House flags of British shipping companies (12)

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• C. T. Bowring & Co., Ltd.
• Cairn Line of Steamships Ltd
• Caledonian MacBrayne, Hebridean and Clyde Ferries
• Cammel Laird & Co.

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This one is a triangular flag, red, with a black triangular stripe along the top and a yellow disc charged with a red something vaguely looking like a bear.
Jorge Candeias, 14 Feb 1999

I’ve a copy of their brochure in front of me — the animal is a lion, a rather chubby one granted, but a lion all the same.
Ian Sumner, 15 Feb 1999

Dark blue with a white oval centered bordered in a weird shade of purple/brown and charged with the sillouette of a camel facing the hoist in dark gold.
Jorge Candeias, 21 Mar 1999

• Company website
  reported by Dov Gutterman, 01 Mar 1999

The (a?) historical flag of this company: White with an outline of a camel centered and facing the fly and the initials "CL&Co" below the camel, all in red.
Jorge Candeias, 23 Mar 1999

There was another flag for this shipbuilding company in the Observer Book of Flags [eva59], with following text:

Many shipbuilding companies also have their own House Flags. Such a flag is displayed, along with that of the prospective owners, while a vessel is being launched. It may also be flown during her trials, to be replaced, as soon as these are satisfactorily completed, by that of the owners to signify that she has changed hands. ... that of Cammell Laird and Co. is an amusing example of punning heraldry.