Catalogue description Records of the International Line Steamship Company Ltd

This record is held by Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society

Details of 0095
Reference: 0095
Title: Records of the International Line Steamship Company Ltd
Description:

This collection comprises over thirty containing the directors' report, balance sheets and profit and loss accounts 1885-1917; ships' plans including hold plans and particulars of the steamships Germania, Northumbria, Sarmatia, Cape Colonia, Caledonia, Cambria, Phoenicia, Golden Cross, Valentia, Pretoria and Corinthia 1890s-1900s.
Date: 1885-1917
Held by: Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

International Line Steamship Company Ltd
Subjects:
  • Whitby, North Riding of Yorkshire
  • Sea transport
Administrative / biographical background:

This collection was deposited by the Headlam Shipping Company in March 1994.

 

The company of Ward and Holzaphel was established in about 1880 owning their ships on the 64 shares basis and in 1883 was incorporated as a limited company under the name of the International Steamship Company Ltd. In 1884, in financial difficulties, a shareholders' committee agreed to transfer management of the company to Christopher Marwood of Whitby, who remained manager until his death in 1914. The loss of three of the firm's major vessels in 1917 hit the company badly and the remaining ships were sold to B J Sutherland and Company of Newcastle, the company being dissolved.
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