RF FORSCHUNGSSCHIFFAHRT GMBH.
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 July 2012
These earlier observations show different funnels but the same flag.
The funnel is confirmed by a starboard photograph of Sonne at Wellington on 15 October 1998; funnel and flag were recorded from the port side at Lyttelton on 18 January 2003. Josef Nüsse also supplies a table flag.
The research division flag is divided into red at the hoist and blue at the fly by a white S-shaped line running diagonally from lower hoist to upper fly. A white italic R occupies the upper hoist and an italic F the lower fly. The illustration derives from Josef Nüsse’s table flag.