DORVAL KAIUN K.K.

Golden World at Lyttelton on 11 December 1985 and We Carrier there on 3 June 1987 carried this funnel; later Golden Lucy 1 photographs also show it. The device appears to be a D partly obscured by two waves. JLL reported both blue and red upper portions among vessels managed by Daiei Tankships. The logo was subsequently confirmed as Dorval’s through an archived website.

The 1986 Golden Glory observation showed a deeper black top touched by an attached, deep-red or red-brown emblem. It was initially reported as wholly red, producing D488, but re-examination established that only the upper D had changed colour: the intended form was D489 with the deeper black top. D489 also follows a Golden Glory sighting at Lyttelton on 3 February 1987. Its assumed ownership by Chemical World Navigation was not independently located in the consulted listings.

Port and starboard evidence comes from Golden Denise at Bluff on 29 September 2010 and Golden Dominique on 16 April 2008.

Mitchell’s funnel presumably follows his line drawing of Golden Star.

This may be based on Golden Daiei, the only vessel Mitchell lists under the heading, but Rosanoski considers it more likely intended as D487.