Corporation & Plc or P&O Cruises . Infobox Companycompany name Peninsular and OrientalSteamNavigationCompanycompany logo Image P&O logo.png 200px company type Subsidiary foundation 1837 location ... Limited herinafter the company which was a subsidiary of the Peninsular and OrientalSteamNavigation ... about P&O Cruises P&O P&O ships Category Peninsular and OrientalSteamNavigationCompany Category Shipping ... of the United Kingdom de Peninsular and OrientalSteamNavigationCompany fr Peninsular and OrientalSteamNavigationCompany it Peninsular and OrientalSteamNavigationCompany nl Peninsular and OrientalSteamNavigationCompany ja P&O pt P&O ru Peninsular and OrientalSteamNavigationCompany zh ... footnotes File P&O Flag.png 150px center P&O House Flag The Peninsular and OrientalSteamNavigationCompany , which is usually known as P&O , is a British shipping and logistics company which ... and Portugal the Iberian Peninsula using the name PeninsularSteamNavigationCompany , with services to Vigo , Porto Oporto , Lisbon and C diz . ref name history The company flag colours are directly connected with the Peninsular flags the white and blue represent the Portuguese flag 1830 1910 Portuguese ... a contract to deliver mail to Alexandria in Egypt . ref name history The present company, the Peninsular and OrientalSteamNavigationCompany, was incorporated in that year by a Royal Charter , and its ... until the World War II Second World War , but the company also became a major commercial shipping line and passenger liner operator. In 1914, it took over the British India SteamNavigationCompany ... by the Viceroy of Egypt, c.1860 70 sub In 1972 P&O formally absorbed the British India SteamNavigation ..., it became a subsidiary of DP World however, the P&O brand has been retained. The company was headquartered ... in the mid 1920s. In 1920, the company also established a bank, P&O Bank , that it sold in 1927. At this time ... to much of the Middle East. Eighty five of the company s ships were sunk in the World War I First ... more details
SteamNavigationCompany may refer to British India SteamNavigationCompany , British shipping company Calcutta and Burmah SteamNavigationCompany , a defunct shipping company China Merchants SteamNavigationCompany , a transportation company Illawarra SteamNavigationCompany , a defunct Australian transport company North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland SteamNavigationCompany , a British shipping company Oregon SteamNavigationCompany , an American company Orient SteamNavigationCompany , a British shipping company Pacific SteamNavigationCompany , a commercial shipping companyPeninsular and OrientalSteamNavigationCompany , a British shipping and logistics company disambig ... more details
The Oceanic and OrientalNavigationCompany , sometimes shortened to O & O , was an United States American shipping company that operated from 1928 to 1938. The company was a joint venture between Matson NavigationCompany and the American Hawaiian Steamship Company . In 1927, Swayne & Hoyt Lines , a San Francisco, California San Francisco based shipping company, was operating the American Australian Orient Line cargo service with ships ship chartering under charter from the USSB first long . The American Australian Orient Line sailed between ports in the California to ports in Australia , New Zealand , and China . ref name LAT large cite news title Large shipping deal in making work Los Angeles Times date 18 October 1927 page 11 ref When Swayne & Hoyt s financial difficulties hindered their operation of the USSB ships, ref name FOTW cite web last McMillan first Joe title Oceanic and OrientalNavigation Co url http www.fotw.us flags us hfo.html oceanandoriental work House Flags of U.S. Shipping Companies publisher FOTW Flags of the World date 7 November 2001 accessdate 23 September 2008 ref the Oceanic and OrientalNavigationCompany was formed as a joint venture between the American Hawaiian Steamship Company and Oceanic Matson, a subsidiary of Matson NavigationCompany, with each company holding a 50 stake in Oceanic and Oriental. ref name dlPT de la Pedraja Tom n, p. 450 51. ref Oceanic Matson operated the California Australia New Zealand routes, while the American Hawaiian Steamship Company operated the routes to China. ref name FOTW By 1938, Oceanic and Oriental had ceased operations. ref de la Pedraja Tom n, p. 382. ref References Reflist Bibliography cite book last ... Industry Since the Introduction of Steam location Westport, Connecticut publisher Greenwood Press year 1994 isbn 9780313272257 oclc 29311518 DEFAULTSORT Oceanic And OrientalNavigationCompany Category ... based in California US shipping company stub ... more details
began with Peninsular and OrientalSteamNavigationCompany P&O that eventually culminated in the Orient Line being totally absorbed into that company in the 1960s. History Origins The Orient Line s beginnings can be traced back to the formation of a shipbroking company by James Thomson in 1797. The company was operating a small fleet of sailing ships by the early 19th century, and by the middle ... Ships , Dreamweaver Books, 1984 Category Peninsular and OrientalSteamNavigationCompany Category Defunct shipping companies of the United Kingdom de Orient SteamNavigationCompany ... thumb 250px SS Otranto in 1909 A close association with the Peninsular & OrientalSteamNavigationCompany began at the turn of the 20th century with the two companies sharing an Australian Government mail contract. Each company had a vessel sailing from England to Australia every two weeks, resulting ... The Orient SteamNavigationCompany , also known as the Orient Line , was a UK British shipping company .... and Greens then jointly founded the Orient SteamNavigationCompany, with a capital of 44,642, early ... trade packet Orient in 1866 saw the company trade as The Orient Line of Packets, regularly shortened to Orient Line. In 1877 Anderson, Anderson & Co. approached the Pacific SteamNavigationCompany with a proposal to put some of its excess tonnage, laid up after being built for an overly ... service in 1909. The First World War saw all of the company s ships commandeered for war service ... Armstrong in Barrow in Furness . The company managed to trade through the Great Depression depression and returned to profitability and new ship building in the mid 1930s. The company engaged a New ... service in 1947. It took a number of years for the company s fleet to be returned to full strength ... The Story of the Peninsular and Orient Line , Frederick Muller, London, 1960 Morris, Charles F., Origins ... more details
Infobox Defunct Companycompany name Oregon SteamNavigationCompanycompany logo Image 1863 newspaper advertisement for steamer Colonel Wright.jpg 180px fate stock bought by Oregon Railway and NavigationCompany foundation 1860 defunct 1879 location Portland, Oregon successor Oregon Railway and NavigationCompany The Oregon SteamNavigationCompany O.S.N. was an United States American company Incorporation ... hs osn.html The Oregon SteamNavigationCompany and its Related Portage Tramways , Pacific Northwest ... and Snake River Snake rivers. Timmen described the Oregon SteamNavigationCompany as the many tentacled ... Railway and NavigationCompany purchased the Oregon SteamNavigationCompany in 1879. ref name bancroft ... off In 1862, river transport concerns not involved with the Oregon SteamNavigationCompany formed ... to the monopoly, so much so that in about 1864, ref name Affleck the Oregon SteamNavigationCompany ... Oregon SteamNavigationCompany also picked up People s Transportation s boats Iris and Kiyus , in exchange ... with the Oregon SteamNavigationCompany. ref name Timmen The company then began a rate war with the O.S.N. ... Gates, chief engineer for Oregon SteamNavigationCompany Columbia River Steamboats state collapsed Oregon SteamNavigationCompany state show Puget Sound steamboat lines Oregon Pioneer History DEFAULTSORT Oregon SteamNavigationCompany Category Companies based in Portland, Oregon Category Defunct ... was sold to the Oregon Railway and NavigationCompany for 155,000. ref name NRHS Soon afterwards, the company ... Wright . ref name Timmen Timmen, Franz Blow for the Landing, A Hundred Years of SteamNavigation on the Waters ... railway on the north side of the Cascades with a steam locomotive. The company also built a convert ... List of steamboats on Columbia River References reflist External links commonscat Oregon SteamNavigation ... Hubert Howe title History of Oregon year 1888 volume II pages 481 accessdate 2010 01 17 ref The company ... industry. Formation of the monopoly The company was incorporated on December 29, 1860, at Vancouver ... more details
Infobox Defunct Companycompany name Willamette SteamNavigationCompanycompany logo Image Portland sternwheel Nov 2007.JPG 180px sternwheel of last surviving Willamette River steamer Portland fate sold to People s Transportation Company foundation 1865 defunct 1867 location Portland, Oregon successor People s Transportation Company The Willamette SteamNavigationCompany W.S.N. was an American company Incorporation business incorporated in October 1865 to challenge the monopoly on Willamette River inland steamnavigation that the People s Transportation Company was attempting to establish. Officers of W.S.N. were D. W. Burnside, president, Portland, Oregon Portland co founder Asa Lovejoy Asa L. Lovejoy 1808 1882 , vice president, and J. T. Apperson, secretary. Apperson also served as captain on one of their boats. The steamers Active Willamette River sternwheeler Active and Alert Willamette River sternwheeler Alert were constructed, and they controlled the Echo sternwheeler 1865 Echo and one or two others. Alert was put on the Portland to Oregon City, Oregon Oregon City run, and Active and Echo worked above Willamette Falls from Canemah, Oregon Canemah now Oregon City to Corvallis, Oregon Corvallis . Like previous challengers to the monopoly, the Willamette SteamNavigationCompany soon sold out to the People s Transportation Company in March 1866. ref name LewisDryden http www.secstate.wa.gov History publications detail.aspx?p 44 Wright, E.W., ed., Lewis & Dryden Marine History of the Pacific Northwest , at 135, Lewis and Dryden Printing Co., Portland, OR 1895 ref ref name Affleck Affleck, Edward L, A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska , at 44, Alexander Nicholls Press, Vancouver B.C., 2000 ISBN 0 920034 08 X ref ref name Corning ... Willamette SteamNavigationCompany state show Category Companies based in Portland, Oregon Category ... in 1865 Category Companies disestablished in 1867 US shipping company stub ... more details
The Pacific SteamNavigationCompany lang es Compa a de Vapores del Pac fico was a commercial shipping company that operated in the Pacific coast of South America , and was the first to use steam ship s for commercial traffic in the Pacific Ocean . ref http www.caphorniers.cl magallanes naufragios.htm S NTESIS HIST RICA DE ALGUNOS NAUFRAGIOS OCURRIDOS EN EL ESTRECHO DE MAGALLANES Y CANALES ADYACENTES DESDE SU DESCUBRIMIENTO HASTA 1900 , retrieved 6.December 2011 ref History The company was founded by William Wheelwright in London in 1838 and began its operations in 1840 when two steam ships Chile and Peru were commissioned to carry mail . ref name shipslist Early ports of call were Valpara so, Chile Valpara so , Coquimbo, Chile Coquimbo , Huasco, Chile Huasco , Copiap , Chile Copiap , Cobija , Iquique , Arica, Chile Arica , Islay Province Islay , Pisco, Peru Pisco and Callao . In 1846 the company expanded its routes to include Huanchaco , Lambayeque , Paita , Guayaquil , Buenaventura, Colombia Buenaventura and Panama City . In 1852 the company gained a contract for British Government mail to posts in western South America. Two direct routes were also established Liverpool to Callao in 1868 and London to Sydney in 1877. ref name shipslist cite web title Pacific SteamNavigationCompany publisher The Ships List year 2007 url http www.theshipslist.com ships lines pacific.html accessdate 2008 02 15 ref In 1905 the London Sydney route was sold to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company , which purchased the entire company in 1910. ref name shipslist The name and routes were retained ... royalmail default.asp 2 Shipping Lines Royal Mail Steam Packet Company ref Following the purchase the separate Pacific SteamNavigationCompany structure was abolished and the vessels rebranded, effectively signalling the end of the Company. ref name shipslist Routes class wikitable Pre Royal Mail ... stub de Pacific SteamNavigationCompany es Pacific SteamNavigationCompany ... more details
Image Bega Ship AtEden1903.jpg thumb Illawarra SteamNavigationCompany s SS Bega at Eden in 1903. The Illawarra SteamNavigationCompany was a shipping company that serviced the south coast of New South ... SteamNavigationCompany, the Kiama SteamNavigationCompany and the Shoalhaven SteamNavigation ... took place and the outcome was given the title the Illawarra SteamNavigationCompany. ref a number ... Co. to become the General SteamNavigationCompany. ref name Coroneos2005p5 Harvnb Coroneos 2005 ... farmers and the Illawarra SteamNavigationCompany. The General SteamNavigationCompany continued ... led to form two new steamship companies in 1854. These new companies, the Kiama SteamNavigationCompany and the Shoalhaven SteamNavigationCompany respectively ran the steamships Kiama and Nora Creina ... SteamNavigationCompany through an Act of Parliament act of the Parliament of New South Wales New ... and South Coast SteamNavigationCompany ISCSNC , ref name 1905Handbook Harvnb Lorck 1905 ref and the company ... 1850s, when the General SteamNavigationCompany, Kiama SteamNavigationCompany and the Shoalhaven SteamNavigationCompany were independent operations, the major ports of call along the south ... ref The extent of the Illawarra SteamNavigationCompany s operations along the coast can be seen by their 1870 ... Company, the Nora Creina from the Shoalhaven SteamNavigationCompany, and the General Steamship Company ... produce. Allowrie remained in service with the Illawarra SteamNavigationCompany until 1909 ... in the disaster. When the company was reconstituted as the Illawarra and South Coast SteamNavigation ... was acquired from the Shellharbour SteamNavigationCompany, and Merimbula . At the time Merimbula ... 2 References commonscat Illawarra SteamNavigationCompany refbegin Cite book last Bach first John year ... Cite document last Lorck first W. year 1905 title Illawarra and South Coast SteamNavigationCompany ... 1 133113 Allowrie ship .jpg thumb Allowrie Prior to the formation of the Illawarra SteamNavigation ... more details
Infobox Companycompany name British India SteamNavigationCompanycompany logo company type foundation 1862 defunct 1972 location key people num employees industry Transport products Passenger and Cargo Shipping successor Peninsular and OrientalSteamNavigationCompany P&O revenue parent homepage footnotes British India SteamNavigationCompany was formed in 1856 as the Calcutta and Burmah SteamNavigationCompany . The company had been formed out of Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co, a trading partnership of the Scotland Scots Sir William Mackinnon, 1st Baronet William Mackinnon and Robert Mackenzie , to carry mail between Kolkata Calcutta and Rangoon . It became British India SN Co in 1862. Under the hand of Lord Inchcape James Mackay who had become chairman in 1913, the company became part of the Peninsular and OrientalSteamNavigationCompany P&O group of companies in 1914 through a complex Consolidation business amalgamation , but continued with its own identity and organisation for another ... India SteamNavigationCompany Category Companies established in 1856 Category British Raj Category ... history.htm A Short History of British India SteamNavigation http www.clydesite.co.uk clydebuilt british ... and the British Empire shipping company stub India hist stub Pakistan hist stub de British India SteamNavigationCompany pt Companhia de Navega o a Vapor Anglo Indiana P&O ... of all time, the company owned more than 500 ships and managed 150 more for other owners. At its ... . The company ran services from India to Pakistan , Ceylon , Bay of Bengal , Singapore , British ... on educational cruises. One of the most notable of the company s cargo vessels is the SS Gairsoppa ... to the sea bottom. C.Michael Hogan. 2011 Some of the company s more famous passenger ships ... of closing British India s true liner services, when withdrawn from the company s Persian Gulf local trades in 1982, in her 35th year. Company timeline Image BItimeline.jpg References C.Michael Hogan ... more details
industry just as the war years had done however, British companies such as Peninsular and OrientalSteamNavigationCompany P&O and British India SteamNavigationCompany BI British India ...Image scindiaflag.jpg thumb 300px right House flag of the Scindia SteamNavigation Co Ltd The Scindia SteamNavigationCompany was one of the oldest Indian shipping company shipping companies . Founded ... the National Maritime Day of India. On this day in 1919 navigation history was made when RMS Empress of India SS Loyalty , the first ship of The Scindia SteamNavigationCompany, Ltd., journeyed to the United ... Morarjee and Walchand Hirachand, formed the new company to take on the entrenched British interests and create India s own mercantile fleet. Equipped with a ship Walchand named his company The Scindia SteamNavigationCompany Ltd. On 5 April 1919 the SS Loyalty sailed to the United Kingdom . This occasion ... in the 1980s Scindia ceased trading. Status and operations since Scindia SteamNavigationCompany ..., Sir M.V. Road, Andheri E , Mumbai 400069. Financials Scindia SteamNavigationCompany disclosed ... SteamNavigationCompany Limited, Bombay, India 1919 1958. by Scindia SteamNavigationCompany. TheCompany, 1958 Saga of Scindia by Scindia SteamNavigationCompany. 1969 Foundation stone laying ceremony of the Scindia Co s shipyard at Gandhigram, Vizagapatam by Scindia SteamNavigationCompany. Printed at Zenith Print. Works, 1941 The Scindia chronicle by Scindia SteamNavigationCompany. 1953 ... NavigationCompany Ltd informed BSE that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company was to be held ... Indian owned shipping company and started an India Europe service with the LOYALTY ex EMPRESS OF INDIA ... shipping trade for this period. In 1932, the company purchased the Bengal Burma S.N. Co. The company ... Co operative Navigation & Trading Co. and the Ratnagar S.N. Co. 1939 Bombay S.N. Co. acquired and 1941 ... of his friends, bought the steam ship RMS Empress of India 1891 SS Loyalty from the Scindia family ... more details
The North Coast SteamNavigationCompany was a shipping company that operated in Australia . ref cite web last first authorlink coauthors title North Coast SteamNavigationCompany publisher Flotilla Australia date url http flotilla australia.com ncsnc.htm accessdate 27 September 2011 ref Formed as the Grafton SteamNavigationCompany in 1855. ref cite news url http trove.nla.gov.au ndp del article 60176154 title Grafton SteamNavigationCompany last1 first1 last2 first2 publisher Empire Sydney , Monday 19 February 1855 p.4. date work accessdate 27 September 2011 ref The company was later renamed the Clarence & Richmond River SteamNavigationCompany before being renamed in December 1888 as the Clarence, Richmond & MacLeay River SteamNavigationCompany. On 13 August 1891, the company merged with John See and Company on and was renamed as the North Coast SteamNavigationCompany and was based in Sydney . During 1920, the company merged with Allan Taylor & Company and continued to operate the fleets under their own names. The company acquired Langley Bros in 1925 and bought the remaining fleet of the Coastal Co Operative Steamship Company in 1929. The company further acquired the Port Stephens Steamship Company in 1940. The North Coast SteamNavigationCompany continued to operate until 1954 and went into voluntary liquidation due to rising costs and unfavourable industrial conditions. ref cite news url http trove.nla.gov.au ndp del article 18417541 title Ships For Sale Coastal Firm Winding Up last1 first1 last2 first2 publisher Sydney Mornigng Herald, Wednesday 31 March 1954 p.5. date work accessdate 27 September 2011 ref Notes reflist Category Defunct shipping companies of Australia ... more details
The Australian United SteamNavigationCompany AUSNC was a shipping company of Australia from 1887 to 1961. ref Citation author1 McKellar, N. L. Norman Lang title From Derby round to Burketown the A.U.S.N. story publication date 1977 publisher University of Queensland Press isbn 978 0 7022 1244 4 ref It was formed through the amalgamation of the Australasian SteamNavigationCompany and the Queensland Steam Shipping Company with their respective vessels in 1887. ref cite web title Australian United SteamNavigationCompany work Flotilla Australia url http www.flotilla australia.com ausn.htm ausn ausn accessdate 14 November 2011 ref References reflist External links http www.theshipslist.com ships lines ausnc.htm Category Companies established in 1887 Category Defunct companies of Australia Category Transport in Australia Category Companies disestablished in 1961 ... more details
orphan date December 2009 Bombay Coast and River SteamNavigationCompany was set up in Mumbai , India to handle the sea traffic between Bombay and other ports. In 1866, The British Government arranged with the Bombay Coast and River SteamNavigationCompany for the maintenance of steam ferries between Bombay and Mandva, Karanja, Raigad Karanja , Revas, Dharamtar , Uran , and Ulva. References http www.maharashtra.gov.in english gazetteer greater bombay history.html 5 Greater Bombay District Gazetteer 1986, British Period Category Economy of Mumbai Category History of Mumbai ... more details
Infobox Companycompany name Calcutta and Burmah SteamNavigationCompanycompany logo company type foundation 1856 defunct 1862 location key people num employees industry Transport products Mail Shipping successor British India SteamNavigationCompany revenue parent homepage footnotes Unreferenced date February 2008 Calcutta and Burmah SteamNavigationCompany C&BSN was formed in 1856 and was the immediate forerunner of British India SteamNavigationCompany BISN . The company was formed out of Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co, a trading partnership of the Scotland Scots Sir William Mackinnon, 1st Baronet William Mackinnon and Robert Mackenzie, who had set up their business in Kolkata Calcutta , India . Calcutta and Burmah SteamNavigation was founded with initial capital of 35,000 to perform a mail contract, which had been won from the Company rule in India Indian government , between Kolkata Calcutta , Rangoon and Mawlamyaing Moulmein . The contract was renewed in 1862, when the service was extended to Singapore , and the same year its name was changed to British India SN Co. Robert Mackenzie had died in 1853, even before the company had been formed but William Mackinnon, who was chairman of the shipowning companies from the earliest years until his death in 1893, is considered the father of the company. He was created baronet in 1889. At the time of its inauguration and for many years afterwards, C&BSN and then BISN were supervised by Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co as Managing Agents. This company acquired many trading interests during its life, including tea , jute and management of BI s coal mines in India . External links http www.biship.com BI Ship British India SteamNavigation site Category Companies established in 1856 Category Defunct shipping companies Category Defunct companies of India ... more details
Inter Island SteamNavigationCompany was the company headquartered in Honolulu that ran steam boat service between Hawaiian Islands Hawaiian cities from 1883 until 1947. On January 30, 1929 company founded the subsidiary company Inter Island Airways that was later renamed to Hawaiian Airlines . Hawaiian Airlines today is a major airline. The company was formed as a result of incorporation of a fleet of a few steamers owned by the captain Thomas R. Foster . Company s passenger service between islands was discontinued in 1947. Category Defunct companies based in Hawaii Category Ferry companies of Hawaii Hawaii geo stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Florida state law chapter 3483, approved February 27, 1883, incorporated the Alachua Steam Navigation and Canal Company , owned by Andrew Howard , J. T. McMillan , N. D. Phillips , F. L. Selden , B. F. Jordan , W. W. Hampton and J. H. McMahon , to construct, equip and maintain and operate a canal from Wauberg Lake , in Alachua County, Florida Alachua county , to and through Saw grass Pond , Chacala, Florida Chacala , Payne s Prairie or Alachua Lake , and Sweet water Branch , to or near the city of Gainesville, Florida Gainesville also a branch through Prairie Creek to Newnan s Lake on the north also a branch through Bevan s Arm to or near a point of the Atlantic, Gulf and West India Transit Company s Railroad . Construction was to begin within one year, with completion within seven years. DEFAULTSORT Alachua Steam Navigation And Canal Company Category Canals in Florida Category Companies based in Florida Transport company stub ... more details
Infobox company name North Lancashire SteamNavigationCompany logo caption type genre fate predecessor successor foundation 1843 founder Frederick Kemp defunct location city Fleetwood location country location locations area served Fleetwood , Belfast , Derry key people industry Shipping products services revenue operating income net income aum assets equity owner num employees parent divisions subsid homepage footnotes intl The North Lancashire SteamNavigationCompany provided shipping services between Fleetwood and ports in northern Ireland, principally Belfast from 1843 to 1870. ref History of the Fylde of Lancashire. John Porter. 1876 ref History The founder of Fleetwood , Peter Hesketh Fleetwood , started occasional shipping services from around 1841 using a paddle steamer. Scheduled services began in 1843 ref The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Volume 2 John Marshall. 1969 ref when Frederick Kemp formed the North Lancashire SteamNavigationCompany . ref Railway and other steamers. C Duckworth, G Langmuir. 1948 ref Initially there were two services per week, leaving Fleetwood on Wednesdays and Saturdays and returned on Mondays and Fridays. By 1853 trains to Fleetwood railway station provided a link to the service. By 1892 sailings were timed to meet the train service. Steamers carried cargo, mostly Irish cattle, as well as the Royal Mail. The service to Derry terminated in 1912. In 1870 the services from Fleetwood were taken over by the joint operation of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the London and North Western Railway . ref Railway Gazette . Volume 76. 1942 ref References Reflist Category 1843 establishments in England Category Shipping companies of England Category Packet sea transport Category Wyre Category History of Lancashire Category Companies based in Lancashire ... more details
The Scilly Isles SteamNavigationCompany provided shipping services between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly from 1858 to 1872. ref Ships monthly, Volume 10. 1975 ref Company The company was founded in 1858 by John Banfield, Thomas Johns Buxton, William Mumford Hoskin and James Phillips, shareholders in the Little Western Steamship Association. Vessels The company operated two vessels. SS Scotia The steamship SS Scotia 1847 SS Scotia operated from 1858 to 1859. SS Little Western The Little Western operated from 1859 to 1871. ref Railway and other steamers. Christian Leslie Dyce Duckworth, Graham Easton Langmuir. 1968 ref She was a Steam Schooner with a 2 cylinder Iron Screw built in 1858 in Renfrew by James Henderson & Sons Yard No. 25 . She displaced 115 148 tons gross 67 tons net and was 115ft 9ins in length 18ft 5 ins in breadth and 9ft 4ins in depth. On the winding up of the company the ship was transferred to the West Cornwall Steam Ship Company . She was wrecked on Southward Wells Reef on 6 October 1872 attempting to give assistance to a disabled brigantine ship. References Reflist Isles of Scilly Category 1858 establishments in England Category 1872 disestablishments Category Ferry companies of England Category Water transport in Cornwall Category Transport in the Isles of Scilly Category Companies based in Cornwall Category Ferries of South West England Category Defunct shipping companies of the United Kingdom ... more details
Infobox company name Bristol General SteamNavigationCompany logo caption type genre fate predecessor successor foundation 1821 founder defunct 1980 location city Bristol location country location locations area served Bristol , County Cork Cork key people industry Shipping products services revenue operating income net income aum assets equity owner num employees parent divisions subsid homepage footnotes intl The Bristol General SteamNavigationCompany provided shipping services between Bristol and ports in southern Ireland, principally Cork city Cork from 1821 to 1980. ref Chilcott s descriptive history of Bristol. John Chilcott. 1849 ref There were also services to other destinations including ports in southern England, south Wales and France. History The company was founded in 1821 as the War Office Steam Packet Company . In 1827 it became the General Steam Packet Company , in 1834 the Bristol Steam Packet Company and in 1835 the Bristol General SteamNavigationCompany . In 1877 it changed to the Bristol SteamNavigationCompany which continued until 1980. Originally offering passenger and freight services between Bristol and a range of ports in Southern England, Wales ref Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and the City of Bristol. 1863 ref and Ireland , passenger services were terminated in 1914 because of competition from the Great Western Railway at Fishguard . Closure Freight services continued until 1980. Accidents and incidents On 21 January 1888 the 1871 built iron screw steamer Constance , which was from Rotterdam bound for Plymouth then Bristol, ran ashore outside Plymouth harbour in fog. ref name Times32289 The ship sank with the loss of three crew members. ref name Times32289 The Calypso was a 1865 built screw steamer which was on a voyage from Antwerp to Gloucester in November 1890. ref name Times33178 Because of the bad weather it sheltered in the lee of the shore of Dungeness and was anchored with a number of other ... more details
The Russian SteamNavigation and Trading Company lang ru or ROPiT lang ru , also referred as Russian S.N.Co. of Odessa was one of the biggest joint stock steamship companies in Imperial Russia . It was established in 1856 and ceased to exist in 1918 due to nationalization after the Russian Revolution 1917 revolution in Russia. ref lang ru http www.morflot.su archives articles1499file.pdf ROPiT and Black sea fleet International Maritime Journal The Morskoy Flot Marine Fleet No.3, 2007 ref In 1858 the company obtained a twenty four year contract for usage of the port of Villefranche sur Mer Villafranca Marittima , on the Mediterranean with the Kingdom of Sardinia . ref http query.nytimes.com gst abstract.html?res 9B02EFD61131EE34BC4052DFB7678383649FDE ST. PETERSBURG. The Villafranca Affair Industrial EnterPrises SteamNavigation of the Duleper Russian Peasants Described by a Russian The Islands of the Nova Presentation of the New Foreign Ministers, &c. The New York Times November 18, 1858 ref In 1901 it had a fleet of 72 steamship s ref http query.nytimes.com gst abstract.html?res 9B01E4DD153FE433A25751C2A9649D946097D6CF The Russian Mercantile Marine The New York Times December 22, 1901 ref . Company stock was listed on Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange and Rostral Columns Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange . References reflist Russia company stub Category Companies established in 1856 Category Defunct shipping companies Category Shipping companies of Russia Category Defunct companies of Russia Category Odessa de ROPiT ru uk ... more details
Infobox company name Indo China SteamNavigation Co., Ltd logo Image JM ISNC Flag.jpg 270px caption Masthead of the Indo China SteamNavigation Co., Ltd type Passenger cargo shipping line traded as genre Only used with media and publishing companies fate Liquidated, 1974 predecessor successor foundation 1873 Start date YYYY MM DD founder Jardine Matheson Holdings Jardine, Matheson & Co. defunct 1974 End date YYYY MM DD location city Hong Kong location country British Empire location locations area ... homepage URL www.example.com footnotes intl File ICSNC Ship Flag.jpg 150px thumb right Company pennant. ref http www.nmm.ac.uk collections explore object.cfm?ID AAA0269 House flag, Indo China SteamNavigation Co. Ltd. ref The Indo China SteamNavigationCompany Ltd. ICSNC , was established in 1873 ... the China Coast SteamNavigation Co. CCSNC in 1873, which operated between Chinese ports and Japan ... SteamNavigation Co. ref Later on, increased competition from Indian and Japanese companies reduced ... doc 1019036 title Indo China SteamNavigation Co. ... vs Jasjit Singh, Additional ... on 3 February 1964 accessdate June 2, 2011 ref Gallery gallery File ICSNCAd1923.jpg Company advertisement ... of steam, Jardines became concerned that it might lose its former advantage in operating fast clipper s. As a result, the company became seriously involved in steamships in the mid 1850s servicing ... Century China ref The new company amalgamated the group s river, coastal and cargo interests ... 150px thumb right The company s funnel colours. Passenger voyages between the Far East ... CRAIG, TAYLOR & COMPANY LTD., STOCKTON ON TEES ref SS Chak Sang On 21 January 1942, the ICSNC ... last Hocking first Charles title Dictionary of Disasters at Sea During the Age of Steam Including ... 1994 ref Eastern Saga One of the company s ships, the Eastern Saga arrived in Calcutta from the Far ... by a crewman without the company s knowledge. ICSNC lost a subsequent court case and appeal and ended ... more details
Kingdom fr British and American SteamNavigationCompany ... of SteamNavigation location Philadelphia publisher L.R. Hamersley year 1883 oclc 2933332 page ... charter the Irish Sea steamer Sirius from the St. George Steam Packet Company for two voyages ... Steam Ship Company is considered the first regular transatlantic steamship line. ref name gibbs ... St. George Steam Packet Company for two voyages SS British Queen British Queen 1839 align Center ... company, and the other two by a sister British firm. ref name heritage He received no support for several years and the American company never materialized. ref name pond Finally the venture ... year oclc page ref The design for the company s first unit, the British Queen was finished after .... The company earned a 5.5 dividend that year. British and American immediately ordered a consort ... conclude that her lack of power contributed to her loss with all hands. The company collapsed and the remaining ... more details
The Illawarra SteamNavigationCompany serviced the south coast of New South Wales between 1858 and 1955. During this period they owned over 20 vessels, ranging from riverboats to the 1111 ton passenger vessel, Merimbula . class wikitable sortable valign top width 12 Name width 12 Built width 12 Length width 12 Tonnage width 12 Type width 12 Construction width 28 class unsortable Status valign top Allowrie 503 tons Twin screw steamer valign top Bega 1883 Greenock, Scotland 57.7m 567 tons Twin screw steamer Iron Capsized and sunk off Tanja Beach, 5 April 1908, with the death on one passenger. ref name Bega cite web url http maritime.heritage.nsw.gov.au public site Detail.cfm?site id 1818 title Bega work Maritime Heritage Online publisher NSW Department of Planning Heritage Office accessdate 2 February 2009 ref valign top Benandra 1914 Balmain, Sydney 39.62m 345 tons Screw steamer Wood Lost off Moruya River at Moruya Heads, New South Wales Moruya Heads after hitting a sandspit, 25 March 1924, with at least one death. ref name Benandra cite web url http maritime.heritage.nsw.gov.au public site Detail.cfm?site id 1818 title Benandra work Maritime Heritage Online publisher NSW Department of Planning Heritage Office accessdate 2 February 2009 ref valign top Bergalia ref name InletEludedBass cite web last Moore first Dennis year 2002 url http www.southcoast.com.au batemansbay bassinlet index.html title The Inlet That Eluded Bass, Batemans Bay South Coast NSW publisher Morningside Internet accessdate 2006 04 10 ref valign top Blackwall 1874 Brisbane Water, New South Wales 23.04m 66 ton Screw steamer Wood Wrecked after her anchor dragged on Shellharbour Reef, 20 July, 1876. Although refloated, she was eventually broken up in Sydney. ref name Blackwall cite web url http maritime.heritage.nsw.gov.au ... Coast SteamNavigationCompany s illustrated handbook a guide for the tourist and holiday maker ... SteamNavigationCompany reflist Category Lists of ships Illawara ... more details
Infobox Companycompany name North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland SteamNavigation Co. company logo company type foundation 1875 location Aberdeen , Scotland key people num employees industry Transport products Ferries, cruises revenue homepage The North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland SteamNavigationCompany , which was more usually known as The North Company , its full name rarely being used, was a United Kingdom British shipping company based in Aberdeen , originally formed in 1875 from a merger of older Scottish shipping companies. The company operated most of the ferries from mainland Scotland ..., Orkney & Shetland SteamNavigationCompany . The new company further expanded the fleet and introduced ... SteamNavigationCompany entered the market in summer 1889 using two of their large Australian ... North Of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland SteamNavigationCompany Category Ferry companies of Scotland ... Ferries . History Early history In 1790, the Leith & Clyde Shipping Company operated sailing ... and possibly calling at Orkney . ref name ships In 1820 this company joined with the Aberdeen, Dundee & Leith Shipping Company to form the Aberdeen, Leith, Clyde & Tay Shipping Company . A fleet of sailing ... maritime cruise ship voyage and proved so popular with the public that the company quickly advertised ... season. The Company realised that its short duration and relatively affordable cruises .... Sunniva St. Sunniva , from Hall, Russell & Company Hall Russell of Aberdeen, to be delivered in time ... success of the North Company s cruises had meanwhile attracted the attentions of rival companies ... Company to survive. In 1907 1908, the North Company reduced the St. Sunniva s cruises and finally .... The fleet was updated throughout this period as well. The company suffered requisitions through both World Wars. ref name ships Passenger services In 1953 the North Company was reformed, and over ... of the North accessdate 2009 08 08 ref In 1961 the company was taken over by Coast Lines and in 1975 ... more details
The Peninsular Car Company was a railroad rolling stock manufacturer, founded by Charles L. Freer and Frank J. Hecker in 1885. In 1892, the company merged with Michigan Car Company , the Russel Wheel and Foundry Company , the Detroit Car Wheel Company and several smaller manufacturers to form the Michigan Peninsular Car Company . Source Refbegin Willis F. Dunbar and George S. May. Michigan A History of the Wolverine State . 3rd Revised Ed., Grand Rapids William B. Eerdmans, 1995 , 413 4. Refend US rail company stub Category Rolling stock manufacturers of the United States Category Companies based in Detroit, Michigan ... more details
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