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Albion was launched at Topsham, Devon, in 1800. She spent most of her career sailing between London and Jamaica. She spent most of her career sailing between London and Jamaica. After 1814 she held a license from the British East India Company to trade with India, but she does not appear to have availed herself of the option.
A decade after returning to Maine, Wilkins wrote and published a book in 1967 from the journals she had kept, called Last of the Saddle Tramps — a 7,000-mile Equestrian Odyssey through the USA. Her friend Mina served as collaborator, and Art Linkletter wrote the foreword. Wilkins died on Tuesday, February 19, 1980, in Whitefield, Maine.
A company called the Albion Greyhounds Ltd was created in October 1927, with the Chairman being Mr H B Hobson. [4] Harry Bury was appointed as the first General Manager after arriving from Burnley Greyhound Stadium. [5] The first meeting was organised by the Albion greyhound Ltd on 7 April 1928 with speedway arriving in 1928.
The Albion Shipping Company became the dominant British company in the New Zealand trade, and holders of the mail contract. In 1869 the Suez Canal was opened, making steamships more economic on the Glasgow – Burma route, so in 1870 P. Henderson & Co. started a steamship service between Glasgow, Liverpool and Burma.
Albion Motors was a Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.. Founded in 1899, Albion Motors was purchased by Leyland Motors in 1951. Vehicles continued to be manufactured under the Albion brand until 1972, after which they continued to be produced, but were sold under the Leyland brand.
The company is headquartered in Ginza, Tokyo. [5] [6] The company is a consolidated subsidiary of the KOSE corporation [7] as a part of the cosmetics market with sales and distribution occurring largely in boutiques, standalone stores and department stores. Albion's major offices are in Tokyo, London, [8] Hong Kong, [9] and New York City. [10 ...
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Albion Packet was a schooner launched at Berwick by Gowan. She sailed primarily along Britain's coasts, and later to the Baltic. She disappeared from the registers between 1816 and 1822, when she reappeared as Albion. Circa 1827 she became Albion Packet again. She underwent two maritime mishaps, one in August 1802 and one circa December 1827 ...