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29th August 2022, 09:07 AM
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Re: Company names and their ships names
The Carron Company didn't name their ships, they numbered them instead.
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https://puffersandvics.org/CarronCompany.htm
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29th August 2022, 11:00 AM
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Re: Company names and their ships names
Just like ships lifeboats Fouro ? JS
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30th August 2022, 08:14 AM
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Sailed with P&O BSD. Ships where named after Hunts. ATHERSTONE, BUCCLEOUGH, COTSWOLD, DUHALLOW, ERIDGE, FERNIE, GRAFTON, HEYTHROP, IRFON, JEDFOREST, KILDARE, LAUDERDALE, MEYNELL, NEWFOREST.
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31st August 2022, 12:34 AM
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Port line, all after ports, Port Jackson and the prettiest ship ever built, the Port Townsville. And a bunch of other Port boats.
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31st August 2022, 04:17 AM
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Did not Crest Line have ships ending with ---- crest!
I know there were but how many !?
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Crest Shipping Part One - Shipping Today & Yesterday Magazine (shippingtandy.com)
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31st August 2022, 05:40 AM
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Another one was Dollar Steamship Company / Dollar Line
Dollar SS Company (theshipslist.com) Had a lot of Ships with the name of Dollar at the end . But also had many other Ships with other names as well.
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31st August 2022, 05:55 AM
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Good name, if they ran short of names they could change the dollar to buck, 0r put under the Mexican flag and call pesos . Cheers JS
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31st August 2022, 06:36 AM
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B.H.P. the Aust mining giant called nearly all its ships Iron something. Iron Baron all the way through the alphabet to Iron Yampi.
https://www.flotilla-australia.com/bhp.htm
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31st August 2022, 11:28 AM
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The Carron Company also had steam cargo passenger ships. These ships were of between two and three thousand tons. I know three of these ships were named the Forth, the Carron and the Avon. The Avon was built by Wigham Richardson in 1897. It weighed approx 2000 tons. It was a twin screw ship powered by a triple expansions steam engine. This vessel was used on a twice weekly service from Grangemouth, the Tyne to London. The Avon was mainly used on the Tyne to London leg. In the early 1920's the company decided to come out of owning ships after suffering several losses from the fleet during World War One.
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31st August 2022, 11:32 AM
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Larrinaga of Liverpool, ships carried family members names.
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