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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
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
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
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
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
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