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  2. History of steamship lines - Wikipedia

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    The shipping company is an outcome of the development of the steamship. In former days, when the packet ship was the mode of conveyance, combinations, such as the well-known Dramatic and Black Ball lines, existed but the ships which they ran were not necessarily owned by the organizers of the services. The advent of the steamship changed all ...

  3. Category : Defunct shipping companies of the United Kingdom

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    Bank Line; Barrow Steam Navigation Company; Barton, Irlam and Higginson; Belfast Car Ferries; Ben Line Agencies; Black Ball Line (trans-Atlantic packet) Blue Anchor Line; Blue Funnel Line; Blue Star Line; Alfred Booth and Company; Bristol City Line; Bristol General Steam Navigation Company; British and American Steam Navigation Company

  4. General Steam Navigation Company - Wikipedia

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    Amongst these, a line from Manchester via the Manchester Ship Canal to Rotterdam, and a line from Manchester to West Africa. [71] These attempts were fruitless, and the failure of the shipping line to the West African coast even seriously aggravated the situation. In February 1893 chairman Tritton resigned. [70] He was replaced by Sir James ...

  5. Steamship - Wikipedia

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    In 1836 Isambard Kingdom Brunel and a group of Bristol investors formed the Great Western Steamship Company to build a line of steamships for the Bristol-New York route. [14] The idea of regular scheduled transatlantic service was under discussion by several groups and the rival British and American Steam Navigation Company was established at ...

  6. Royal Mail Steam Packet Company - Wikipedia

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    After a troubled start, it became the largest shipping group in the world in 1927 when it took over the White Star Line. [1] The company was liquidated and its assets taken over by the newly formed Royal Mail Lines in 1932 after financial trouble and scandal; over the years RML declined to no more than the name of a service run by former rival ...

  7. Anchor Line (steamship company) - Wikipedia

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    The Anchor Line shipping company grew from small beginnings in tandem with the River Clyde shipbuilding industry as the Glasgow river was transformed. In the 19th century rapid industrialisation the Clyde changed from a shallow meandering river into one of the industrialised world's greatest ports and a hub of shipbuilding and marine ...

  8. British and Irish Steam Packet Company - Wikipedia

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    The controlling owner of the B&I was the Liverpool Shipping Company. It was taken over by the Kylsant Royal Mail Company in 1917 and renamed Coast Lines which by the end of 1917 held all the shares in the B&I. Among the operations of this group were, Burns and Laird; City of Cork Steam Packet; The Dublin and Lancashire Shipping Co. (1922)

  9. Alfred Booth and Company - Wikipedia

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    Alfred and Charles Booth were cousins of William James Lamport, co-founder of the Liverpool shipping company Lamport and Holt Line, and worked in the company's office.In 1851 Lamport transferred minority shareholdings in a cargo steamship, the Nile, to several associates including Charles Booth and George Holt.