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England, a packet ship of the Black Ball Line. The Wright, Thompson, Marshall, & Thompson Line was founded in 1817 and began shipping operations in 1818. At some point in the line's history it became known as the Old Line and eventually became known as the Black Ball Line after the 1840s. [1]
Black Ball Line or Blackball Line may refer to: Black Ball Line (trans-Atlantic packet), a fleet of packet ships running between Liverpool and New York, the first scheduled trans-Atlantic service, founded in 1817; Black Ball Line (Liverpool), a fleet of packet ships running between Liverpool and Australia owned by James Baines & Co, founded in 1852
Liverpool Black Ball Line of Australian Packets letter head. James Baines & Co. of Liverpool was a British shipping company, most famous for the Liverpool Black Ball Line of Australian Packets, a fleet of packet ships running cargo and passenger services between Liverpool, England, and Australia in the second half of the 1800s.
Charles H. Marshall was a 1683-ton packet ship built by William H. Webb in 1869. [1] Charles H. Marshall was the last packet designed and built for the Black Ball Line. [2] [3] It was also the last packet, and the last full-rigged ship, built in New York.
The SS Schomberg was a clipper built in Aberdeen by Alexander Hall & Co. for "the Black Ball line" (which was a subsidiary of James Baines & Co., of Liverpool) for carrying large cargoes and steerage passengers, and to "outdo the Americans". [citation needed] When built, she was regarded as the most luxurious and well-built clipper of the period.
James Baines was a passenger clipper ship completely constructed of timber in the 1850s and launched on 25 July 1854 from the East Boston shipyard of the famous ship builder Donald McKay in the United States for the Black Ball Line of James Baines & Co., Liverpool.
At the peak of his success the Black Line had 86 ships and over the course of its existence carried some ten thousands of immigrants to Australia, more than any other line at the time. After the cessation of the Black Ball Line in 1871, James Baines operated four ships under his own name.
The Black Ball Line (founded 1852 – ceased 1871) owners James Baines & Thomas MacKay, Liverpool [3] purchased the vessel for a regular mail service between Liverpool and Melbourne. She also visited other ports including Hobart , Tasmania , and New Zealand.