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Parnassus first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in the volume for 1768.It showed her master as Thomas Watts, her owners as Drake and Long, and trade London–Jamaica. [3]A gale on 25 October 1776 caused Captain Carr and Parnassus to separate from their escort, HMS Pallas, which was escorting their convoy from Jamaica.
It provides seamen to shipping companies around the globe. [5] It works as a consultancy and warehouse services to The New Sylhet Tea Estate Limited, Baraoora (Sylhet) Tea Company Limited, Consolidate Tea & Lands Co. (Bangladesh) Limited, and the Burjan Tea Estate Limited. [6] [7] The company is headquartered at Finlay House in Agrabad, Chittagong.
John Finlay (c. 1774 – December 19, 1833) was a fur trader and explorer with the North West Company. [1] He is best remembered for establishing the first fur trading post in what is now British Columbia , Canada and for his exploration of the Finlay River , one of the two major rivers forming the Peace River .
Captain John's Harbour Boat Restaurant (incorporated as 1518756 Ontario Inc.) was a restaurant and banquet hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.For most of its existence it was located in the MS Jadran, a former Adriatic passenger ship that was permanently docked at the foot of Yonge Street at 1 Queens Quay West on Toronto's waterfront.
HMS Europa was a 50-gun fourth-rate of the Royal Navy, built by Woolwich Dockyard in 1783. Europa was based out of Jamaica, and ran aground at Montego Bay in 1785, but was not seriously damaged.
James Finlay was born in Killearn Stirlingshire in 1727. He started work in the textile trade until he had enough money to become a merchant and manufacturer. In 1769 he was made a "Burgess and Gild Brother" in Glasgow enabling him to build up a modest business.
Robert Milligan (19 August 1746 – 21 May 1809) was a Scottish merchant, ship-owner and slave trader who was the driving force behind the construction and initial statutory sectoral monopoly of the West India Docks in London. From 1768 to 1779 Milligan was a merchant in Kingston, Jamaica.