to me (probably a family's initials, ending with & Zonen (and sons).
Source: this website.
Jarig Bakker, 23 Oct 2003

The flag is not so new because it was already shown on Lloyd's Book of  House Flags and Funnels (1912). The caption in Lloyd's gives the meaning of all the letters on the flag:
"Naamloze Vennootschap Havre Stoomvaart Maatschappij v/h Corns. Balguerie & Zoon".
Ivan Sache, 29 Apr 2008