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This white flag with a red saltire was also listed as Red Cross Line in Lloyds 1882. Later Griffin and Reed sources give it without that alternative name.

Brown 1926 shows yellow instead of white, which Rosanoski considers probably a printing error.

A white flag bearing a red star and crescent is assigned by Reed 1901 to Daniel Stephens, presumed to be the founder, and in a variant by Lloyds 1904 to Stephens, Sutton & Stephens. Talbot-Booth says it was used by tank steamers formerly owned by Red “R”.

Reaveley’s May 1967 photograph shows a buff funnel with a black top and red R, whereas flag-and-funnel books use yellow. Earlier funnels had the R on a yellow, or possibly yellow, band on black. Rosanoski identifies the photographed vessel’s owner as Whalton Shipping under Stephens Sutton and rejects the proposed “Reynolds, Newcastle” attribution. The source passage labels the photograph R671.