BUGSIER-, REEDEREI UND BERGUNGS GMBH & CO. K.G.

The earlier flag used “VBFG”, replaced by “BRBA” after the 1919 name change. Letters are white on the red quarters; on the white quarters, blue or black is disputed. The company website and non-German sources show black, while Josef Nüsse’s flag has definitely blue letters. Rosanoski’s later note excepts Massary and Hamburg Tugs from the German sources showing blue.

The funnel band is confirmed by a black-and-white photograph of Friedenau; Norderau has a broader band, while Massary shows a narrow one. Tugs named Bugsier followed by a number carry that number in white below the band, confirmed for Bugsier 19 in March 2006. Earlier photographs show black numbers on the white bridge structure; the change appears to have occurred after 1970.