The funnel red is described as dark, with the design confirmed by Houston City’s monochrome photograph. Stewart’s 1953 and 1957 editions and the 1966 Journal of Commerce chart also attribute the livery to Leeds Shipping.
Lloyds 1912 gives a very broad red funnel band with equal black portions above and below; other sources narrow the black at the base further. Talbot-Booth 1936 draws a more ornate S with terminals, especially on the flag.
The source traces the concern to St. Just Steamship in 1912, acquiring Bradford Shipping in 1917 and Oakwin in 1926, and adopting Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons in 1928. Rosanoski notes that this chronology conflicts with W.R. Smith & Son already appearing in the 1912 flag sources. Barr, Crombie’s fleet was acquired in July 1941 and Nitrate Producers’ in 1943. The general-tramping interests included Reardon Smith Line, Leeds Shipping and Reardon Smith Navigation, and the 1973 Celtic Bulk Carriers venture with Irish Shipping. Cessation was announced in May 1985, followed by liquidation proceedings that year.
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