Rostock 'Number Flags' c.1830-1867 (Mecklenburg-Hither Pomerania, Germany)

Nummernflaggen

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• Introduction
• Nummernflagge 124 (reported 1847)
• Nummernflagge 27 (reported 1860)
• Nummernflagge 29
• Nummernflagge 41
• Nummernflagge 87
• Nummernflagge 92

See also:

• Rostock until 1867 (Mecklenburg-Hither Pomerania)
• Historical Flags (Mecklenburg-Hither Pomerania)
• Mecklenburg-Hither Pomerania (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
• Germany

These are flags of merchant ships registered with Rostock maritime authorities. They were in use from the mid-1830s to the mid-1860s. I have not been able to find out yet exactly what the numbers meant order no. of the ship, the owner, the captain, or something else.

Norman Martin, 15 February 2001

Reported 1847

1:2
by Jaume Ollé

Reported 1860

1:2
by Jaume Ollé

1:2
by Jaume Ollé

1:2
by Jaume Ollé

2:3
by Jaume Ollé

3:4
by Jaume Ollé