FROTA NACIONAL DE PETRÓLEIROS.
image by Joseph McMillan, None
image by Jarig Bakker, 20 February 2006
Originally ship names appeared in white on the blue funnel band. Before 1955 the F105 funnel, with PETROBRAS in blue on a diamond, was adopted, while the flag remained unchanged until June 1973. A new livery then incorporated the national green, yellow and blue.
Mitchell dates this funnel to 1963, differing from the 1973 livery chronology. Nüsse’s original website flag appears grey–blue–orange rather than green–blue–yellow, with an indistinct emblem. Loughran shows a green hexagon in the fly.