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Action working dress trousers
bag
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Burgee
ceremonial artifact: burgee
ceremonial artifact: ensign, merchant
ceremonial artifact: ensign, naval
ceremonial artifact: ensign, naval(fragment)
ceremonial artifact: ensign, naval ?
ceremonial artifact: flag
ceremonial artifact: flag, house
ceremonial artifact: flag, national
ceremonial artifact: flag, official
ceremonial artifact: jack
ceremonial artifact: pennant
ceremonial artifact: pennant, broad
ceremonial artifact: pennant, name
ceremonial artifact: pennant, official
ceremonial artifact: standard
Civil ensign
clothing, outerwear: uniform: jacket
clothing, outerwear: uniform: Junior engineer's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: overalls
clothing, outerwear: uniform: trousers, action working dress
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, commander's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Rating's
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documentary artifact: standard, table
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two pennants and a flag
visual communication t&e: flag, signal
water transport: cargo vessel: ferry, lorry
water transport: recreation vessel: barge, champion
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Adam & Lane & Neave Ltd
Annin Flag Co
Arthur Smart & Sons
Benjamin Edgington Ltd
Bonner Fahnenfabrik
Captain O. M. Watts Ltd
Chatham Flag Loft Ltd
Cutler, Bessie Preston
E. W. Perrett Ltd
Edgington, John
Evans, Evan
F. Moore Ltd
Flag Centre
Gairs
Hamilton Carhartt
J. Edgington & Co. Ltd
Jones Tent and Awning Ltd
Macdonald, Roderick Douglas
Miller Rayner Ltd
Moore Taggart & Co Ltd
Piggott Bros and Co Ltd
Plant, J, & Co
Porter Bros
Porter Bros and Co Ltd
Porter Bros Ltd
Porter Brothers
Puget Sound Tent and Duck Co.
Rudolph Equitz & Co
Servaux
Smith, James & Co
Stralsund, Rudolph, and Co
Thomas Evans Pty Ltd
Tudalux
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Valley Forge Flag Company Inc.
Veder, H.
Watts Ltd, O M, Captain
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Barge Championship, Medway, 1958
Barge Championship, Medway, 1959 (staysail class)
War of 1812: Capture of the USS Chesapeake, 1813
World War I, 1914-1918
World War I: Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914
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Christian Radich (1937)
Clifford 1840
Donola 1893 (steam launch)
Edward Cruse 1954 (barge)
Invincible 1907 (HMS)
Kootenay Park
Lawrentian 1969
Memory 1904 (Thames barge)
Mvita 1956 (HMEAS)
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A/S Det Ostasiatiske Kompagni
African Steamship Company
Afrikanische Frucht Compagnie, Hamburg
American Mail Line Ltd
Amoco Corporation
AMVER
Anchor Line Ltd
Andrew Weir & Co. Ltd
Arthur Guinness, Son & Co. Ltd.
Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd
Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd
Astor, W W
Athel Line Ltd
Atlantic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd
Australian Coastal Shipping Commission
Australind Steam Shipping Co. Ltd
Avenue Shipping Co Ltd, London
Bain, William Moncrieff
Baltic Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool
Baltic Trading Company Ltd
Bamburgh Shipping Co. Ltd
Bank Line Ltd
Baron Line
Belfast, Mersey and Manchester Steam Ship Co. Ltd
Ben Line Steamers Ltd
Bibby Brothers and Co
Bibby Line
Blue Funnel Line
Blue Star Line Ltd
Board of Trade
Bolton Steam Shipping Co Ltd
Bombay S N Co Ltd, Bombay
Bond, R H Aed
Booker Brothers McConnell and Co.
Booth Steamship Co. Ltd
Boston Deep Sea Fishing and Ice Co. Ltd
Bowater SS Co Ltd, London
Boyd Line Ltd
Bristol City Line
Bristol Steam Navigation Co. Ltd
British and Commonwealth Shipping Co Ltd
British and Irish Steam Packet Co. Ltd
British Channel Islands Shipping Co. Ltd
British Continental Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool
British India Steam Navigation Company Limited
British Overseas Airways Corporation, London
British Rail
British Tanker Co. Ltd
British Waterways
Broken Hill Proprietary Billiton Ltd
Bullard, King & Co Ltd
Burmah Oil Co (Tankers) Ltd
Burns and Laird Lines Limited
C. T. Bowring & Co. Ltd
Cairn Line Of Steamships Limited
Canadian Australasian Line
Canadian National Steamships, St Johns, Newfoundland
Canadian Pacific Line
Central Electricity Generating Board
Chapman Sands Sailing Club, Canvey Island
Charente Steamship Co Ltd
Charles Hill & Sons
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
Clan Line Steamers Limited
Clyde Shipping Company Limited
Coast Lines Ltd
Coker, A, & Co, Liverpool
Common Bros. Ltd.
Commonwealth and Dominion Line Ltd
Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Constantine Lines, Montreal
Constants (South Wales) Ltd
Cory Brothers, Cardiff
Cory Colliers Ltd, London
Court Line Ltd, London
Crusader Shipping Ltd, London
Currie Line
David MacBrayne Limited
Denizcilik Bankasi TAO, Istanbul
Denmark: Navy
Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab
Deutsche Afrika-Linien
Dodwell and Co
Donaldson Line
East Africa: Royal Navy
Eastern and Australian SS Co Ltd, London
Elder Dempster Lines
Elders and Fyffes Ltd
Ellerman Lines Ltd
Esso Petroleum Company Ltd
Euxine Shipping Co Ltd
Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd
Fisk, John Frederick
Furness-Houlder Argentine Lines Ltd
Furness Withy & Co Ltd
Fyffes Group Ltd
Fyffes plc
Geest Line Ltd
Gem Line
General Post Office
General Steam Navigation Company
George Gibson & Co Ltd
German Democratic Republic
Girl Guides
Glen Line Ltd
Greater London Council
Guinea Gulf Line Ltd, Liverpool
Gulf Oil Corporation, New York
H. E. Moss & Co
H. Hogarth & Sons
Hadley Shipping Co. Ltd
Hain Nourse Management Ltd
Haldinstein and Co Ltd, London
Hancock, W. K.
Hargreaves Coal and Shipping Ltd, London
Harrisons (Clyde) Limited
Henry & MacGregor Ltd
Heyn, G, and Sons, Belfast
Hindustan Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
HM Admiralty
Holland America Line
Houlder Brothers and Co Ltd
Houston Line
Huddart Parker Ltd, Melbourne
Hull Gates Shipping Co Ltd, Hull
Imperial Direct Line Ltd, Liverpool
Imperial Oil Ltd, Toronto
India General S N Co
India Steamship Co Ltd, Calcutta, India
Indo China S N Co Ltd, London
IPC Sailing Club
Iraq Petroleum Company
Irish Lights Commissioners
Irish Shipping Limited
Isle of Man Steam Packet Co Ltd
Ismay Imrie and Co, Liverpool
Italia Societa Anonima di Navigazione
J. & J. Denholm Ltd
J. A. Billmeir & Co. Ltd.
J. Robinson and Sons
Jamaica Banana Producers Steamship Co Ltd
James Fisher and Sons
James Nourse Ltd, London
John Stewart and Company Shipping Limited
John Swire & Sons Ltd
Jones, Richard W, & Co,
JP Knight Ltd
Kaye Son & Co, London
King, George St Vincent Duckworth
King Line Ltd
Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd
Kuwait Oil Tankers, Kuwait
Laeisz, F, & Co, Hamburg
Lambert Brothers Ltd
Lamport & Holt Line Ltd
Larrinaga Steamship Co Ltd
Leith Hull & Hamburg Steam Packet Co Ltd, Leith
Lewin, Terence Thornton
Lewin, Tim
Line, Associated Humber
London & Overseas Freighters Ltd
London & Overseas Freighters Ltd, London
London and Rochester Trading Company Ltd.
London Celebrations Committee
Lyle Shipping Company Limited
Manchester Liners Ltd
Manchester Ship Canal Company
McGregor, Gow & Co
McIlwraith McEacharn & Co Proprietory Ltd
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board
Mersey Towing Co Ltd, Liverpool
Messageries Maritimes
Metcalf Motor Coasters Ltd
Missions to Seamen Trust Corporation Ltd
Mitsui Senpaku KK, Tokyo
Mogul Line Ltd, Bombay, India
Monarch Steam Ship Company Limited
Monroe Brothers
Moss Hutchison Line Ltd
Motor Yacht Club de la Cote D'Azur
N. V. Ertslijn, N.V.
N. V. Vereenigde Nederlandsche Scheepvaartmaatschappij
Natal Line
National Maritime Museum
Nederland Lloyd, Rotterdam
Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij
New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd
Niarchos Ltd, London
Nigeria: Royal Navy
Nigerian National Line Ltd, Lagos
Nigerian Protectorate
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha
North Thames Gas Board, London
North Yorkshire Shipping Co Ltd, London
Onesimus Dorey and Sons Ltd, Guernsey
Oregon Steamship Co Ltd
Orient Steam Navigation Co Ltd
Orkney Steam Navigation Co, Kirkwall
Ormos Shipping
Osborn and Wallis, Cardiff
P. Henderson & Co Ltd
Pacific Steam Navigation Co Ltd
Palm Line Ltd
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Philipps Philipps & Co Ltd, London
Pope, Charles Meredyth
Port Line Ltd
Port of London Authority
Port of London Authority: Chairman
Purvis Shipping Co Ltd, London
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Steam Fishing Company Ltd
R. & J. H. Rea Ltd
R. P. Houston & Co
Raeburn and Verel Limited
Red "R" Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Regent Petroleum Tankship Co Ltd, London
Rivers Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London
Ross Group, Grimsby
Rowbotham, C, & Sons
Royal Mail
Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, London
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Royal Naval Minewatching Service
Royal Navy
Royal Northumberland Yacht Club
Royal Perth Yacht Club, Australia
Royal United Service Institution
Runciman, Walter and Co, Newcast
Russian Convoy Club
Rye Harbour Sailing Club
Sail Training Association
Saint Line Ltd (America), London
Scindia Steam Navigation Co. Ltd
Scottish Shire Line Limited
Scottish Tanker Company Limited
Sea Cadet Corps
Shaw, Savill & Albion Company Limited
Sheaf Steam Shipping Co. Ltd
Shell Mex and B P Ltd, London
Shell Tankers Ltd
Ship Towage (London) Ltd, London
Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society
Silver Line Ltd, London
Sir R. Ropner & Co Ltd
Sir William Reardon Smith and Sons, Cardiff
Skutil, Francis William
Sociedade Geral de Comercio Industria e Transportes, Lisbon
Societa Italiana Trasporti Marittimi, Genoa
Souter, W A, and Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
South African Marine Corporation Ltd
Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Ltd
South Eastern Gas Board
Stag Line Ltd
Stanhope Steamship Co Ltd, London
State Shipping, West Australia
Steele and Bennie Limited
Stephenson Clarke Shipping Ltd
Stephens Sutton and Stephens, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Stevinson-Hardy
Stirling Shipping Company Limited
Straits Steamship Co Ltd, Singapore
Sturdee, Frederick Charles Doveton
Sugar Line Ltd, London
Swedish Merchant Marine Academy
Tatem Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Cardiff
Tavistock Shipping Co, London
Thames Conservancy
The China Navigation Co. Ltd
The Corporation of Trinity House
The Marine Society & Sea Cadets
Thesen's Steamship Co Ltd
Thomas Watson (Shipping) Ltd
Thos. & Jas. Harrison
Thos. & Jno. Brocklebank Ltd
Trader Navigation Co. Ltd
Trinder Anderson & Company Limited
Turnbull, Martin & Co Ltd
Turnbull, Scott & Co Ltd
Turner and Co, Liverpool
Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.
Ulster Steamship Co Ltd
Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co Ltd
Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd
United Baltic Corporation Ltd, London
United Fruit Company
United States Navy
United Steamship Co, Copenhagen
United Towing Co Ltd
United Towing Salvage
Westcott and Laurance Line Ltd, London
Western Ferries (Clyde) Ltd
White Star Line
Wianno Yacht Club, Osterville, Massachusetts, US
William A. Savage & Co. Ltd of Liverpool
William Cory & Son Ltd
William France, Fenwick & Co Ltd
William Robertson Shipowners Limited
William Sloan & Co Ltd
William Thomson and Co, Leith
World Wide Shipping, Hong Kong
Wyre Trawlers, Fleetwood
Zapata Marine Service
Zillah Shipping Co. Ltd
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House flag, Deutsche Afrika-Linien (House flag)
House flag, Huddart Parker Ltd (House flag)
National flag of Portugal (after 1911) (National flag)
International Code C (Signal flag)
International Code G (Signal flag)
National flag of Italy (after 1946) (National flag)
USA Naval ensign (Naval ensign)
Burgee, Royal Northumberland Yacht Club (Burgee)
International Code R; International Code W; International Code J; International Code G (Signal flag)
Greek ensign (1828-1970) (National flag)
House flag, Isle of Wight Royal Mail Steam Packet (House flag)
House flag, Lyle Shipping Co Ltd (House flag)
House flag, Tatem Steam Navigation Co Ltd (House flag)
International Code Q (Signal flag)
House flag, Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd (House flag)
House flag, Mersey Docks & Harbour Board (House flag)
International Code P (Signal flag)
House flag, Central Electricity Generating Board (House flag)
Burgee, Wianno Yacht Club, Osterville, Massachusetts (Burgee)
Burgee, Motor Yacht Club de la Cote D'Azur (Burgee)
Burgee, Rye Harbour Sailing Club (Burgee)
Royal Mail pennant (Pennant)
Flag
International Code R; International Code W; International Code J; International Code G (Signal flag)
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