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image by Jorge Candeias
This time the curiosity is that the name is feminine (Cacilda). The flag is black and white: a
white border surrounds a thin black border which in turn surrounds a white
panel with a narrow black diagonal from lower hoist to upper fly. Two
letters are in this panel, A in upper hoist, H in lower fly. I don't know
about the A (the name initial of Mrs. Cacilda's husband? Sheer speculation
here), but H is likely to refer to Henriques.
Source: Chart of house flags
circa 1950 at
www.naufragiosdobrasil.com.br
Jorge Candeias, 30 June 2002
According to Lloyd's Register 1949-1950, operated one vessel of 360 gross tons.
Joseph McMillan, 28 October 2002
image by Joseph McMillan
Empresa Nacional de Navegação Hoepcke - Santa Catarina, SC. White with a red diagonal stripe
inscribed in white letters "ENNH."
Source: U.S. Navy H.O. Pub. 100.
Joseph McMillan, 29 June 2001
The company was founded in 1895 by the German
immigrant Carl Hoepcke, homeported at Florianópolis (Santa Catarina) and
originally engaged in short-haul shipping between Santa Catarina Island and
the mainland. An offshoot or successor company is still in the auto importing and sales business.
Joseph McMillan, 28 October 2002