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Sartori & Berger (German Shipping Company)

image by Jorge Candeias, 22 Dec 2004

Sartori & Berger
Sartori & Berger #2

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Sartori & Berger

The flag itself is a red saltire on white with the initials S and B on the hoist and fly quarters, respectively, a & centered and a date in the bottom quarter, all in black characters. All is clear except the secong algarism of the date, which is smaller than the other three (1, 7 and 3). It seems to me to be a 7, and I GIFfed it that way, but I'm not sure. The caption reads something similar to "Sartory & Berger".
Jorge Candeias, 22 Dec 2004

It is "Sartori & Berger" - this is interesting, as Brown's 1926 edition has just 1-77 at the bottom - home: Hamburg; Brown (1951) and Wolter (1968) have a bare bottom - home: Kiel. Loughran (1979) explains: "What made the houseflag unusual was that below the saltire, a number was included. This was different for each vessel, and denoted the ship's sequence of inclusion in the fleet. (he shows an example with just "51" in the bottom). The custom was discontinued in 1929, when some 77 ships had thus been enumerated."
In view of Jorge's image and the image in [wed26] I have grave doubts about Loughran's use of the number of 51, as he has also Kiel as its homeport, which should have been Hamburg; only later it moved to Kiel (or as Loughran likes to misspell it: "Keil").
Jarig Bakker, 22 Dec 2004

Hum... then I suppose that the smaller 7 I mentioned is in fact simply a "-"? That is: the number sould be "1-73"?
Jorge Candeias, 23 Dec 2004

I think you giffed it correctly - the little "7" is clearly visible on the .jpg file. I checked the online Lloyd's 1912 register, which has also 1-77 in the bottom (see p. 66) - it's the little difference which makes it interesting!
Jarig Bakker, 23 Dec 2004

Sartori & Berger #2

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Feb 2007

Sartori und Berger - It is a white flag divided by a red saltire. There are black capital letters "S"(hoist) and "B"(fly) and a black "&" in the centre of the flag.
All images are based on own photos, spotted on 15 January 2007.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Feb 2007