F. LAEISZ SCHIFFAHRTS GMBH & CO.

L110 was also used by Afrikanische Frucht-Compagnie Laeisz & Co. Its funnel is corroborated by Ships & the Sea and Jordan’s photograph of Pelikan. Griffin adds stops after the letters. Merchant Ships 1942 notes that vessels, presumably those of Afrikanische Frucht Compagnie, sometimes wore Jamaica Banana Producer’s colours. The National Maritime Museum’s flag, No. 288, is dated 1955–67.

L112 is white with red serifed FL in the centre and three red five-pointed stars in the canton, one above two. Prager dates its introduction to December 1989 and derives the stars from the family arms. The company website explains them as commerce, insurance and shipping. Klaus-Michael Schneider nevertheless reported that headquarters used the old flag without stars, while the company page showed the starred version.

L109 is corroborated by Piro at Newcastle on 24 September 2010. The ship was managed by Reederei F. Laeisz, and vessels in the associated Hamburgische Seehandlung fleet wore their managers’ funnel colours. Esso’s 1956 and 1958 charts and Flaggen & Schornsteine also assign L109 to Afrikanische Frucht Compagnie Laeisz. During the 1960s vessels were seen in Geest Line colours. An emblem thought to be the family arms appeared on Piro’s superstructure.