May 24, 2016 0 Royal Navy By Carl | All Lines, Royal Navy | No Comments No one needs me to retell the story of the Royal Navy of Britain. The ward room plate belonged to...Read More
May 24, 2016 2 Watts Watts & Co. By Carl | All Lines, Watts Watts & Co. | No Comments The Watts family is believed to have been involved in shipping in England as early as 1715. They were known...Read More
May 22, 2016 0 Royal Mail Lines Ltd. By Carl | All Lines, Royal Mail Line | No Comments The Royal Mail Lines Ltd. began in about in 1840 as The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. At the time...Read More
May 21, 2016 0 Rederi Transatlantic AB Gothenburg By Carl | All Lines, Rederi Transatlantic AB Gothenburg | No Comments Formed in Gothenburg Sweden in 1904 by Wilhelm Lundgren, DG Kennedy Gustav Palmgren. These guys were the richest people in...Read More
May 20, 2016 0 Oceanic Steam Navigation Company By Carl | All Lines, Oceanic Steam Navigation Company | No Comments The Oceanic Steam Navigation Company was the official name of the White Star Line that was formed in 1869. The...Read More
May 19, 2016 0 Brocklebank Line By Carl | All Lines, Brocklebank Line | No Comments The Brocklebank Line line goes way back to 1770 when Daniel Brocklebank of New York established a ship building business...Read More
May 18, 2016 0 British Phosphate Commissioners By Carl | All Lines, British Phosphate Comissioners | No Comments The British Phosphate Commissioners was a partnership between England, Australia and New Zealand. Together they mined phosphate from Christmas Island,...Read More
May 18, 2016 0 Bank Line By Carl | All Lines, Bank Line | No Comments View Larger bankplateshard View Larger bankplateshardlogo Originally started in Glasgow in 1885 . Most of the ships' of the lines...Read More
May 12, 2016 0 Furness Withy By Carl | All Lines, Furness Withy | No Comments The original Furness Withy Line was established in England in 1891. Today it is wholly owned by a large private...Read More
May 12, 2016 0 Glasgow Calcutta & Bombay line Of Packets By Carl | All Lines, Glasow Calcutta & Bombay Line Of Packets | No Comments This line was a mystery for a long time because part of the logo is missing. I stumbled across an...Read More