Documentary images — company attribution uncertain

The flag source is a plate dated to about the 1950s, bearing a flag and the words Silver Star. Rosanoski proposes that the plain-star flag belongs to the registered owner, whose name means silver star, rather than necessarily to the trading line. A black-and-white ship photograph shows a different funnel marking: a dark band with a white star between S and L, and possibly another mark or letter on the star. He suggests another S as a logical possibility and expects a line flag to resemble that funnel. Actual use of the plate’s flag is unproven; he considers it possible that the ship flew the owner’s flag while displaying the charterer or trading-name funnel. An earlier suggestion linking the plate to Mano Shipping of Israel is also retained as an unconfirmed alternative.

Actual flag use and owner versus charter-line identity unresolved.