Talk:Ostend Company

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Confused

See note at Bankipur. BenedictX 23:24, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The flag?

Which was the company´s flag? The Cross of Burgundy or a sort of Austrian double-headed eagle? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.142.175.22 (talk) 10:11, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ships

The article states that the ships had displacements of 200 to 400 tons. How sure are we that these are displacements? It is much more likely that the tonnages are burthens (bm). Acad Ronin (talk) 15:05, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Common name?

Just glanced at Google Books, and the first thing to come up was not only an example of use of "Ostend Company" but included an assertion that this was the common name: "the company generally known by the title of the Ostend Company". This is only to set the ball rolling in terms of discussion. --Andreas Philopater (talk) 12:05, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

And notwithstanding a recent edit summary, I'm not sure there's any basis for confusion: a general Google search for "Ostend Company" only turns up those words used of something that is not this company at the very bottom of the third page of results. This is just one straw in the wind, but it does suggest a relatively strong wind. Should it become necessary, hatnotes and disambiguation pages can be employed to avoid any potential for confusion. --Andreas Philopater (talk) 12:20, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The only common name is Ostend Company. The 'Ostend East India Company' is an uncommon common name. No hatnote necessary IMO--Lubiesque (talk) 13:34, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I also agree. There is a clear common thread in the titles of the books and articles already cited in the article too. There are better ways to disambig if the issue arose. —Brigade Piron (talk) 14:04, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Belgium has issued a postage stamp commemorating the Compagnie D'Ostende/Oostendse Compagnie. Obviously that's the most common name. http://www.philagodu.be/generalculturel/histoire/compagnie_ostende.html --Lubiesque (talk) 14:35, 19 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]