1855 - Liverpool - Mediterranean ports and Spain. I can be contacted via Feedback. 1941 torpedoed and sunk by U.94 in Atlantic; loss of 44 SEE MULTIPLE SCANS OF ITEM. was then left with only the Scandinavian service and this closed in 1981 ending the 150 year history of Wilson Line. His father died in 1871, and left a relatively modest estate of 600. City Line | Hall Line | Ellerman & Bucknall | Miscellaneous. City of Winchester (1914) was the first merchant vessel to be destroyed in the war, being captured by the German cruiser Knigsberg, while homeward bound from India with a very valuable cargo of produce. U.65 in Mediterranean. The company now operates container shipping services between the UK and China.[11]. 1939 requisitioned, renamed Empire Flaminian, 1946 reverted scrapped. Ellerman continued to operate a skeletal service with its remaining ships, and in 1916 Ellerman personally bought Wilson Line of Hull, bringing 67 short-sea vessels into service with the company. Before the Second World War its passengers liners were Accra and Apapa, built in 1926 and 1927, plus its flagship Abosso (11,330 GRT) which was launched in 1935. By 1865 the Anchor Line was operating fortnightly service to New York and increased that to weekly and twice a week in the summer. Items in the Price Guide are obtained exclusively from licensors and partners solely for our members research needs. became Ellerman & Papayanni Line. 7 No. saw the company, now down to 6 ships, sold to Barclay Brothers and reformed as Ellerman Holdings. 1983 ex- Merionethshire, 1907 purchased from Jenkins, 1901 taken over from F. Leyland & Co., 1909 resold to. This was a complete contrast to the buff funnels with a black top and white dividing line used by the grey hulled Ellerman Lines' vessels. The letters on the items are printed. Ellerman Lines sought to restore a pre-war level of service after the end of the war. Ellermans fleet calls at Shanghai, Ningbo, Shenzhen, Tilbury, Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam with transit times of as few as 29 days. Is one of people in the photo Joe Cashmore C/Stwd?,what is the name of the bearded one? Ellerman & Papayanni | Westcott & Laurence | Ten years later its profitability had plummeted and it was making heavy losses. . Canada. Ellerman Lines was built by the recently nationalised British Railways in 1949. We listen carefully to our customers and their needs. Ltd renamed Assiout, 1914 sunk by Turkish warships. is not an all inclusive list but should only be used as a guide. Ellerman died in July 1933, leaving a fortune estimated at between 37 and 40m. document.write(""); By registering with our site you will have full instant access to: 268,000 posts on every subject imaginable contributed by 1000's of members worldwide. Ellerman spent much of his childhood in Caen . document.write("