Leyland Line

The Leyland Line was a British shipping transport line founded in 1873 by Frederick Richards Leyland after his apprenticeship in the firm of John Bibby, Sons & Co. After Frederick Leyland's death, the company was taken over by Sir John Ellerman in 1892. The Company was liquidated in 1935.

Leyland Line
IndustryShipping
Founded1873
Defunct1935
Area served
North Atlantic

History

Early History

As the Company was established in 1873, 21 of the Bibby Line ships were transferred to the new company's maritime traffic of cargo ships before it added its passenger service on the Boston to Liverpool route.[1] in 1888, Leyland retired from his active business leaving his son, Frederick Dawson Leyland, in charge of the line.[2]

Under John Ellermann

With the death of Frederick Leyland in 1892, John Ellermann, Christopher Furness and Henry Withy took over the Leyland Line.[2] Ellermann became managing director of the company and, in 1893, also took over the chairmanship of Frederick Leyland & Co. In 1896, Leyland set up a passenger service in co-operation with Furness Withy, from Liverpool to New York and the Canadian ports. In 1896, the Wilson Line was added and the joint service was called Wilson, Furness & Leyland Line.[2]

Decline and Fate

In 1902, the company was under the control of the International Mercantile Marine Company and, in the same year, a rationalisation of services followed and Leyland withdrew their ships from service and transferred to the Ellerman Lines. By the First World War and the 1920s, many ships of the Leyland Line transferred to other companies. With The Great Depression, many more ships were sold to other companies or scrapped and, in 1935, Leyland Line's last ship was sold and the company was ceased in the same year.[2][1]

Ships of the Leyland Line

The list of Leyland Line ship when they enter service for the company.

NameShipyardGRTLength
[m]		PassengersLaunch
date		Notes
SS ArmenianHarland and Wolff8,825156-25 July 1895Torpedoed and sunk by U-24 on 28 June 1915.
SS EuropeanHarland and Wolff8,24914560 passengers9 July 1896Scrapped at Genoa in 1933.
SS AmericanHarland and Wolff8,24914560 passengers8 August 1895Scrapped at Genoa in 1932.
Louisianian[3]Barclay Curle3,643113-1891Broken up in 1924.
SS Asian[4]Caird & Company5,613128-August 4, 1898Ran aground and broke up.
SS Antillian[5]Caird & Company5,613128-September 20, 1898Scrapped in 1930.
SS WinifredianHarland and Wolff10,435173-1899Broken up in Italy, 1929.
SS DevonianHarland and Wolff10,405170-1900Torpedoed and sunk in 1917.
Bohemian[6]Alexander Stephen and Sons8,548156-June 28, 1900Ran aground in 1920.
SS CalifornianCaledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company6,22313647 passengers26 November 1901Best known for its inaction during the sinking of the RMS Titanic despite
being the closest ship in the area. Sunk by German U-boats, 9 November 1915.
SS HanoverianR & W Hawthorn13,5071771,550 passengers25 February 1902First sold to the Dominion Line, then sold to the White Star Line, before returning to the Leyland Line as Devonian and being chartered to Red Star Line. Scrapped in 1929.
SS CornishmanHarland and Wolff5,749140-1891Scrapped in 1926.
SS ColonianHarland and Wolff6,58314340 passengers1891Scrapped in 1926.
SS ReginaHarland & Wolff16,314175.42,300 passengers19 April 1917became Troop transport during First World War. Scrapped in 1947.
SS PennlandHarland & Wolff16,322175.42,100 passengers11 November 1920Sunk 25 April 1941.

References
  1. "Leyland Line History and Ephemera".
  2. "Leyland Line". The Ships List.
  3. "Titanic Related Ships-Louisianian".
  4. "Titanic Related Ships-Asian".
  5. "Titanic Related Ships-Antillian".
  6. "Titanic Related Ships-Bohemian".
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