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The Wilson Line (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
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The Wilson Line (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
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Loot Price R379
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Founded in the early years of the 19th century, the Wilson Line
became the largest privately-owned steamship fleet in the world.
Based in Hull, its main trade was to and from Scandinavia and the
Baltic States, although the Wilson Line also carried cargoes to the
USA, the Mediterranean, and India. Emigrants were an important part
of the company's business. Large numbers of Norwegians, Swedes and
Jewish refugees of the Tsarist pogroms were brought into Hull,
transported overland to Liverpool and shipped to America. In the
1890s Wilson Line ships carried more cargo to the USA than the
ships of any other line. By 1919, losses from the fleet were such
that the line was put up for sale. Bought by Ellerman, the name
changed slightly but the old ways continued. Ellerman's Wilson Line
remained independent of the rest of the Ellerman empire. Rebuilding
the fleet was a priority but trading conditions were difficult -
with too many ships chasing the available cargo. The Second World
War saw a reduction in fleet size from 35 to just 9 and another
rebuilding programme got under way in 1945. The once-lucrative
American trade ceased in 1961 and the Wilson Line began to use the
roll-on, roll-off ferries for its Gothenburg service in 1966. In
1983, then entire Ellerman Group was put up for sale. By 1987, the
company was in the hands of Trafalgar House and called
Cunard-Ellerman. In 1991 P&O purchased the Ellerman Group
container business and sold the remaining four ships. Every trace
of Wilsons, once the largest independent steamship company in the
world, had now vanished.
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