HADAG Jacks (Shipping Company, Germany)

Bugsprietflaggen der HADAG Fährlinien

Last modified: 2012-07-30 by klaus-michael schneider
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• HADAG Jacks - Introduction
• Ferry no.1
• Ferry no.2
• Ferry no.3
• Ferry no.4
• Ferry no.5
• Ferry no.6
• Ferry no.7
• Ferry no.8
• Ferry no.9
• Ferry no.10
• Harbour cruise service
• Branch line Großer Grasbrook- Baakenhafen
• Jollyboat skipper service
• Branch line Finkenwerder
• Branch line Harburg
• Branch line Reiherstieg
• Niederelbe service

• House Flags of German Shipping Companies
• Hadag Seetourist & Fährdienst A.G.
• House Flags of Shipping Companies
• Germany

HADAG Jacks - Introduction

The ships of the various branch lines of  HADAG had jacks of ratio estimated 2:3. I have interpreted the source, as if the single ferries of the main line had different jacks. All vessels of every branch line either had the same jack or there was only one ship per branch line.
Source: Flagchart of the HADAG company. The information about colours was provided by Klaus-Peter Bühne, who maintains the website www.marcollect.de.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Mar 2009

Ferry no.1

HADAG jacks
The ships of the various branch lines of  HADAG had jacks of ratio estimated 2:3. I have interpreted the source, as if the single ferries of the main line had different jacks. All vessels of every branch line either had the same jack or there was only one ship per branch line.
Source: Flagchart vom HADAG company. The information about colours was provided by Klaus-Peter Bühn, who maintains the website www.marcollect.de.
Ferry no.1
It was a plain white jack.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Mar 2009

Ferry no.2

Ferry no.2
It was a bendy divided jack into white and red.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Mar 2009

Ferry no.3

Ferry no.3
It was a plain red jack.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Mar 2009

Ferry no.4

Ferry no.4
It was a plain green jack.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Mar 2009

Ferry no.5

Ferry no.5
It was a blue-white-blue vertical triband.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Mar 2009

Ferry no.6

Ferry no.6
It was a white-green-white vertical triband.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Mar 2009

Ferry no.7

Ferry no.7
It was a green-white-green vertical triband.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Mar 2009

Ferry no.8

Ferry no.8
It was a jack divided by saltire into white and blue.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Mar 2009

Ferry no.9

Ferry no.9
It was a jack divided by saltire into white and red.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Mar 2009

Ferry no.10

Ferry no.10
It was white jack divided by a red saltire.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Mar 2009

Harbour Cruise Service

Harbour cruise service
It was a white flag with a red “Z” in its centre.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Mar 2009

Branch Line Großer Grasbrook- Baakenhafen

Branch line Großer Grasbrook- Baakenhafen
It was a white flag with a red disc in its centre, just like the flag of Japan.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Mar 2009

Jollyboat Skipper Service

Jollyboat skipper service
It was a blue and white chequered flag (4 times 4).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Mar 2009

Branch Line Finkenwerder

Branch line Finkenwerder.
It was a white flag with a red “F” in its centre.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Mar 2009

Branch Line Harburg

Branch line Harburg
It was a green flag with a white “H” in its centre.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Mar 2009

Branch Line Reiherstieg

Branch line Reiherstieg
It was a green flag with a white “R” in its centre.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Mar 2009

Niederelbe Service

Niederelbe service
It was ablue flag with an upright white key, the beard pointing to the fly.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Mar 2009

This is very interesting! I only knew the one with the key described above. German monthly 'Merian' - somewhat like 'National Geographic' - dedicated its Sept. 1972 issue to Hamburg, and the ferry ALSTERDORF is shown on pp.36-37 flying (West) Germany, HADAG (old), a red-and-white unknown flag (it does not unfold nicely), Hamburg, and the special jack. The boat is moored at Blankenese on the right bank of the Elbe.
Source: Hamburg, Germany, and current HADAG pic (Flickr uploaded by "camera-caritatis" on 31 May 2008
Jan Mertens, 1 Mar 2009

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