Strick Line
Die britische Reederei Strick Line Ltd. bestand von 1913 bis 1972.
Geschichte
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Der Geschäftsmann Frank Clarke Strick zog 1885 aus Swansea nach London und eröffnete am 20. Oktober 1885 die Frank C. Strick & Co. Ltd. als Schifffahrtsagentur und Kohlenexporthandel. Strick baute einen Handel auf um Kohlen nach Westitalien zu exportieren und auf den Rückreisen Eisenerz aus Béni Saf zu laden. Um das notwendige Kapital für ein Schiff aufzubringen, gründete er 1887 das Schifffahrtsunternehmen London and Paris Steamship Company Ltd. und für die Bereederung die Reederei Anglo-Algerian Steamship Company Ltd. 1892 gründete Strick zusätzlich die Anglo-Arabian and Persian Steamship Company Ltd. um den Handel in den Persischen Golf auszudehnen und die Dwina Ltd., um die Schiffe vor dem Passieren der Barre im Schatt al-Arab vor Basra zu leichtern. Im Jahr 1896 gründete Strick auch noch die Anglo-Algerian Steamship Company (1896) Ltd. um den Handel im Mittelmeer auszubauen. Um 1900 hatte sich die Strick-Flotte bereits auf 15 Schiffe erweitert, die vorwiegend im Handel mit dem Mittelmeer und dem Persischen Golf beschäftigt wurden.
Im Jahr 1903 schloss Stricks Anglo-Arabian and Persian Company ein auf sechs Jahre angelegtes Abkommen mit der Bucknall Steamship Line und der West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Company von J. E. Guthe & Company in der Strick und Bucknall jeweils ein Ladungsanteil von 23 Sechzigstel und Guthe 14 Sechzigstel am Golf festgeschrieben wurde. 1913 wurden Stricks Unternehmen La Commerciale Steam Navigation Company, Anglo-Arabian and Persian Steamship Company und Anglo-Algerian Steam Ship Company zur Strick Line Ltd. zusammengeschlossen.
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Nachdem die Flotte im Ersten Weltkrieg nahezu komplett verlorenging veräußerte Strick sein Unternehmen und die Restflotte an 1919 an Gray, Dawes and Company. Vier Jahre darauf übernahm die P&O-Tochter Hain Steamship Company das in Strick Line (1923) Ltd. umbenannte Unternehmen. Im Jahr 1928 erwarb Strick unter Nutzung seiner London & Paris Steamship Company einen 49%igen Anteil der Strick Line (1923) Ltd. zurück.
Ab 1946 firmierte das Unternehmen wieder unter dem Namen Strick Line Ltd. Im Jahr 1972 übernahm die P&O die Strick Line komplett und gliederte sie in die bestehende P&O General Cargo Division ein.
Literatur
- Norman L. Middlemiss: Strick Line. In: Shipping today and yesterday. November 2017.
- Norman L. Middlemiss: Travels of the Tramps, Twenty Tramp Fleets, Volume IV. Shield Publications, Newcastle upon Tyne 1993, ISBN 1-871128-09-9 (englisch).
Weblinks
- Die Strick Line bei Gracesguide (englisch)
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Night-time view of the cargo ship ‘Armanistan’ on the berth at the shipyard of John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields, November 1948 (TWAM ref. 1061/1079). She was launched on 30 November 1948.
This set celebrates the achievements of the shipyard of John Readhead & Sons. The firm has played a significant role in the North East’s illustrious shipbuilding history and the development of South Shields.
The company began in 1865 when John Readhead, a shipyard manager, entered into business with J Softley at a small yard on the Lawe at South Shields. Following the dissolution of the partnership in 1872, it continued as John Readhead & Co on the same site until 1880 when the High West Yard was purchased. After Readhead’s four sons were taken into the business in 1888 the company traded as John Readhead & Sons becoming a limited company in 1908. In 1968 the company was absorbed by the Swan Hunter Group and in 1977 became part of the nationalised British Shipbuilders. In the same year the last vessel was launched and the site was sold off in 1984.
Readheads was prolific and built over 600 ships from 1865 to 1968, including 87 vessels for the Hain Steamship Company Ltd and over forty for the Strick Line Ltd. The shipyard also built four ships for the Prince Line, founded by Sir James Knott. The firm built vessels, which were involved in the major conflicts of the Twentieth Century. During the First World War they built patrol vessels and ‘x’ lighters (motor landing craft used in the Gallipoli campaign) for the Admiralty. During the Second World War the firm built tankers for the Normandy Landings.
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View of the cargo ship ‘Shahristan’ on sea trials, 1938 (TWAM ref. 1061/1029). She was built at the shipyard of John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields.
This set celebrates the achievements of the shipyard of John Readhead & Sons. The firm has played a significant role in the North East’s illustrious shipbuilding history and the development of South Shields.
The company began in 1865 when John Readhead, a shipyard manager, entered into business with J Softley at a small yard on the Lawe at South Shields. Following the dissolution of the partnership in 1872, it continued as John Readhead & Co on the same site until 1880 when the High West Yard was purchased. After Readhead’s four sons were taken into the business in 1888 the company traded as John Readhead & Sons becoming a limited company in 1908. In 1968 the company was absorbed by the Swan Hunter Group and in 1977 became part of the nationalised British Shipbuilders. In the same year the last vessel was launched and the site was sold off in 1984.
Readheads was prolific and built over 600 ships from 1865 to 1968, including 87 vessels for the Hain Steamship Company Ltd and over forty for the Strick Line Ltd. The shipyard also built four ships for the Prince Line, founded by Sir James Knott. The firm built vessels, which were involved in the major conflicts of the Twentieth Century. During the First World War they built patrol vessels and ‘x’ lighters (motor landing craft used in the Gallipoli campaign) for the Admiralty. During the Second World War the firm built tankers for the Normandy Landings.