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Rostock 'Number Flags' c.1830-1867 (Germany)

Rostock 'Nummernflaggen'

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Introduction

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

Nummernflagge 124

Reported 1847

[Nummernflagge 124 c.1847 (Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)] 1:2
by Jaume Ollé

Nummernflagge 27

Reported 1860

[Nummernflagge 27 c.1860 (Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)] 1:2
by Jaume Ollé

Nummernflagge 29

[Nummernflagge 29 (Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)] 1:2
by Jaume Ollé

Nummernflagge 41

[Nummernflagge 41 (Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)] 1:2
by Jaume Ollé

Nummernflagge 87

[Nummernflagge 87 (Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)] 2:3
by Jaume Ollé

Nummernflagge 92

[Nummernflagge 92 (Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)] 3:4
by Jaume Ollé