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Some sources show a yellow or red funnel, but Merchant Ships and ABC give the actual colour as pink buff. Brown 1951 omits the flag’s letter, which Rosanoski assumes is an error. LJC shows narrow blue bands and places the “H” towards the hoist.

James Dignan’s H362 FOTW illustration, based on Sampson, shows red where Rosanoski says the bands and “H” should be blue. His later examination of Sampson’s hatchings confirmed blue, in agreement with the other cited sources: horizontal lines denote blue in these house flags, unlike the separate code for national ensigns. The earlier suggestion that Sampson itself was wrong was thus superseded by Rosanoski’s reading of the original hatchings.