GOULANDRIS BROTHERS.

The managed Kydoniefs concerns had their own funnels. For the Goulandris group, Greek-registered ships used the Greek gamma, while British- or Liberian-registered ships used the Latin G. Pre-war Talbot-Booth books give a white flag with blue gamma; post-war sources show a blue field with white gamma or G. Rosanoski considers the blue and yellow shades possibly the same as those of N.J. Goulandris. He describes the Greek Line as initially using the group flag and qualifies ultimate family ownership behind later agency companies.

Differences in the G between Brown and Maritime News may be printing variations. The FOTW version from the Caltex book has a slightly different letter; Brown 1951 shows the London agency’s blue flag with a Latin G.

The funnel is recorded on Merlin of San Pedro Compañia Armadora, and by Mitchell for Villaviosa Compañia Naviera and Triton Steamship. It continued on chartered tonnage, including Eiko Kisen’s Crest Voyager under Goulandris Brothers (Chartering) in July 2011.

Stewart, Bonsor and FOTW attribute this version to General Steam Navigation Co. of Greece.

FOTW describes this as a post-war version. Rosanoski identifies Caltex, rather than the cited Brown 1951 illustration G548, as its apparent basis.

Brown’s illustration differs minutely from the adjacent General Steam Navigation version.

Jordan shows these funnels in contemporary use; Rosanoski suggests that a version without a letter may also have occurred.

FOTW labels this a pre-war flag but gives no source.

Red Rose of Euro-Maritime Chartering is photographed at Newcastle on 27 January 2013 without a letter on the band. Lavadara of the Hellas operating company likewise lacks a letter. Mitchell records this funnel under both the London and Hellas concerns.

A black-and-white Katoomba photograph suggests that the starboard gamma may be mirrored, with its vertical stroke forward.

Goulandris Brothers is apparently associated with Basil J.J., Leonidas J. and Nicholas J. in the 1920s, with Lloyds specifying 1924. Rosanoski questions where Leonidas fits in the family account. Jordan’s 1939 listings suggest operation for the whole family, including Petros’s heirs, whereas Merchant Ships 1942 and 1944 restrict the listed vessels to Goulandris Brothers, heirs of Michael J. Goulandris and Michael Spyros Polemis. The company became Goulandris Brothers (Hellas).

The group operated the General Steam Navigation Co. of Greece, or Greek Line. Triton Steamship was formed for Canadian surplus wartime tonnage sold in 1946, initially using Tri-prefixed ship names before transfers to flag-of-convenience subsidiaries. A connection with the Lemos-associated Triton is possible, but not resolved.

Greece, Piraeus, and UK, London.