Leyland Line Historical Documents including Passenger Lists, Brochures, Photographs and More.
Passenger Lists (Transcribed)
- 1901-10-05 Devonian Passenger List
- 1904-08-06 Bohemian Passenger List
- 1907-08-31 Winifredian Passenger List
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A Brief History of the Leyland Line
The Leyland Line may be said to date from the year 1851, when the first Mr Bibby founded his steamship line with the small vessels Arno and Tiber for service to the Mediterranean. The company extended its business to the North Atlantic and in the early eighteen-seventies changed its name, Mr F. R. Leyland, one of its managers, assuming the control.
On his death in 1892 the concern became a limited company. In 1900 it purchased the fleet and connections of the West India & Pacific Steamship Company - a business which had been founded nearly forty years previously in Liverpool and which served, beside many West India Islands, the cotton ports of Galveston and New Orleans, having also a connection to Colon for places on the western coast of America.
This company at the date of its absorption had a fleet of twenty-two steamships totaling over 111,000 tons gross register. This amalgamation was the first step towards the great American combine. Mr Ellerman, however, who was chairman of the old Leyland Company, separated himself from it at this juncture, and founded his own line. The Leyland Company had a number of transatlantic services.
Other Documents in the Archives In the Queue For Uploading
- 1902 ca. Deck Plans for the S.S . Devonian - Promenade and Saloon Decks
- 1922-06-01 Passenger List (Class Not Stated), S.S. Winifredian, Boston to Liverpool
