ALEXANDER SHIPPING CO. LTD.

The flag originated with E.H. Capper, passed through Capper, Alexander and was used by Alexander Shipping. It is the “busy bee”: blue with a golden bee in the centre. The earlier C545 funnel is also recorded under Alexander Shipping in several sources.

After Houlder’s takeover the company adopted Houlder’s funnel as A346 but continued flying its own flag below Houlder’s. A Charlbury photograph confirms the arrangement and a black-and-white Tenbury photograph confirms the funnel. Brown 1951 and US Navy 1961 omit the Houlder flag.