FRANK C. STRICK & CO. LTD.

The usual funnel is black with a broad white band carrying four shortened chevrons alternating red and blue. Both sides point forward; a left-pointing drawing represents the port side. The flag is a white forked flag, described as 2:3, with blue borders along its fly-wise edges and four red-and-blue chevrons towards the hoist. Bars and intervening spaces are equal in width and occupy nearly the whole depth. The chevrons and fork are right-angled. Most sources extend the fork across the full fly rather than only the white band; Talbot-Booth is the principal exception. Poor printing leaves the gap beside the last chevron uncertain. The museum flag is dated 1955 and measures 1,498.6 × 1,828.8 mm.

Rosanoski rejects Reed 1912’s funnels because the World Ship Society history records only the black funnel with band and chevrons. London & Paris remains less clear: two illustrated ships carry the Strick funnel, one appears yellow with a black top and another plain black. Reed assigns A166 to that company.

Talbot-Booth 1936 incorrectly staggers the chevrons, placing the blue ones higher.

The commodore’s flag is a white tapered swallow-tail with a red cross and four red-and-blue chevrons in the canton. The Caltex-derived rendering staggers the chevrons.