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Companhia Paraense de Navegação a Vapor

House Flag of Companhia Paraense de Navegação a Vapor (Brazil) image by Joseph McMillan

The name means Pará Steam Navigation Company. The flag was red with a white lozenge throughout, on the center of the lozenge a black anchor and in the corners of the flag the initials of the company in white.
Source: 1909 supplement to the German Navy's 1909 Flaggenbuch
Joseph McMillan, 11 February 2003


Paulista de Comércio Marítimo, Companhia

House Flag of Companhia Paulista de Comércio Marítimo (Brazil) image by Jarig Bakker, 20 February 2006

Companhia Paulista de Comercio Maritimo, Rio de Janeiro - horizontal red-white-red flag; in center blue circle, blue "P".
Source: Loughran (1979)
Jarig Bakker, 20 February 2006


Pernambuco Powder Factory (Pernambuco)

House Flag of Pernambuco Powder Factory (Brazil)  image by Jorge Candeias

Yes, the name of this company is in English, and it isn't what we'd expect a navigation company would be called. My guess is that this flag is (was?) used by vessels belonging to the PPF, much the same way oil companies have their own vessels. As for the PPF itself, it might be foreign investment in Brazil, possibly American… Anyway, the flag is a triangular flag with 5 vertical stripes of dark blue and yellow.
Source: Chart of house flags circa 1950 at www.naufragiosdobrasil.com.br
Jorge Candeias, 3 August 2002

Listed in the 1949-50 Lloyd's Register as operating a single vessel of only 118 gross tons.
Joseph McMillan, 28 October 2002


Companhia de Pesca Norte do Brasil (Paraíba)

Cia de Pesca Norte do Brasil (Brazil) image by Jorge Candeias

The name translates to "Fishing Company of the North of Brazil". The flag is a dark blue rectangle with a big white disc centered, charged with a drawing of a fish and two sets of characters in black. Above the fish, in an arc, the company initials, C.P.N.B.; below the fish what looks like "Z. 2." Don't ask me what that is supposed to mean.
Source: Chart of house flags circa 1950 at www.naufragiosdobrasil.com.br
Jorge Candeias, 1 August 2002


Pessos e Cia. (Piauí)

House Flag of Pessos & Cia (Brazil) image by Jorge Candeias

Pessos is probably a name. The flag is dark blue with a wide yellow cross throughout.
Source: Chart of house flags circa 1950 at www.naufragiosdobrasil.com.br
Jorge Candeias, 2 June 2002


Poncion Rodrigues e Cia (Piauí)

House Flag of Poncion Rodrigues (Brazil) image by Jorge Candeias

Poncion Rodrigues is a name. The flag is a black-white-black triband, charged with the initials P.R.&C. in black, on the white stripe, and bordered by a relatively wide white border.
Source: Chart of house flags circa 1950 at www.naufragiosdobrasil.com.br
Jorge Candeias, 2 June 2002