N342 is identified as the original funnel from 1858. Funnel-change dates conflict: Bonsor gives the later deep-buff treatment from 1881 on express steamers and 1889 fleet-wide, while Kludas’s account retains black until 1884, then light orange, described as yellow, first on fast steamers and later throughout. Bremen and Lindenstein photographs and Ships & The Sea support a dark buff shade.
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