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![[Irano-Hind Shipping Co. Ltd.]](../images/i/ir~ihsc.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 27 November 2004
The website http://www.irisl.net also shows a flag for the associate company Irano-Hind
Shipping Co. Ltd., formed as a 51/49 joint venture with The Shipping
Corporation of India. The website image appears to show a diagonally
quartered flag of green (upper) and red with the green quarters bearing
the white letters "I and "H" respectively but according to my notes on
sighting the flag 7.3.1985 flown by the "Hood" the red is actually
orange and there is a small white circle at the centre point.
Browns Flags and Funnels (1995) shows a slightly different version
with green and gold quarters and a larger white circle.
Neale Rosanoski, 14 November 2004
![[Irano-Hind Shipping Co. Ltd.]](../images/i/ir~ihsc2.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 13 September 2005
Image after Browns Flags and Funnels
(1995), compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow.
Irano Hind Shipping Co., Ltd., Teheran - per saltire green
and orange; on green top and bottom white "IH", in center white disk.
Jarig Bakker, 13 September 2005
Formerly Arya National Shipping Lines
![[Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines]](../images/i/ir~arya.gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 November
2004
The website http://www.irisl.net is that
of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines. This commenced operations in
1967 as Arya National Shipping Lines and the original flag as shown by
Browns Flags and Funnels (1979) and
Loughran 1979 was a horizontal triband of
green, white and red with the white being broad and bearing a black emblem which
appears to be a stylized bird.
Neale Rosanoski, 14 November 2004
Excluding the lettering and anchor, this symbol is used to represent certain
supernatural entities such as the afreshteh (angels) and Ormazd himself.
Nowadays, outside of the
religious parsi, it is sometime used as a good luck charm by some
Persians.
Marc Pasquin, 17 November 2004
![[Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines]](../images/i/ir~irisl.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 27 November 2004
In 1980 the name was changed to Iran National Shipping Lines and
was again changed in 1981 to the current Islamic Republic of Iran
Shipping Lines. The original flag was changed but sightings reported
numerous variations (in 1986 I was told that over a dozen had been
reported with wide differences in some cases). I have seen one myself,
in 1986 flown by the "Iran Fallahi" being a similar triband atop the
original flag but with the emblem on the white band being a green circle
bearing a white cargo ship with superstructure aft sailing to fly, the
circle being encircled by green inscriptions with that to hoist being
"ISLAMIC REP. OF IRAN S.L." and that in fly the [probable same] in
Farsi, and ensigned with the green National Arms, whilst on the upper green band
was white Arabic script. Detail of
the emblem and the upper Arabic script was obtained earlier from the
company website but the current site does not appear to show these any
more although the Arms can be viewed on a bow photo on one of the site's
pages.
Brown 1995 shows a slightly different version both for the flag,
with equal bands being shown, and of the emblem, the circle becoming a
green ring and the ship also green, being surrounded by what is probably
the same green inscriptions and Arms. I understand that this is one of
the variations referred to.
Neale Rosanoski, 14 November 2004