A.H. BASSE & CO.

The livery is also attributed to D/S Basse and D/S Hetland; Ships & the Sea uses D/S Helland. Brown 1951 gives B499 under D/S Hetland.

Brown 1958 omits the black funnel top and attributes the scheme to Hetland. Sources vary in the size of the funnel diamond, sometimes extending it throughout the band. Mitchell makes the letter black. Rosanoski suggests that “H” probably refers to D/S Hetland, under which the business seems originally to have operated.