Papayanni retained its blue pennant with white P&Co below the Ellerman pennant, although several sources show the group pennant alone. Phil Nelson describes Helvetica lettering extending about two-thirds of the fly, with the o half the C’s height and aligned at its top. Jarig Bakker distinguishes the 216:324 houseflag from approximately 108:360 group pennants and describes a later pair of equal long pennants, JRE above P&Co. The museum’s c.1951 pair differs: upper 711.2 × 1803.4 mm, lower 1143 × 1905 mm, with enhanced lower-case lettering. Talbot-Booth’s 1949 blue rectangle with white P is unsupported by other sources.
A cigarette card labelled Papayanni Line, Liverpool, supplies this livery. The funnel’s base colour is uncertain.
Ellerman acquired Papayanni in 1901. Liverpool Shipping gives 1928 for the formation of Ellerman & Papayanni, while another passage suggests the name changed at the 1901 takeover. The company entered Ellerman City Liners in 1973. Its ships’ ian suffix had earlier been used by Bibby and Leyland.
UK, Liverpool.
Keep the explicit scope label independent; no alias or company identity is inferred.