HOLM SHIPPING CO. LTD.

H308 replaces the green quarters with red. Although Stewart and Sea Breezes present this as an earlier flag, supposedly replaced about the 1960s, Rosanoski says that account lacks local support and calls the red version entirely incorrect. H307 remained in use despite the takeover. His comparison with an actual flag also disputes the proportions of the published FOTW image.

The Richardson and Canterbury ships took Holm’s flag from the start of their 1969 charter, with funnels repainted at annual surveys. The livery continued on Holmdale after her sale in 1990; Celtic Pacific retained the funnel until she sank on 27 October 1991.

The Holm Window installed at St Paul’s Cathedral, Wellington, in 1970 includes the company flag beside the Southern Cross. Beverley Shore Bennett designed the window and Roy Miller made it; its three ships represent stages of the company’s development.