ANL.

The organisation initially had no house flag. Loughran’s 1979 account gives funnel A529, whereas his earlier article gives A531 from 1946, supported by Mitchell and Brown 1951, which attributes it to the Australian Government.

A528 was adopted in late 1956 and is confirmed by a photograph of Timbara. The National Maritime Museum dates its flag to about 1955 and records dimensions of 1625 × 1020 mm.

In mid-1969 the flag lettering changed to red “ANL” in the canton. White letters were also added to the funnels of overseas-trading vessels, as A46. Sources often make the three funnel bands equal or the white slightly narrower, but photographs show a very narrow red band. A report that Australian Endeavour was the last ship with the old funnel is contradicted by Rosanoski’s sighting of Australian Exporter at Lyttelton on 7 July 1985 with the old funnel and flag.

Green and gold were adopted after becoming Australia’s official colours in April 1984. The Shipping Commission approved the new livery that September, but poor visibility soon prompted reconsideration. The flag was white with a green cross and gold “ANL” in the canton. A48 applied to coastal ships and A49 to overseas vessels; Australian Trader at Lyttelton on 30 May 1985 had top green and yellow funnel bands of equal width.

A short-lived flag with an apparently light-grey field was reported, although it may have been dirty or weathered white. The subsequent scheme, A139, had a green field with a gold cross and lettering. ANL funnel colours continued under CMA CGM, but Rosanoski did not know whether the flag still flew.

The A532 funnel appears on River Boyne in April 1986 and ANL Progress in April 2003, after the company sale. A close view of ANL Emblem in April 2007 shows “N” and “L” joining at the top and possibly “A” and “N” at the bottom, though the latter is obscured and the detail may have no significance. ANL Yarrunga shows a black rather than green funnel top, with the bands starting immediately below it. Flags are absent from the cited photographs; their continued use is not established.

River Torrens was unusual in carrying the letters above the bands and in using letters normally restricted to overseas-trading ships.