DOWA LINE CO. LTD.

The original livery has the hiragana for the do of Dowa. The funnel changed in the early 1970s, but the flag’s fate is unknown. Kushiro Maru was also seen with a plain black funnel and the Nissho Kisen flag in March 1963, probably at Hong Kong; Rosanoski suggests its band had been painted out.

Alan Watt’s funnel has an upright D. Port and starboard photographs of Balsa 88 and Antilles VII support the illustrated form. The flag is treated similarly, keeping the D’s base level rather than exaggerating the logo’s angles. The website showed a less angled logo in 2011 than in 2008.

Mitchell indicates dark blue, but uses the same shade for Hiong Guan’s H5, which appears lighter. Rosanoski therefore uses a medium blue for D343.