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New Zealand - House flags of shipping companies (W)

Wairoa Steamship Co. Ltd.
Wanganui Shipping Co. Ltd.
Captain Alexander F. Watchlin
Wattie Industries Ltd.
Westgate Transport Ltd.
Westport Coal Co. Ltd.
Wilsons Portland Cement Co. Ltd.

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Wairoa Steamship Co. Ltd.

image by Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010

Wairoa Steamship Co. Ltd. Operated 1905-1907 with the flag blue with a narrow red saltire between the white letters "WSSCo" from The Log 5/1988 and 8/1989.
Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010

Wanganui Shipping Co. Ltd.

image by Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010

The Wanganui Shipping Co. Ltd. Had one vessel from about 1951 going into liquidation in 1964 and having had a blue flag with a red diamond bearing a white "W" from The Log 5/1991.
Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010

Captain Alexander F. Watchlin

image by Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010

Captain Alexander F. Watchlin. Entered shipowning in 1926 being taken over by the Union Steam Ship Co. of N.Z. Ltd. in 1947. The Log 2/1990 shows a blue flag with a white diamond bearing a red "W".
Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010

Wattie Industries Ltd.

image by Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010

Wattie Industries Ltd. A canned and frozen foods firm who operated a trawler from 1973 to 1983 with The Log 9/2991 giving a white flag with a green border and the red written "Wattie's". It is now part of the Heinz empire.
Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010

Westgate Transport Ltd.

image by Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010

Westgate Transport Ltd. When the NZ ports were privatized in 1988 that in New Plymouth being the main "gateway" on the North Island adopted the name of Wetsgate Transport Ltd. The roughly 1x2 white flag had a panel in the hoist [see image of Westgate panel] of a teal or dull green with narrow black rings and a cross of red with half arrow heads [left side only]. The black rings were thicker in an uneven shape on the fly side, and this darkening represented the Taranaki coast line against the lighter sea with the "cross" the main compass points and is best appreciated at a distance. In the fly on the flag was the black legend "Westgate". The flag was sighted and photographed in 1994.
Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010

Westport Coal Co. Ltd.

image by Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010

Westport Coal Co. Ltd. began shipowning in 1883 withdrawing 1887 and then re-entering 1903 until 1940. Sea Breezes 6/1979 shows a red flag with the black letters "WCC" whereas The Log 11/1987 gives a red flag with a narrow black saltire and the white letters "WCCL". If both are correct then presumably the latter was the replacement.
Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010

Wilsons Portland Cement Co. Ltd.

image by Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010

Wilsons Portland Cement Co. Ltd. Originated in 1878 constructing concrete buildings then into making concrete entering shipowning in 1907 with The Log 11/1995 showing a white flag with a black "W" within a black ring'. In 1918 they became part of Wilsons (NZ) Portland Cement Ltd. for whom no flag is known.
Neale Rosanoski, 3 November 2010