CRUSADER SWIRE CONTAINER SERVICE LTD.

The flag’s angled CSCS letters give an impression of three-dimensional depth. They were recorded as black on Aotea at Lyttelton on 7 July 1987, but a Wellington photograph of 15 March 1993 suggests dark blue. Brown’s funnel emblem is a black shield with a yellow sword, overlaid by a small white shield bearing a red cross and a band of the Swire flag.

Rosanoski considers Brown’s shield rendering incorrect on photographic evidence. The white shield occupies most of the black one; a yellow sword, hilt uppermost, extends through its full height. Red triangles run inwards from the white shield’s outer horizontal points to meet the sword. He interprets it as a combination of Crusader and Swire.

Mitchell depicts this variant but draws Aotea with a black funnel and white band, suggesting C16 instead. His yellow-funnel Saracen drawing probably belongs to the Crusader Shipping variant referenced as C788.

The archival record gives 1971 formation and an alternative 1977 date. Formation, renaming and commencement may refer to different events; the exact company chronology and registered country were not established from a retrieved registry record.