HULL STEAM PACKET CO.

Originally the strengthening hoops on black funnels were picked out in different colours, with individual combinations identifying vessels. The funnels later became plain black, and ships flew combinations of flags before a house flag was settled. Under Brownlow, Lumsden the system used three flags for the managers and one for the owners. A single design followed under Brownlow, Marsdin, as the name is spelt in the livery account. After the Wilson takeover the markings disappeared about 1878.