P.A. VAN ES & CO. B.V.

The earlier flag is red with white “P.A.vE.&Co.”; letter sizes vary between sources. Jarig Bakker’s FOTW image follows the Dutch house-flag chart issued with De Blauwe Wimpel in April 1956.

In 1961 the company adopted a flag reflecting the Van Ommeren connection: green and white horizontal bands with a white diamond, black ring and stylised black “VE”. Rosanoski describes six bands, while Jarig Bakker describes five equal stripes. The disagreement is preserved rather than silently choosing a count.

V96’s funnel is documented in ABC Foreign Coastal Freighters, about 1959, page 51; no separate design description is supplied.