DEUTSCHE SEEREEDEREI GMBH.

D165 — *image by Jarig Bakker, 2 February 2006*

D231 — *image by Victor Lomantsov, None*

D234 — *image by Jarig Bakker, 10 July 2008*

D328 — *image by Jens Pattke, 3 February 2002*

The funnel later became that of Senator Line. The FOTW flag follows Brown 1995.

Jane’s records passenger-ship and reefer funnels with and without black tops; the accompanying flag is assumed. Moerbitz Keith recalls only blue borders at top and bottom after joining DSR in 1974 and suggests a merger-related change. Rosanoski counters that blue-red-blue tribands with white DSR already appear in Stewart 1963 and Brown 1978/1982; Stewart uses equal bands. A photograph in Jahrbuch der Schiffahrt 1965 shows D234 without a black top and with light-medium-blue bands.

This reconstruction for 1952–74 has blue-red-blue bands in proportions 1:3:1, white DSR in the red, and a blue fly stripe as wide as the horizontal blue bands, with overall ratio 2:3. Moerbitz Keith’s account rests on long service and recollection. Bentin challenges the design, and Rosanoski finds no supporting source; he does not regard it as proved.

This yellow-letter reconstruction is attributed to Scharnow’s 1988 Lexikon Seefahrt. Rosanoski explicitly disputes the citation: his 1981, 1984 and 1988 editions show D234, not this image. He asks that the reconstruction be marked unproved pending better evidence.

The shared DSR/Deutfracht jack is triangular and bears a black griffin referring to Rostock. Moerbitz Keith questioned twelve former DSR members about its direction and redrew it using Schwoon’s GDR-era Rostock city-flag griffin as a close model.