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![[Flag of Plisson]](../images/f/fr~hfpli.gif)
House flag of Plisson - Image by Jarig Bakker, 3 January 2005
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The company was also known as Compagnie des Chargeurs
Français, which explains the letters "Cie des CF" on the house flag.
In 1916, Plisson created a subsidiary jointly owned with Compagnie des
Messagerie Maritimes. The subsidiary, called Compagnie Générale
d'Armement Maritime, was purchased by Compagnie Générale Transatlantique in 1919. Plisson also owned Compagnie des Chargeurs
Marocains.
Plisson lost several ships during the First World War: the cargo ships
Olio, sunk on 24 September 1916; Capbreton, sunk on 1 October 1916;
Baigorry, sunk on 25 April 1917; Europe, sunk on 24 September 1917;
Bayonnaise, sunk on 20 January 1918; and the three-master Ciboure, sunk
on 13 December 1917.
Dominique Cureau & Ivan Sache, 4 July 2005
According to Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies [wed26], the house flag of Plisson & Cie is red with the white letters CIE DES CF.
The flag comes from Compagnie des Chargeurs Français which they
operated, being shown under both names by Lloyds (1912) [llo11] but only the
latter by Brown (1929) [wed29]. After the First World War, it came under the control of Compagnie Générale Transatlantique and although both names are still shown by
the telegraphic addresses in Lloyds 1937-8, neither are given by
Randier as being shipowners in 1939.
Jarig Bakker & Neale Rosanoski, 18 November 2005