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D27 — *image by Jorge Candeias, 10 January 2005*

D55 — *image by Jarig Bakker, 13 January 2006*

D298 — *image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 June 2007*

DAL Karoo on 16 September 2004 shows the charterer’s colours only at the top of a tall black funnel base. Rosanoski treats small band-colour differences in Griffin and Reed as printing effects. Later sources attribute this livery under the changing Deutsch-Afrikanische and Deutsche Afrika-Linien names.

DAL Stellenbosch on 26 January 2014 provides the funnel, while other photographs differ in band proportions or yellow shade. Camera effects may explain some differences, though Lloyds 1912 has a distinct buff and Talbot-Booth indicates darker yellow. The yellow house flag has a black-white-red lozenge stopping short of the edges. The National Maritime Museum example is dated 1955–67. Schneider reports use of both this flag and John T. Essberger’s white flag with a blue E.

Brown 1995 shows a white funnel, which Rosanoski considers probably a printing error because it appears in the yellow-funnel section. The FOTW flag follows Brown.