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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.

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.

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" ▓▓▓

  1. AARO (1) 1909
  2. AARO (2) 1960
  3. ALBANO (1) 1880 Ex ALBION (1861)
  4. ALBANO (2) 1912
  5. ALBANO (3) 1947
  6. ALBION 1861
  7. ALECTO 1893
  8. ALEPPO 1900
  9. ANGELO (1) 1874
  10. ANGELO (2) 1940
  11. ANGELO (3) 1968 Ex BYLAND ABBEY (1957)
  12. APOLLO (1) 1865
  13. APOLLO (2) 1887
  14. ARCTIC 1859
  15. ARGO (1) 1860
  16. ARGO (2) 1898
  17. ARGYLE 1903(1872)
  18. ARIOSTO (1) 1890
  19. ARIOSTO (2) 1910
  20. ARIOSTO (3) 1940
  21. ARIOSTO (4) 1946
  22. ARIOSTO (5) 1968 EX KIRKHAM ABBEY (1956)
  23. ARROW (T) 1864
  24. ATLANTIC 1857
  25. AUSTRIA 1903(1890)

 

▓▓▓ "B" ▓▓▓

  1. BALTIC (1) 1854
  2. BALTIC (2) 1858
  3. BARON HAMBRO 1866
  4. BASSANO (1) 1879 EX ALTONA (1872)
  5. BASSANO (2) 1909
  6. BASSANO (3) 1937
  7. BASSANO (4) 1946
  8. BAYARDO 1911
  9. BONA 1903 (1884)
  10. BORODINO (1) 1880
  11. BORODINO (2) 1911
  12. BORODINO (3) 1950
  13. BOTHNIA 1860
  14. BRAVO (1) 1866
  15. BRAVO (2) 1947
  16. BRUNO 1892
  17. BUFFALO (1) 1885
  18. BUFFALO (2) 1907

 

▓▓▓ "C" ▓▓▓

  1. CAIRO 1882
  2. CALYPSO (1) 1865
  3. CALYPSO (2) 1904
  4. CALYPSO (3) 1920 EX ALEXANDRA WOERMANN (1898)
  5. CAMEO 1876
  6. CANNIZARO 1914
  7. CARLO (1) 1913
  8. CARLO (2) 1920 EX LAS PALMAS (1911)
  9. CARLO (3) 1947
  10. CASTELLO 1896
  11. CASTRO (1) 1899
  12. CASTRO (2) 1911
  13. CASTRO (3) 1919 EX SAPPO (2) EX MICHAIL (1898)
  14. CASTRO (4) 1935 EX DARLINGTON (1910)
  15. CATO (1) 1867
  16. CATO (2) 1920 EX FINK (1913)
  17. CATTARO (1) 1912
  18. CATTARO (2) 1945
  19. CA VALLO (1) 1913
  20. CA VALLO (2) 1922
  21. CA VALLO (3) 1951
  22. CA VALLO (4) 1978
  23. CHEMNITZ 1922
  24. CHICAGO (1) 1884 EX LINCOLN CITY (1884)
  25. CHICAGO (2) 1898
  26. CHICAGO (3) 1917
  27. CICERO (1) 1895
  28. CICERO (2) 1954
  29. CICERO (3) 1978
  30. CITO (1) 1899
  31. CITO (2) 1922
  32. CITY HONG KONG 1924
  33. CLARO 1900
  34. CLEOPATRA 1898
  35. CLIO (1) 1864
  36. CLIO (2) 1889
  37. COLENSO 1900
  38. COLOMBO 1872
  39. COLORADO (1) 1887
  40. COLORADO (2) 1914
  41. COLORADO (3) 1923
  42. COMO (1) 1871
  43. COMO (2) 1910
  44. CONGO 1890
  45. CONSUELLO (1) 1900
  46. CONSUELLO (2) 1937
  47. CORSO 1894
  48. COURIER 1850
  49. CREST 1839

 

▓▓▓ "D" ▓▓▓

  1. DAGO (1) 1902
  2. DAGO (2) 1947
  3. DARINO 1917
  4. DARLINGTON 1910
  5. DEFIANCE (T) 1833 (1862)
  6. DELTA 1903 (1900)
  7. DESTRO (1) 1914
  8. DESTRO (2) 1920
  9. DESTRO (3) 1970
  10. DIDO (1) 1862
  11. DIDO (2) 1896
  12. DIDO (3) 1920
  13. DOMINO (1) 1877
  14. DOMINO (2) 1917
  15. DOMINO (3) 1925
  16. DOMINO (4) 1947
  17. DOMINO (5) 1972
  18. DOURO 1889
  19. DRACO (1) 1882
  20. DRACO (2) 1922
  21. DWINA 1841
  22. DYNAMO (1) 1884
  23. DYNAMO (2) 1920
  24. DYNAMO (3) 1946 EX KYLEBROOK EX HOMEWARD (1926)

 

▓▓▓ "E" ▓▓▓

  1. EBRO 1889
  2. ECHO 1863
  3. ELDORADO (1) 1873
  4. ELDORADO (2) 1885
  5. ELDORADO (3) 1886
  6. ELECTRO (1) 1884
  7. ELECTRO (2) 1946
  8. ENVOY 1903 (1872)
  9. ERATO (1) 1870
  10. ERATO (2) 1911
  11. ERATO (3) 1923
  12. ESKIMO 1910
  13. ESPERANZA 1903 (1871)
  14. ESSEX 1903 (1869)

 

▓▓▓ "F" ▓▓▓

  1. FAIRY 1903 (1868)
  2. FALCON 1878
  3. FIDO (1) 1867
  4. FIDO (2) 1906
  5. FINLAND 1893 (1884)
  6. FLAMINGO 1878 EX LEOPARD (1854) FORTO (T) 1939
  7. FRANCISCO (1) 1890
  8. FRANCISCO (2) 1910

 

▓▓▓ "G" ▓▓▓

  1. GALILEO (1) 1881
  2. GALILEO (2) 1908
  3. GENOA 1903 (1890)
  4. GITANO (1) 1880
  5. GITANO (2) 1913
  6. GITANO (3) 1921
  7. GOURKO 1911
  8. GOZO 1868
  9. GRODNO (1) 1882
  10. GRODNO (2) 1912
  11. GRODNO (3) 1919
  12. GUIDO (1) 1913
  13. GUIDO (2) 1920

 

▓▓▓ "H" ▓▓▓

  1. HARROGATE (1) 1911
  2. HARROGATE (2) 1924
  3. HEBE 1861
  4. HERO (1) 1861
  5. HERO (2) 1866
  6. HERO (3) 1895
  7. HERO (4) 1972
  8. HETTY 1894
  9. HIDALGO (1) 1872
  10. HIDALGO (2) 1908
  11. HINDOO (1) 1872
  12. HINDOO (2) 1889
  13. HINDOO (3) 1905
  14. HORATIO (1) 1893 EX HORSLEY TOWER (1892)
  15. HORATIO (2) 1896
  16. HULL 1907
  17. HUMBER 1854
  18. HYDRO (1) 1899
  19. HYDRO (2) 1911

 

▓▓▓ "I" ▓▓▓

  1. IAGO (1) 1889
  2. IAGO (2) 1921 EX SANTE FE (1901)
  3. IDAHO (1) 1896
  4. IDAHO (2) 1898
  5. IDAHO (3) 1903
  6. INO 1868
  7. IRWELL 1854
  8. IVANHOE 1837

 

▓▓▓ "J" ▓▓▓

  1. JAFFA 1903(1897)
  2. JUMBO (T) 1888
  3. JUNO (1) 1861
  4. JUNO (2) 1864
  5. JUNO (3) 1869
  6. JUNO (4) 1882
  7. JUNO (5) 1889
  8. JUNO (6) 1900

 

▓▓▓ "K" ▓▓▓

  1. KATIE 1920
  2. KELSO (1) 1869
  3. KELSO (2) 1909
  4. KELSO (3) 1924
  5. KINGSTON 1856
  6. KOLPINO (1) 1889
  7. KOLPINO (2) 1906
  8. KOTKA 1903 (1895)
  9. KOVNO (1) 1882
  10. KOVNO (2) 1907
  11. KYNO (1) 1913
  12. KYNO (2) 1924

 

▓▓▓ "L" ▓▓▓

  1. LEO (1) 1869
  2. LEO (2) 1920 EX SPES (1908)
  3. LEO (3) 1947
  4. LEOPARD 1878(1854)
  5. LEPANTO (1) 1877
  6. LEPANTO (2) 1915
  7. LIDO 1901
  8. LIVORNO (1) 1878 EX MARSDIN (1870)
  9. LIVORNO (2) 1909
  10. LIVORNO (3) 1946
  11. LORENZO 1893 EX LANSDOWNE EX TOWER (1890)
  12. LORNE 1903(1873)
  13. LUMSDEN 1878

 

▓▓▓ "M" ▓▓▓

  1. MALMO (1) 1888 EX PACIFIC (1860)
  2. MALMO (2) 1946
  3. MANCHURIAN 1920 EX TILLY RUSS (1905)
  4. MARENGO (1) 1879
  5. MARENGO (2) 1910
  6. MARENGO (3) 1947
  7. MARSDIN 1878 (1870)
  8. MARTELLO 1884
  9. MIKARDO 1894
  10. MILO 1865
  11. MONTEBELLO (1) 1890
  12. MONTEBELLO (2) 1911
  13. MOROCCO 1900
  14. MOSQUITO 1884
  15. MOURINO (1) 1877
  16. MOURINO (2) 1906
  17. MURILLO 1893

 

▓▓▓ "N" ▓▓▓

  1. NARVA 1903 (1883)
  2. NAVARINO 1873
  3. NERO (1) 1868
  4. NERO (2) 1909
  5. NERO (3) 1924 EX CLADDAGH X TRUTHFUL X SUSSEX COAST (1907)
  6. NEVA 1856
  7. NORTH EASTERN 1861
  8. NORTH SEA 1855
  9. NOVO 1902

 

▓▓▓ "O" ▓▓▓

  1. ODER 1861
  2. OHIO 1887 X EGYPTIAN MONARCH (1881)
  3. ONTARIO 1887 EX LYDIAN MONARCH (1881)
  4. ORIA 1903 (1880)
  5. ORLANDO (1) 1869
  6. ORLANDO (2) 1920 EX IN ANDA (1904)
  7. OSCAR 1847
  8. OSLO 1906
  9. OSWEGO 1916
  10. OSWY 1831
  11. OTHELLO (1) 1872
  12. OTHELLO (2) 1897
  13. OTRANTO 1877
  14. OTTO (1) 1867
  15. OTTO (2) 1898
  16. OUSE 1862
  17. OXFORD 1903 (1870)

 

▓▓▓ "P" ▓▓▓

  1. PACIFIC 1860
  2. PALERMO (1) 1872
  3. PALERMO (2) 1938
  4. PANTHER 1878
  5. PATRIOT 1840
  6. PERA 1903 (1899)
  7. PERSIAN MONARCH 1887 (1880)
  8. PETER & JANE 1831
  9. PLATO (I) 1868
  10. PLATO (2) 1878 EX TIGER (1857)
  11. PLATO (3) (T) 1901
  12. POLO (1) 1889
  13. POLO (2) 1913
  14. POLO (3) 1919
  15. PRESTO (1) (T) 1894 EX TRIUMPH (1893)
  16. PRESTO (2) (T) 1946 Ex EMPIRE SARA (1943)

 

▓▓▓ "Q" ▓▓▓

  1. QUITO 1870

 

▓▓▓ "R" ▓▓▓

  1. RAPALLO 1960
  2. RIALTO (1) 1878
  3. RIALTO (2) 1949
  4. RINALDO (1) 1872
  5. RINALDO (2) 1908
  6. RINALDO (3) 1946
  7. ROLLO (1) 1870
  8. ROLLO (2) 1920 EX ITALIAN EX FANTEE (1899)
  9. ROLLO (3) 1954
  10. ROMANO 1880
  11. ROMEO 1881
  12. RONDA 1903 (1898)
  13. ROSARIO 1883
  14. RUNO (1) 1902
  15. RUNO (2) 1920

 

▓▓▓ "S" ▓▓▓

  1. SACREMENTO 1945
  2. SALERNO (1) 1879
  3. SALERNO (2) 1889 EX CHICAGO EX LINCOLN CITY (1884)
  4. SALERNO (3) 1912
  5. SALERNO (4) 1924
  6. SALERNO (5) 1965
  7. SALMO (1) 1900
  8. SALMO (2) 1924
  9. SALMO (3) 1967
  10. SALVO (T) 1898
  11. SAMBO (T) 1896 EX ZERO (1) (1876)
  12. SANGRO 1968
  13. SANTIAGO 1886
  14. SAPPHO (1) 1864
  15. SAPPHO (2) 1898
  16. SAPPHO (3) 1903
  17. SCANDINAVIAN 1852
  18. SCIPIO 1895
  19. SELBY 1922
  20. SERBINO 1912
  21. SERGEI 1920 EX CASTRO (1899)
  22. SILVIO (1) 1880
  23. SILVIO (2) 1913
  24. SILVIO (3) 1947
  25. SILVIO (4) 1968
  26. SMOLENSK 1916
  27. SORRENTO (1) 1878
  28. SORRENTO (2) 1912
  29. SORRENTO (3) 1967
  30. SPERO (1) 1896
  31. SPERO (2) 1922
  32. SPERO (3) 1966
  33. SULTAN 1903 (1867)
  34. SULTANA 1903 (1888)
  35. SUSAN 1850
  36. SWALLOW 1866
  37. SWIFT 1831
  38. SYRIA 1903 (1889)

 

▓▓▓ "T" ▓▓▓

  1. TASSO (1) 1870 EX SCANDINAVIAN (1852)
  2. TASSO (2) 1890
  3. TASSO (3) 1922
  4. TASSO (4) 1938
  5. TASSO (5) 1945
  6. TEANO (1) 1913
  7. TEANO (2) 1925
  8. TEANO (3) 1955
  9. THOMAS RICKENSON 1839
  10. THOMAS WILSON 1870
  11. THURSO (1) 1885 EX EASTELLA (1871)
  12. THURSO (2) 1909
  13. THURSO (3) 1919 EX WAR BRAMBLE (1919)
  14. TIGER 1878 (1857)
  15. TINTO (1) 1911
  16. TINTO (2) 1947
  17. TOKIO 1895
  18. TOLEDO 1881
  19. TORCELLO (1) 1912
  20. TORCELLO (2) 1920 EX STAHLOF (1911)
  21. TORO 1904
  22. TORONTO 1900
  23. TORPEDO 1885
  24. TOSNO 1907
  25. TRENT 1862
  26. TRENTINO (1) 1919
  27. TRENTINO (2) 1952
  28. TRURO (1) 1898
  29. TRURO (2) 1922
  30. TRURO (3) 1947
  31. TYCHO 1904

 

▓▓▓ "U" ▓▓▓

  1. UNA 1903 (1899)
  2. UNITED SERVICE 1862
  3. URBINO (1) 1871
  4. URBINO (2) 1889
  5. URBINO (3) 1915
  6. URBINO (4) 1919

 

▓▓▓ "V" ▓▓▓

  1. VARRO (T) 1912
  2. VASCO (1) 1895
  3. VASCO (2) 1920 EX BRANDENBURG (1910)
  4. VASCO (3) 1939
  5. VIGO 1905
  6. VIRAGO 1871
  7. VOLO (1) 1890
  8. VOLO (2) 1938
  9. VOLO (3) 1946
  10. VOLTURNO 1888

 

▓▓▓ "W" ▓▓▓

  1. WALAMO 1871
  2. WAVE 1848
  3. WILLIAM BAILEY 1903 (1883)

 

▓▓▓ "X" ▓▓▓

  1. XANTHO 1871

 

▓▓▓ "Y" ▓▓▓

  1. YEDDO 1871
  2. YORK 1907

 

▓▓▓ "Z" ▓▓▓

  1. ZAIMIS 1898
  2. ZARA 1903 (1897)
  3. ZEBRA 1878
  4. ZENO 1871
  5. ZERO (1) (T) 1976
  6. 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

 

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