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Both funnel versions were used, U35 apparently by subsidiaries; Balboa and Empresa Hondurena also had flags of their own. The white diamond’s size varies in illustrations. Chiquita Queen at Lyttelton in April 1990 showed that on a wide funnel it touches the band’s upper and lower edges without spanning its width; a narrow funnel can make it appear to extend throughout. Chiquita Schweiz in July 2010 has the U34 arrangement with a darker body, and Mayan’s Castilla is also recorded with U34. National Geographic likewise indicates a dark funnel shade.

Flag sources differ in the blue-hoist and white-diamond geometry. LJC 1909 gives a small triangle from the hoist; most show an equal-sided diamond touching the hoist but stopping short of the fly. Talbot-Booth, US Navy, Stewart and several later sources extend it to the fly. The small website image appears to keep the diamond inside the field, but enlargement is inconclusive.

Larousse 1930 shows a tapering red swallowtail with a blue hoist triangle and white diamond forming its apex. The diamond touches neither the hoist nor the notch between the tails.