Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-10-22
THE ATLANTIC LINERS
Signs, Signals and Flags Used by
the Various Companies.
C0L0RS OF THE BIG TUNNELS

In Some Gases They Are Very Mucl,
Alike, but the Night Lights Used by
the Vessels of the different Lines
Are Quite Distinctive.
1t is said that but comparatively few
Of the many thousands Of persons that
each year patronize the various lines
of steamships crossing the Atlantic
are familiar with the various diStin-
gushing signs and signals employed by
the vessels of the respective compa-
MES. Yet it is very easy thing to
tell at Il glance to what line any given
ship beongS-the American line, for
instance.
About all that one must remember in
the case Of the vessels Of our own line
is that The tunnels are black. each with
fits white band. When you see an At
lantic liner at night with a blue light
forward, II red light amidships and Il
blue light aft you know at once that
she is of the American line.
All Cunarders show red funnel
with black rings aud black top,
while the night signals consist Of a
blue light and two roman candles.
each throwing out six blue balls.
There are but two Of the leading
transatlantic lines the ships Of which
carry cream colored funnels-the North
German Lloyd and the Holland-Amer-
len lines. The first employs a perfect
" plain funnel without any other
color than cream, and the latter shows
a cream funnel with white band ana
green borders. Signals displayed at
night by these lines are. in the case OF
the North German Lloyd. two blue red
lights, one forward and one aft, sud, in
the case Of the Holand-America line. q
green light forward and aft, with a
white light under the bridge.
Two lines use buff tunnels. the White
Star and the neutrality-suspicious.. the
difference between the two being that,
while the former shows black top,
the latter is plain buff throughout.
White Star night signals are two green
lights flashed simultaneously.
Quite a number of lines carry black
Hummelshine, American with a white
band. as mentioned above; the Anchor
which is entirely black; the Bristol,
with variegated and fancy touch, the
black smokestack being relieved by
white band in the center and a blue
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In the regular service Of the Hamburg
American line, as distinguished from
the express service. we find that the
color is plain black. while the Red
Star Is black with white band and
black top
The Scandinavian american and the
Wilson lines have red and black fun
nels, black in the first case with red
top and red funnel with black top
i'm the second.
The red funnel of the French line
has q black top similar to the tunnels
of other lines, but with different pro-
portions Of color. On this line the
night signals are Il blue light forward.
a white light amidships ana a red
light aft. forming the French trico!or.
At night the Anchor line of vessel
shows a white light, then red. The
Bristol displays Il green light only.
The Hamburg American ships for both
services, regular and express. show
two red white-blue lights In quick sue
cession at the stern. The Red Star
displays three red lights. one forward.
one aft and one amidShips. all flashed
together. The Scandinavian line en-
ploys one white-red. followed by Gre
red-white light, and che Wilson puts
out two red lights about sixty feet
apart.
1t will be observed from the fore
going that the night signals Of all the
different lines vary, while the tunnels
in some cases are very similar, This.
however, does not lead to confusion
for IN determining the line to which
a vessel belongs one must also take
into consideration the flag or pennant
she flies. Every line, of course car
ries a different house flag as it is
called.
The flag of the Cunard line is red
with a golden lion in the center, while
that of the White Star vessels is of
the same Color but sWall0wtail ir
shape and containing a white star.
The house flag of the Red Star line is
exactly the same as that of the Whit"
Star company with the colors reversed
flag white. star red.
The flag of the Hamburg american
line is an elaborate affair-whlte and
blue diagonally quartered with u black
anchor and yellow shield in the cen
ter. The North German Lloyd tag is
a handsome one, showing design of
q key and an anchor crossed In tho
center Of q laurel wreath in blue on a
white field.
The Atlantic Transport line flies q
pretty flag Of red, white and blue bori-
zontal bars. with stars.-Edwin Tor
risse in Cincinnati Commercial Trib-
une.
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