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![[Flag of CBVN]](../images/f/fr~hfcbv.gif)
![[Flag of CBVN]](../images/f/fr~hfcb1.gif)
House flag of Compagnie des Bateaux à Vapeur du Nord; left, first version - image by Jarig Bakker, 20 December 2004 ; right, second version - image by Ivan Sache, 15 October 2005
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According to Talbot-Booth [tbb36], the company originated as Compagnie Générale, Dunkirk becoming steamship owners in 1854 and subsequently changing their name to Compagnie Générale des Bateux à Vapeur à Hélice du Nord with the change to their last name noted in Lloyd's 1904. The company appears to have ceased operations around 1970.
Neale Rosanoski, 24 September 2005
Brown's Flags and Funnels (1926) [wed26] shows the house flag of Compagnie des Bateaux à Vapeur du Nord as blue with a white diamond not touching the edges of the flag and a red star.
Jarig Bakker, 20 December 2004
Talbot-Booth notes the diamond on the flag had been extended to the edges of the field but continues to show the original version and in 1944 states that the livery had remained unchanged throughout the name changes. However he may have been right about a change as Stewart in his 1950s editions and Brown of 1982 [lgr82] show such a version.
Neale Rosanoski, 24 September 2005