Mitchell supplies the funnel illustration recorded in the Motia section; no separate verbal design is supplied.
The Motia section compares source illustrations M535 and M536. Elisa and Punica show the former; Bauci shows lettering on a lighter strip, apparently a transfer whose colour did not match, suggesting an introduced or experimental change. The strip’s straight edges argue against a merely cleaned area. Alice later confirms M536; Favola’s starboard view has lettering at the funnel front, still with A uppermost. Blue shades vary.
Motia’s roots are traced to Commander Antonio Zachello’s first Liberty ship after the Second World War. Lloyd’s gives formation as Sicula Partenopea in 1965, later amended to 1964, and a name change to Motia in 1989. Rosanoski disputes the simple rename because both concerns appeared concurrently from 1970–1971; Sicula later moved to Venice and its last vessel appeared under Motia by 1998. Seaarland is listed as an associate.
Italy: Palermo, Sicily; later Venice.
Keep the explicit scope label independent; no alias or company identity is inferred.