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Why is this Ashley Down BR logo the wrong way round?
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Glad to see someone else knows / remembers the Sealink version (it's because ships pass on the right by international convention).
Perhaps they are expecting flooding and an RRB service (Rail Replacement Boat). Trivia: the Royal Navy has boats, but they are submarines and only submarines.
I don't think that's the reason. My recollection is that Sealink ships had a wrong-way-round BR double arrow on the port side of the ship, and a right-way-round one on the starboard side, so that whichever side you looked at, the upper arrow pointed in the direction of motion of the ship.
edwin_m
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My recollection too.
London Bridge has a projecting 3-D logo, which is obviously the wrong way round from one side too.
zwk500
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It's tradition for all emblems, flags etc to have the left-hand side at the front in direction of travel, as if they were on a flag streaming behind in the wind. A quite famous example is the American Flag on the tail of Air Force One, which on the starboard side of the plane appears the 'wrong' way round.
Go to the Wikipedia Sealink article and there is a photo of two Sealink ships facing opposite directions, showing that the arrows had forward on top. The article says that the top arrow points to the 'flagpost' ie the left for the printed emblem.
The most recent media fuss about this kind of thing was the RAF plane repainted with the union flag on the tail.
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