Steam-navigation -- History; Steamboat lines -- History; Steamboats -- History
=T. & J. Harrison.=—This important Steamship Company maintains
regular sailings from Liverpool to Calcutta, New Orleans, Galveston,
Brazil and West Indies, and South of France; also joint sailings
of Ellerman-Harrison Line from Glasgow and Liverpool to South and
East Africa. The fleet at the present date (1904) consists of 36
full-powered steamships, exclusive of two steamers building, with
an aggregate gross tonnage of 179,166 tons:—ACTOR, BARRISTER,
CAPELLA, CHANCELLOR, CIVILIAN, COGNAC, COLLEGIAN, COLONIAL, COMEDIAN,
COUNSELLOR, CRAFTSMAN, CUSTODIAN, DICTATOR, DIRECTOR, ELECTRICIAN,
EXPLORER, HISTORIAN, INVENTOR, JARNAC, LOGICIAN, MAGICIAN,
MECHANICIAN, MIRA, MUSICIAN, NAVIGATOR, ORION, PATRICIAN, POLITICIAN,
SENATOR, STATESMAN, TACTICIAN, TRAVELLER, WANDERER, WAYFARER,
WORKMAN, YEOMAN.
=W. S. Kennaugh & Co.= commenced business of steamship owners at
a time when sailing vessels were being displaced in the general
coasting trade by steamers. The first boat built for the firm was the
SCALE FORCE, famous in her day for her large carrying powers on a low
net register. She was designed by a brother of the senior partner of
the firm, by whom all the succeeding steamers have been designed. The
names of the steamers at the present date owned by this firm are the
AIRA FORCE, BIRKER FORCE, HOLME FORCE, and STANLEY FORCE.
=Lamport & Holt Line.=—The Liverpool, Brazil and River Plate Steam
Navigation Co., Limited, better known as the “Lamport & Holt” Line,
was formed in 1865, the first Managers of the Line being the late
Mr. William James Lamport, and Mr. George Holt. This Company is one
of the largest of the Steamship Companies of Liverpool, at which
Port its headquarters are situated. It owns a fleet, of thirty-nine
full-powered modern cargo steamers, ranging from 1,671 tons to 6,508
tons, the average per steamer being 3,375 tons and the aggregate
tonnage 131,654 tons gross register, representing a total dead weight
carrying capacity of about 200,000 tons.
The Company has given special attention to the transit of cattle
to and from the River Plate, in which trade it has nine steamers,
specially built for this service, having permanent fittings for the
conveyance of live-stock.
These vessels have a most satisfactory record for the carriage of the
cattle shipped by them. Live stock are also carried between New York
and Manchester by boats specially adapted to the requirements of the
North Atlantic Trade.
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