AUSTRALASIAN UNITED STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LTD.

The flag combines the earlier ASN flag’s diagonal quarters—blue at hoist and fly, red above and below—with the white St Andrew’s cross of Queensland Steam Shipping’s red flag. The saltire varies in width but is generally narrow. Rosanoski therefore corrects the statement that it was simply the old ASN flag.

The funnel remained British India’s black with two white bands. The black interval between the bands is narrow; wider renderings are described as errors. McKellar recounts Munro’s unsuccessful proposal to reverse the colours to white with black bands as a compromise with ASN’s white funnel and black top. London accepted continuity in the company initials but insisted on the British India funnel tradition.