THE CLAN LINE STEAMERS LTD.

The house flag is red with a white diamond containing a red lion rampant. Sources differ over whether the diamond reaches the edges. Rosanoski follows the National Maritime Museum flag, dated about 1951, in which it does not. Jan Mertens describes Larousse 1930’s diamond points as about one-fifth of the flag height from the edges, while noting a smaller diamond in the compared illustration. Evans and former deck officer G.H. Watt favour a very large diamond; Watt recalled its points close to, or touching, all four edges. The museum flag measures 1219.2 by 1701.8 mm.

Black-and-white photographs confirm a narrow gap between the two funnel bands, narrower than most printed references show. Stewart 1953’s black funnel with a red band is corrected in that book’s errata.

King Line, Hector Whaling, Neptune Shipping, Scottish Shire Line and Scottish Tanker used Clan livery, while Houston Line retained its own flag.