BIRKA LINE ABP.

B253 follows Baronessan and the two Prinsessan vessels in the 1971–1987 fleet. The mixed-case lettering is too indistinct to decide between “Linien”, “Line” and “Linie”, unlike the later all-capital form.

B255 was used by Birka Queen, owned in 1992.

B254 follows Birka Paradise’s port side. Its funnel widens towards the base, with the vertical bands angling to follow the shape.

The blue shades for B84, B255 and B254 follow website photographs. B419, apparently from Birka Princess, and B420 are based on Collectors Corner flag badges.

The FOTW rendering B1009 is described as white with a blue-outlined crowned fish and diagonal blue, green, yellow and red stripes at the “top hoist fly”. Rosanoski identifies the green stripe as an error: Brown 1995 does not show it, and the flag should follow B84. The accompanying funnel is labelled “Aland Linien”.