The Wilson Line of Hull 1831-1981
Front Cover, The Wilson Line of Hull 1831-1981: The Rise and Fall of an Empire by Arthur G. Credland and Michael Thompson, 1994. Illustration On the Front Cover: SS Eskimo. GGA Image ID # 205236de6a
ABOUT THE BOOK
This book contains the story of Hull's famous Wilson Line, founded by Thomas Wilson in 1831 and subsequently purchased by Sir John Ellerman in 1916 to be re-named Ellerman's Wilson Line.
The book traces the development of the Line under the Wilson family, with sections on ports of call, ships lost during both World Wars, wrecks, and ships in the news. Much of the book comprises a detailed fleet list, and the text is supported throughout by over 100 photographs and illustrations, some in color.
Arthur Credland is the Keeper of Maritime History in Hull's Town Docks Museum. Michael Thompson is also a resident of Hull and author of several previous books on the city's maritime history.
CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- Historical Introduction: The Wilson Line of Hull, 1831 — 1981
- The Rise and Fall of an Empire
- The Wilson Line Fleet List
- Passenger Ship Interiors
- First World War: Ships Lost or Taken Over, 1914 — 1918
- Second World War: Vessels Lost, 1939 — 1945 Ships in the News Ports of Call
- Timetables and Ships' Plans
- Index of Ships' Names (to Fleet List only)
Back Cover, The Wilson Line of Hull 1831-1981: The Rise and Fall of an Empire by Arthur G. Credland and Michael Thompson, 1994. GGA Image ID # 205243b352
On the Back cover
In a scene at The Wilson Life offices, Commercial Road, c. 1920, the 'lady typewriter' is seated at her desk, and the senior clerks are looking on.
Index to Ships Referenced in This Book
▓▓▓ "A" ▓▓▓
- AARO (1) 1909
- AARO (2) 1960
- ALBANO (1) 1880 Ex ALBION (1861)
- ALBANO (2) 1912
- ALBANO (3) 1947
- ALBION 1861
- ALECTO 1893
- ALEPPO 1900
- ANGELO (1) 1874
- ANGELO (2) 1940
- ANGELO (3) 1968 Ex BYLAND ABBEY (1957)
- APOLLO (1) 1865
- APOLLO (2) 1887
- ARCTIC 1859
- ARGO (1) 1860
- ARGO (2) 1898
- ARGYLE 1903(1872)
- ARIOSTO (1) 1890
- ARIOSTO (2) 1910
- ARIOSTO (3) 1940
- ARIOSTO (4) 1946
- ARIOSTO (5) 1968 EX KIRKHAM ABBEY (1956)
- ARROW (T) 1864
- ATLANTIC 1857
- AUSTRIA 1903(1890)
▓▓▓ "B" ▓▓▓
- BALTIC (1) 1854
- BALTIC (2) 1858
- BARON HAMBRO 1866
- BASSANO (1) 1879 EX ALTONA (1872)
- BASSANO (2) 1909
- BASSANO (3) 1937
- BASSANO (4) 1946
- BAYARDO 1911
- BONA 1903 (1884)
- BORODINO (1) 1880
- BORODINO (2) 1911
- BORODINO (3) 1950
- BOTHNIA 1860
- BRAVO (1) 1866
- BRAVO (2) 1947
- BRUNO 1892
- BUFFALO (1) 1885
- BUFFALO (2) 1907
▓▓▓ "C" ▓▓▓
- CAIRO 1882
- CALYPSO (1) 1865
- CALYPSO (2) 1904
- CALYPSO (3) 1920 EX ALEXANDRA WOERMANN (1898)
- CAMEO 1876
- CANNIZARO 1914
- CARLO (1) 1913
- CARLO (2) 1920 EX LAS PALMAS (1911)
- CARLO (3) 1947
- CASTELLO 1896
- CASTRO (1) 1899
- CASTRO (2) 1911
- CASTRO (3) 1919 EX SAPPO (2) EX MICHAIL (1898)
- CASTRO (4) 1935 EX DARLINGTON (1910)
- CATO (1) 1867
- CATO (2) 1920 EX FINK (1913)
- CATTARO (1) 1912
- CATTARO (2) 1945
- CA VALLO (1) 1913
- CA VALLO (2) 1922
- CA VALLO (3) 1951
- CA VALLO (4) 1978
- CHEMNITZ 1922
- CHICAGO (1) 1884 EX LINCOLN CITY (1884)
- CHICAGO (2) 1898
- CHICAGO (3) 1917
- CICERO (1) 1895
- CICERO (2) 1954
- CICERO (3) 1978
- CITO (1) 1899
- CITO (2) 1922
- CITY HONG KONG 1924
- CLARO 1900
- CLEOPATRA 1898
- CLIO (1) 1864
- CLIO (2) 1889
- COLENSO 1900
- COLOMBO 1872
- COLORADO (1) 1887
- COLORADO (2) 1914
- COLORADO (3) 1923
- COMO (1) 1871
- COMO (2) 1910
- CONGO 1890
- CONSUELLO (1) 1900
- CONSUELLO (2) 1937
- CORSO 1894
- COURIER 1850
- CREST 1839
▓▓▓ "D" ▓▓▓
- DAGO (1) 1902
- DAGO (2) 1947
- DARINO 1917
- DARLINGTON 1910
- DEFIANCE (T) 1833 (1862)
- DELTA 1903 (1900)
- DESTRO (1) 1914
- DESTRO (2) 1920
- DESTRO (3) 1970
- DIDO (1) 1862
- DIDO (2) 1896
- DIDO (3) 1920
- DOMINO (1) 1877
- DOMINO (2) 1917
- DOMINO (3) 1925
- DOMINO (4) 1947
- DOMINO (5) 1972
- DOURO 1889
- DRACO (1) 1882
- DRACO (2) 1922
- DWINA 1841
- DYNAMO (1) 1884
- DYNAMO (2) 1920
- DYNAMO (3) 1946 EX KYLEBROOK EX HOMEWARD (1926)
▓▓▓ "E" ▓▓▓
- EBRO 1889
- ECHO 1863
- ELDORADO (1) 1873
- ELDORADO (2) 1885
- ELDORADO (3) 1886
- ELECTRO (1) 1884
- ELECTRO (2) 1946
- ENVOY 1903 (1872)
- ERATO (1) 1870
- ERATO (2) 1911
- ERATO (3) 1923
- ESKIMO 1910
- ESPERANZA 1903 (1871)
- ESSEX 1903 (1869)
▓▓▓ "F" ▓▓▓
- FAIRY 1903 (1868)
- FALCON 1878
- FIDO (1) 1867
- FIDO (2) 1906
- FINLAND 1893 (1884)
- FLAMINGO 1878 EX LEOPARD (1854) FORTO (T) 1939
- FRANCISCO (1) 1890
- FRANCISCO (2) 1910
▓▓▓ "G" ▓▓▓
- GALILEO (1) 1881
- GALILEO (2) 1908
- GENOA 1903 (1890)
- GITANO (1) 1880
- GITANO (2) 1913
- GITANO (3) 1921
- GOURKO 1911
- GOZO 1868
- GRODNO (1) 1882
- GRODNO (2) 1912
- GRODNO (3) 1919
- GUIDO (1) 1913
- GUIDO (2) 1920
▓▓▓ "H" ▓▓▓
- HARROGATE (1) 1911
- HARROGATE (2) 1924
- HEBE 1861
- HERO (1) 1861
- HERO (2) 1866
- HERO (3) 1895
- HERO (4) 1972
- HETTY 1894
- HIDALGO (1) 1872
- HIDALGO (2) 1908
- HINDOO (1) 1872
- HINDOO (2) 1889
- HINDOO (3) 1905
- HORATIO (1) 1893 EX HORSLEY TOWER (1892)
- HORATIO (2) 1896
- HULL 1907
- HUMBER 1854
- HYDRO (1) 1899
- HYDRO (2) 1911
▓▓▓ "I" ▓▓▓
- IAGO (1) 1889
- IAGO (2) 1921 EX SANTE FE (1901)
- IDAHO (1) 1896
- IDAHO (2) 1898
- IDAHO (3) 1903
- INO 1868
- IRWELL 1854
- IVANHOE 1837
▓▓▓ "J" ▓▓▓
- JAFFA 1903(1897)
- JUMBO (T) 1888
- JUNO (1) 1861
- JUNO (2) 1864
- JUNO (3) 1869
- JUNO (4) 1882
- JUNO (5) 1889
- JUNO (6) 1900
▓▓▓ "K" ▓▓▓
- KATIE 1920
- KELSO (1) 1869
- KELSO (2) 1909
- KELSO (3) 1924
- KINGSTON 1856
- KOLPINO (1) 1889
- KOLPINO (2) 1906
- KOTKA 1903 (1895)
- KOVNO (1) 1882
- KOVNO (2) 1907
- KYNO (1) 1913
- KYNO (2) 1924
▓▓▓ "L" ▓▓▓
- LEO (1) 1869
- LEO (2) 1920 EX SPES (1908)
- LEO (3) 1947
- LEOPARD 1878(1854)
- LEPANTO (1) 1877
- LEPANTO (2) 1915
- LIDO 1901
- LIVORNO (1) 1878 EX MARSDIN (1870)
- LIVORNO (2) 1909
- LIVORNO (3) 1946
- LORENZO 1893 EX LANSDOWNE EX TOWER (1890)
- LORNE 1903(1873)
- LUMSDEN 1878
▓▓▓ "M" ▓▓▓
- MALMO (1) 1888 EX PACIFIC (1860)
- MALMO (2) 1946
- MANCHURIAN 1920 EX TILLY RUSS (1905)
- MARENGO (1) 1879
- MARENGO (2) 1910
- MARENGO (3) 1947
- MARSDIN 1878 (1870)
- MARTELLO 1884
- MIKARDO 1894
- MILO 1865
- MONTEBELLO (1) 1890
- MONTEBELLO (2) 1911
- MOROCCO 1900
- MOSQUITO 1884
- MOURINO (1) 1877
- MOURINO (2) 1906
- MURILLO 1893
▓▓▓ "N" ▓▓▓
- NARVA 1903 (1883)
- NAVARINO 1873
- NERO (1) 1868
- NERO (2) 1909
- NERO (3) 1924 EX CLADDAGH X TRUTHFUL X SUSSEX COAST (1907)
- NEVA 1856
- NORTH EASTERN 1861
- NORTH SEA 1855
- NOVO 1902
▓▓▓ "O" ▓▓▓
- ODER 1861
- OHIO 1887 X EGYPTIAN MONARCH (1881)
- ONTARIO 1887 EX LYDIAN MONARCH (1881)
- ORIA 1903 (1880)
- ORLANDO (1) 1869
- ORLANDO (2) 1920 EX IN ANDA (1904)
- OSCAR 1847
- OSLO 1906
- OSWEGO 1916
- OSWY 1831
- OTHELLO (1) 1872
- OTHELLO (2) 1897
- OTRANTO 1877
- OTTO (1) 1867
- OTTO (2) 1898
- OUSE 1862
- OXFORD 1903 (1870)
▓▓▓ "P" ▓▓▓
- PACIFIC 1860
- PALERMO (1) 1872
- PALERMO (2) 1938
- PANTHER 1878
- PATRIOT 1840
- PERA 1903 (1899)
- PERSIAN MONARCH 1887 (1880)
- PETER & JANE 1831
- PLATO (I) 1868
- PLATO (2) 1878 EX TIGER (1857)
- PLATO (3) (T) 1901
- POLO (1) 1889
- POLO (2) 1913
- POLO (3) 1919
- PRESTO (1) (T) 1894 EX TRIUMPH (1893)
- PRESTO (2) (T) 1946 Ex EMPIRE SARA (1943)
▓▓▓ "Q" ▓▓▓
- QUITO 1870
▓▓▓ "R" ▓▓▓
- RAPALLO 1960
- RIALTO (1) 1878
- RIALTO (2) 1949
- RINALDO (1) 1872
- RINALDO (2) 1908
- RINALDO (3) 1946
- ROLLO (1) 1870
- ROLLO (2) 1920 EX ITALIAN EX FANTEE (1899)
- ROLLO (3) 1954
- ROMANO 1880
- ROMEO 1881
- RONDA 1903 (1898)
- ROSARIO 1883
- RUNO (1) 1902
- RUNO (2) 1920
▓▓▓ "S" ▓▓▓
- SACREMENTO 1945
- SALERNO (1) 1879
- SALERNO (2) 1889 EX CHICAGO EX LINCOLN CITY (1884)
- SALERNO (3) 1912
- SALERNO (4) 1924
- SALERNO (5) 1965
- SALMO (1) 1900
- SALMO (2) 1924
- SALMO (3) 1967
- SALVO (T) 1898
- SAMBO (T) 1896 EX ZERO (1) (1876)
- SANGRO 1968
- SANTIAGO 1886
- SAPPHO (1) 1864
- SAPPHO (2) 1898
- SAPPHO (3) 1903
- SCANDINAVIAN 1852
- SCIPIO 1895
- SELBY 1922
- SERBINO 1912
- SERGEI 1920 EX CASTRO (1899)
- SILVIO (1) 1880
- SILVIO (2) 1913
- SILVIO (3) 1947
- SILVIO (4) 1968
- SMOLENSK 1916
- SORRENTO (1) 1878
- SORRENTO (2) 1912
- SORRENTO (3) 1967
- SPERO (1) 1896
- SPERO (2) 1922
- SPERO (3) 1966
- SULTAN 1903 (1867)
- SULTANA 1903 (1888)
- SUSAN 1850
- SWALLOW 1866
- SWIFT 1831
- SYRIA 1903 (1889)
▓▓▓ "T" ▓▓▓
- TASSO (1) 1870 EX SCANDINAVIAN (1852)
- TASSO (2) 1890
- TASSO (3) 1922
- TASSO (4) 1938
- TASSO (5) 1945
- TEANO (1) 1913
- TEANO (2) 1925
- TEANO (3) 1955
- THOMAS RICKENSON 1839
- THOMAS WILSON 1870
- THURSO (1) 1885 EX EASTELLA (1871)
- THURSO (2) 1909
- THURSO (3) 1919 EX WAR BRAMBLE (1919)
- TIGER 1878 (1857)
- TINTO (1) 1911
- TINTO (2) 1947
- TOKIO 1895
- TOLEDO 1881
- TORCELLO (1) 1912
- TORCELLO (2) 1920 EX STAHLOF (1911)
- TORO 1904
- TORONTO 1900
- TORPEDO 1885
- TOSNO 1907
- TRENT 1862
- TRENTINO (1) 1919
- TRENTINO (2) 1952
- TRURO (1) 1898
- TRURO (2) 1922
- TRURO (3) 1947
- TYCHO 1904
▓▓▓ "U" ▓▓▓
- UNA 1903 (1899)
- UNITED SERVICE 1862
- URBINO (1) 1871
- URBINO (2) 1889
- URBINO (3) 1915
- URBINO (4) 1919
▓▓▓ "V" ▓▓▓
- VARRO (T) 1912
- VASCO (1) 1895
- VASCO (2) 1920 EX BRANDENBURG (1910)
- VASCO (3) 1939
- VIGO 1905
- VIRAGO 1871
- VOLO (1) 1890
- VOLO (2) 1938
- VOLO (3) 1946
- VOLTURNO 1888
▓▓▓ "W" ▓▓▓
- WALAMO 1871
- WAVE 1848
- WILLIAM BAILEY 1903 (1883)
▓▓▓ "X" ▓▓▓
- XANTHO 1871
▓▓▓ "Y" ▓▓▓
- YEDDO 1871
- YORK 1907
▓▓▓ "Z" ▓▓▓
- ZAIMIS 1898
- ZARA 1903 (1897)
- ZEBRA 1878
- ZENO 1871
- ZERO (1) (T) 1976
- ZERO (2) 1896
Library of Congress Catalog Listing
- Personal name: Credland, Arthur G., author.
- Main title: The Wilson Line of Hull, 1831 to 1981 : the rise and fall of an empire / by Arthur G. Credland and Michael Thompson.
- Published/Created: Beverley, East Yorkshire : Hutton Press, 1994.
- Description: 143 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
- ISBN: 1872167586
- LC classification: HE945.E54 C74 1994
- Related names: Thompson, Michael, 1944-2020, author.
- LC Subjects: Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd.--History. Steamboats--Great Britain--Hull--History.
- Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
- LCCN: 96204323
- Geographic area code: e-uk---
- Type of material: Book