VACUUM OIL CO. LTD.

The British flag omits the lettering. Jarig Bakker’s V134 of 19 October 2003 followed All about Ships & Shipping 1938, including extra black marks. Rosanoski considers those marks misleading: Talbot-Booth’s 1936–1938 books omit them, as do the US-parent versions with lettering. FOTW later replaced V134 with V135, removing the marks, apparently in response to his comments, though the date is unknown. A black-and-white photograph of Pegasus of Rederi A/B Transoil appears to show the Vacuum funnel.

The British Vacuum Oil Co. Ltd. appears as a Lloyd’s subscriber from 1890. Sources describe a 1938 takeover or merger with Standard Transportation Co. Ltd., but Rosanoski notes confusion between the similarly named New Jersey and New York Standard Oil interests and the Hong Kong and New York companies. Lloyd’s still lists Vacuum under Stephenson Clarke in 1953–1954, with a name change effective by 1958–1959; the accounts are not reconciled.

UK, London.