White Star Line Sewn Burgee Flag, Rare Replica, 24 x 43 inches, Two- sided For Sale

THE ICONIC RED FLAG WITH THE WHITE STAR, THE WHITE STAR LINEBURGEE!
Flag Size:24 inches x 43 inches.

Flag Quality:

These high-quality flags are made of heavy duty nylon andare made to last. They are produced using an applique (cut and sewn design)construction. Flags are made of 420 denier nylon weave whereas most flagsnormally use 100 or 200 denier nylon or cheap polyester. You can certainly tellthe thickness difference of these flags compared to others. The header is wovenpolypropylene webbing (not lightweight canvas) with #3 spur grommets. The flagsare double sided. These extra steps increasedurability and lifespan of our flags. For the edges of the flag, a separatebinding using a similar sewing method for sails (zigzag stitch) is applied tothe edges to increase longevity. Most other flags simply fold over the edgewhich leaves the raw edge to fray on the back. The fly end of the flag is extrareinforced with thick edges and stitching. Compare these flags to others andyou will be very impressed.

Flag History & Design:

Our flags are designed according to authentic historicalWhite Star Line house flags in the collection of the National Maritime Museumin Greenwich, United Kingdom. We used those flags as the basis of our modernday recreations in order to ensure the most faithful reproduction. Theproportions, color, and construction is very similar to the actual flags in themuseum. The red burgee with a white star was the house flag of the White StarLine, a prominent British passenger shipping line established in Liverpool, UKin 1845. For the first few years of the company, they chartered ships to makethe UK to Australian run. In 1863 they acquired their first ship, built theirown ships in 1871, and started to focus on the Liverpool to New York trade.Their first ship, the Oceanic, began the line’s tradition of naming theirvessels with a name ending in “-ic”. In addition to their distinctive houseflag, White Star painted their funnels buff with a black top. For many years,White Star moved thousands of immigrants to the United States; their mostprofitable business. While not the fastest ships on the seas, they were themost luxurious; even giving Third Class passengers more than most lines.

The White Star Line, in response from stiff competition fromCunard Line and German shipping companies, decided in 1907 to build a new classof ships – which would become their most famous. The Olympic Class of shipswere built at the Harland & Wolff Ship Yard in Belfast, Northern Ireland.In 1908 construction started and the first of the class, the RMS Olympic waslaunched in 1910. A year later, the RMS Titanic was launched and commissionedon 10 April 1912. On her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, she struckan iceberg in the North Atlantic on the evening of 14 April 1912. Two hours andforty minutes later, in the early morning of 15 April, she slipped beneath thewaves taking with her the lives of 1,517 of her passengers and crew. Thegreatest maritime peacetime disaster up to that point sent reverberationsaround the world. The U.S. Navy was first sent to the North Atlantic to patrolfor icebergs before being replaced by the Revenue Cutter Service. TheInternational Ice Patrol was born and continues to this day with thirteen nationsparticipating. A year after the sinking in 1913, the first Safety of Life atSea (SOLAS) Convention was held to implement global safety standards.

Disaster befell the last of the Olympic class, the HMHSBritannic, which was launched in 1914 and sunk by a mine during the First WorldWar on 21 November 1916. In 1933 during the Great Depression and due to severefinancial conditions of both White Star and Cunard, the British governmentstepped in to save the companies by merging them. From then on the Cunard-WhiteStar Line operated as one company and their ships flew both the Cunard andWhite Star Line’s flags together. In 1950 Cunard took over the rest of WhiteStar’s stock and they dropped their name. The last White Star Line ship, the MVBritannic, was retired in 1961 and seven years later the White Star Line flagwas no longer flown over Cunard ships. Every year on April 15th, all Cunardships raise the old red burgee with a white star in honor of those who perishedon the RMS Titanic.There are so many great ways to display this Iconic Flag; framed, Fly it on your boat, or from a flag pole in your home or yard. I have the small 12 x 21 inch framed in my office as shown, and the large 24 x 43 inch flag flying from a flag pole as shown. This listing is for the 24 x 43 inch Flag only.
I fly this flag at my home every day in honor of the memory of RMS Titanic.

I carefully package your Flag and ship via USPS Ground withtracking.