ABERDEEN & COMMONWEALTH LINE LTD.

The company inherited George Thompson & Co.’s livery, which Brown 1929 lists under both names. Rosanoski says Harnack incorrectly shows a star point upright, but corrects it in the colour portions of the 1938 and 1949 editions.

The FOTW flag illustration is based on Sampson (1957). Jarig Bakker also reports a flag with the star pointing upwards. Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg suggests that the star’s encompassing circle may be half the flag’s height. A further reference, “Flags & Funnels of the British & Commonwealth Merchant Fleets”, shows a five-pointed star; Rosanoski thinks this refers to a postcard collection.