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House Flags of German Shipping Companies (p)

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Paulsen & Ivers

image by Jorge Candeias, 28 Nov 2004

The flag is red with a black iron cross with a white fimbriation, centered, and white letters "P & J" centered on the cross.
The original caption is also quite readable. I'm positive about "Paulsen" and have some doubts about "Jvers", but not many.
Jorge Candeias, 28 Nov 2004

Right, this one is in the on-line 1912 Lloyds Flags & Funnels, see No. 191, top of page (Paulsen & Ivers, Kiel).
Jan Mertens, 29 Nov 2004

Paulsen & Ivers - variant

image by Jarig Bakker, 28 Jan 2005

Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies, compiled by F.J.N. Wedge, Glasgow, 1926 [wed26]
Paulsen & Ivers, Kiel - red flag, black Maltese cross, white "P&I".
Jarig Bakker, 28 Jan 2005

Neue Pellwormer Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft

image by Jarig Bakker, 3 Jul 2004

Neue Pellwormer Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft mbH. (New Pellworm Steamship Society) after company website - Pellworm is an island before the coast of Schleswig; this company operates a ferry to Husum, and cruises amongst the German wadden-islands. In 1872 the Pellwormer citizens founded the "Pellwormer Dampfschiffsreederei". After difficulties with the German postal authorities it was closed down, to be refounded on 16 May 1902 as the present company.
Jarig Bakker, 3 Jul 2004

H. Peters

image by Jorge Candeias, 5 Jan 2005

This flag is a triband of white-blue-ehite with large white initials HP in the center of the blue area. The only thing that is unclear is the proportions of the white stripes. It seems to me that the top white stripe is about half the size of the bottom one, but I may be wrong. In any case, the middle stripe is a lot larger than the other two. The caption is perfectly clear: H. Peters.
Jorge Candeias, 5 Jan 2005

H. Peters Reederei, Hamburg. Wolters' "See und Seefahrt", 1968, has the top stripe twice as wide as the bottom one, equalling out your observation. HP in that book is serifed.
Jarig Bakker, 5 Jan 2005

Gebr. Petersen

image by Jorge Candeias, 6 May 2004

The flag is blue with a white roundel in the center (apparently outlined by a black border, but this is disputable) charged with the initials of the company: G.P. (apparently coloured red). The caption reads "Gebr. Petersen" (Petersen brothers).
Jorge Candeias, 6 May 2004

Petersen & Alpers

image by Jorge Candeias, 27 Dec 2004

The flag is another quartered per saltire, of red and white, with black serifed initials in the white quarters: P. in the left, A. in the right. And the caption seems to read Petersen & Alpers, although this last word is somewhat doubtful.
Jorge Candeias, 27 Dec 2004

No doubts, whatsoever: Petersen & Alpers, Hamburg, according to Wolter's See und Seefahrt (1968); that book shows the flag without dots.
Jarig Bakker, 27 Dec 2004

Towage service of Hamburg, complete with flag on their home page.
James Dignan, 28 Dec 2004

H.A. Petersen

image by Jorge Candeias, 15 Dec 2004

The flag is red with a broad white diagonal from the upper hoist to the lower fly and the initials "H.A.P." in the diagonal in black seriffed capitals. Unless I'm very mistaken, the caption reads H. A. Petersen.
Jorge Candeias, 15 Dec 2004

Yup, that's H.A. Petersen, Flensburg.
Jarig Bakker, 15 Dec 2004

H. Podeus

image by Jorge Candeias, 18 Jan 2005

The flag, I mean: it very much seems to contain two different shades of red. If that is the case, then it's a red flag surrounded by a dark red border, in turn surrounded by another, white, border. In the red, apparently shifted to the hoist, the two initials of the company, in white: HP. The caption is also clearer than usual and, unless I'm very mistaken, reads H. Podeus.
Jorge Candeias, 31 Dec 2004

The photo causes some strange effects I suppose, see No. 1775 in the on-line 1912 Lloyds Flags & Funnels, aka 'H. Podeus, Wismar'. Surrounding the red, central rectangle there are no less than three borders. The initials are nicely centred in this picture.
This is a page (in German) presenting this firm, which was also active in automobile and (train) car manufacturing. Years of activity 1858-1932. 'H' stands for Heinrich (1832-1905), more about this entrepeneur here.
Jan Mertens, 1 Jan 2005

Pohl Schiffahrtsgesellschaft

image by Jorge Candeias

Pohl Schiffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG - Cycling towards the Danish-German border, I saw a ship on the Kiel canal; its house flag was a blue swallowtail with yellow top and bottom borders and centered 'P + C' in yellow.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 27 Aug 2001

Poseidon Schiffahrt

image by Jorge Candeias

Poseidon Schiffahrt GmbH - Horizontally striped flag, black-white-red-black, with a white coat-of-arms centred, touching all stripes, white with two black mining tools crossed in saltire, over them 'POSEIDON' in black lettering.
Santiago Dotor, 13 May 2005

Poseidon Schiffahrt A.G. was formed in 1981 and was a subsidiary of Veba Poseidon Schiffahrts GmbH. with the latter ceasing trading resulting in the former changing its name in 1998 to FG-Shipping GmbH but the following year reverting to Poseidon Schiffahrt A.G. and then in 2001 it became Finnlines Deutschland A.G. and is now part of Finnlines plc. I have nothing on what Poseidon Schiffahrt flew but the second flag with the shield is shown by Brown 1995 for Veba Poseidon Schiffahrts GmbH which began in the 1920s as Kohlen-Import A.G., becoming Kohlen-Import und Konigsberger Reederei A.G. and then in 1925 Kohlen-Import und Poseidon Schiffahrt A.G. At this period it used the same banded field but bore a white diamond outlined black charged "K.I.A." over two crossed hammers all in black [see below]. In 1955 it became Poseidon Schiffahrts GmbH with the shield replacing the diamond. At some stage Veba Öl A.G acquired 60% of the company (Stinnes Reederei A.G. having the rest) and going by Lloyds they became Veba-Chemie Poseidon Tankschiff GmbH by the late 1970s with Brown 1982 showing a white flag with a black diamond bearing a white circle with a narrow white band extending from this to the field and the circle bearing the black letters "VC" [see below]. By 1980 Lloyds was showing the company as Veba Poseidon Schiffahrts GmbH.
Neale Rosanoski, 25 Oct 2004

Poseidon Schiffahrt variant

image sent by Neale Rosanoski, 25 Oct 2004

Poseidon Schiffahrt variant 2

image sent by Neale Rosanoski, 25 Oct 2004

Pure Oil Co. (Hamburg)

image by Jorge Candeias, 17 Jan 2005

There must have been a change in name. See No. 1691 of the on-line 1912 Lloyds Flags & Funnels, i.e. 'Pure Oil Co.,G.m.b.H., Hamburg', the abbreviation indicating a limited liability company (UK usage). Initials 'P.O.C.' Interestingly, there's another symbol on the funnel but I can't place it.
Jan Mertens, 27 Dec 2004

This was the moment to sign off... but a quick peek revealed a FOTW contribution by Joe McMillan:
"Pure Oil Company, Chicago (1895-?)
The Pure Oil Company was originally established in Pennsylvania but later moved its headquarters to Chicago. Its main marketing area was >in the Midwest and its tanker operations therefore were predominantly on the Great Lakes and the Midwestern rivers. I have found two flags:
- The first image (Source: www.steamship.net (no longer available)) is divided per saltire, red and white, with a blue rectangle on the center bearing the white initials POC."

I may be mistaken but two firms bearing the same name seem to have existed, as different founding dates (and different former company names) are to be found on the net. Something for US oil historians... And even with the same (or very similar) flag. That's wierd to say the least.
But anyway, you have a german company, right?
Jorge Candeias, 17 Jan 2005