WHITE STAR LINE Sewn Burgee Flag, Exact Replica, 12 x 23 inches, Two- Sided!

Description

THE ICONIC RED FLAG WITH THE WHITE STAR, THE WHITE STAR LINE BURGEE!
Flag Size:
12 inches x 21 inches.
Flag Quality:
These high-quality flags are made of heavy duty nylon and are made to last. They are produced using an applique (cut and sewn design) construction. Flags are made of 420 denier nylon weave whereas most flags normally use 100 or 200 denier nylon or cheap polyester. You can certainly tell the thickness difference of these flags compared to others. The header is woven polypropylene webbing (not lightweight canvas) with #3 spur grommets. The flags are double sided.
These extra steps increase durability and lifespan of our flags. For the edges of the flag, a separate binding using a similar sewing method for sails (zigzag stitch) is applied to the edges to increase longevity. Most other flags simply fold over the edge which leaves the raw edge to fray on the back. The fly end of the flag is extra reinforced with thick edges and stitching. Compare these flags to others and you will be very impressed.
Flag History & Design:
Our flags are designed according to authentic historical White Star Line house flags in the collection of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, United Kingdom. We used those flags as the basis of our modern day recreations in order to ensure the most faithful reproduction. The proportions, color, and construction is very similar to the actual flags in the museum.The red burgee with a white star was the house flag of the White Star Line, a prominent British passenger shipping line established in Liverpool, UK in 1845. For the first few years of the company, they chartered ships to make the UK to Australian run. In 1863 they acquired their first ship, built their own 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 their vessels with a name ending in “-ic”. In addition to their distinctive house flag, White Star painted their funnels buff with a black top. For many years, White Star moved thousands of immigrants to the United States; their most profitable business. While not the fastest ships on the seas, they were the most luxurious; even giving Third Class passengers more than most lines.
The White Star Line, in response from stiff competition from Cunard Line and German shipping companies, decided in 1907 to build a new class of ships – which would become their most famous. The Olympic Class of ships were built at the Harland & Wolff Ship Yard in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 1908 construction started and the first of the class, the RMS Olympic was launched in 1910. A year later, the RMS Titanic was launched and commissioned on 10 April 1912. On her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, she struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic on the evening of 14 April 1912. Two hours and forty minutes later, in the early morning of 15 April, she slipped beneath the waves taking with her the lives of 1,517 of her passengers and crew. The greatest maritime peacetime disaster up to that point sent reverberations around the world. The U.S. Navy was first sent to the North Atlantic to patrol for icebergs before being replaced by the Revenue Cutter Service. The International Ice Patrol was born and continues to this day with thirteen nations participating. A year after the sinking in 1913, the first Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention was held to implement global safety standards.
Disaster befell the last of the Olympic class, the HMHS Britannic, which was launched in 1914 and sunk by a mine during the First World War on 21 November 1916. In 1933 during the Great Depression and due to severe financial conditions of both White Star and Cunard, the British government stepped in to save the companies by merging them. From then on the Cunard-White Star Line operated as one company and their ships flew both the Cunard and White Star Line’s flags together. In 1950 Cunard took over the rest of White Star’s stock and they dropped their name. The last White Star Line ship, the MV Britannic, was retired in 1961 and seven years later the White Star Line flag was no longer flown over Cunard ships. Every year on April 15th, all Cunard ships raise the old red burgee with a white star in honor of those who perished on 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 12 x 21 inch Flag only.
I carefully package your Flag and ship via USPS Ground with tracking.