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P. Henderson & Co. / British & Burmese
Steam Navigation Co.
Formed at Glasgow in 1829 to operate the marble trade from
Italy and the export of coal. In 1845, a service from Glasgow to Bombay
and Australia was started and in 1848 the company entered the emigrant
trade to New Zealand with calls at Burma for cargo on the return voyage,
initially with chartered ships. A subsidiary company, Albion Shipping
Co. was formed in 1864 and this amalgamated with Shaw, Savill Line in
1882 to form Shaw, Savill & Albion Line.
In 1874, the British & Burmese Steam Navigation Co. was formed to operate
regular liner sailings to Burma. In 1947, ships were chartered to Elder
Dempster Lines who purchased the company and fleet in 1952. The chartered
ships were retained on the West Africa routes while P. Henderson & Co.
continued to manage the Burma traders. In 1965 Ocean
Steamship Co. acquired
control of the group and in 1967 the six day war closed the Suez Canal
and Henderson's service to Burma ceased and their last three ships transferred
to Elder Dempster routes. The last Henderson ship was sold in 1970 and
the name of Henderson disappeared from the shipowning scene.
Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting
this data. The following list was extracted from various sources.
This is not an all inclusive list but should only be used as a guide.
If you would like to know more about a vessel, visit the Ship
Descriptions (onsite) or Immigrant
Ship web site.
Routes:
- 1829 - 1848 Glasgow - Mediterranean ports - Livorno.
- 1845 - 1849 Glasgow - Bombay - Australia
- 1848 - 1883 Glasgow - New Zealand - (Burma) - Liverpool / Glasgow.
- 1860 - 1967 Glasgow / Liverpool / Birkenhead - Burma. Glasgow / Birkenhead
- Gibraltar - (Palma) - Marseilles - Port Said - Port Sudan (1909) -
Aden - (Colombo) - Rangoon.
Reverse London - Hull - Leith - Glasgow or London - Avonmouth - Liverpool
- Glasgow.
- 1947 - 1970 Liverpool / Birkenhead - West Africa.
note: MOWT = Ministry of War Transport
Funnel: Black
Fleet:
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Sailing Ships |
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| Vessel |
Built |
Years in Service |
Tons |
| Agnes Muir |
1869 |
ship, Albion
Line New Zealand service, 1870 Burma service, 1879 sold to Killick,
Martin & Co, London. |
851 |
| Auckland |
1874 |
ship, Albion Line New Zealand service,
1883 transferred to Shaw, Savill
& Albion Line. |
1,320 |
| Caledonia |
1855 |
barque, 1865 sold to Gourlay & Co., Glasgow.
|
428 |
| Canterbury |
1874 |
ship, Albion Line New Zealand service,
1883 transferred to Shaw, Savill
& Albion Line. |
1,290 |
| Caribou |
1864 |
ship, 1865 transferred to Albion
Line, 1869 destroyed by fire at sea. |
1160 |
| Christian McAusland |
1869 |
ship, New Zealand service, 1877 transferred
to Albion Line, 1878 wrecked
in Java Sea. |
1,041 |
| City of Dunedin |
1863 |
ship, New Zealand emigrant trade, 1864
transferred to Albion Line, 1879
sold to J. Ritson, Maryport. |
1,085 |
| Constance |
1859 |
ship, 1859 sold shortly after completion
as too small
for the emigrant trade. |
351 |
| Cossipore |
1851 |
1852 purchased from W. Powell, London,
1859 chartered to Shaw Savill & Co., 1865 sold to Shaw
Savill & Co. |
836 |
| Dunedin |
1874 |
ship, Albion Line New Zealand service,
1883 transferred to Shaw, Savill & Albion
Line. 1890 went missing at sea. |
1,308 |
| Edward P. Bouverie |
1864 |
ship, 1865 transferred to Albion Line,
1873 sold to Shaw, Savill & Co.
|
997 |
| Elizabeth Fleming |
1867 |
ship, London - India service, 1871
destroyed by fire. |
728 |
| Grasmere |
1862 |
no further info on this ship. |
432 |
| Helen Burns |
1867 |
ship, Albion
Line Burma service, 1877
sold to Swansea Ship Co., Swansea. |
799 |
| Helen Denny |
1866 |
ship, Albion Line Burma service, 1873
sold to Shaw, Savill & Co. |
728 |
| Helenslee |
1862 |
ship, 1864 transferred to Albion
Line, 1876 sold to Norwegian owners. |
798 |
| Invercargill |
1874 |
ship, Albion Line New Zealand service,
1883 transferred to Shaw, Savill
& Albion Line. |
1,310 |
| James Nicol Fleming |
1869 |
1869 1050 ton ship, New Zealand service,
1877 sold to Albion Line, 1878
renamed Napier, 1881 sold to J. Hossack, Liverpool. |
1,050 |
| Jane |
1840 |
brig, 1845 purchased from Glasgow owners,
1855 sold to
Glasgow owners and resold to Melbourne gold digger. |
147 |
| Jane Davie |
1868 |
ship, Albion Line Burma service, 1872
wrecked.
|
800 |
| Jane Henderson |
1859 |
ship, New Zealand emigrant trade, 1860
Burma trade, 1864 transferred to Albion
Line. 1872 sold to Taylor, Bethell & Roberts, London. |
585 |
| Jessie Redman |
1869 |
ship, Albion Line New Zealand - China
- UK service, 1883 transferred to Shaw,
Savill & Albion Line. 1893 wrecked on
Chatham Island. |
1,013 |
| Lady Douglas |
1856 |
ship, New Zealand emigrant trade, 1860
Burma trade, 1864 transferred to Albion
Line, 1872 sold to Taylor, Bethell & Roberts, London. |
594 |
| Lydia |
1849 |
1859 sold to Sharpe & Co., Newcastle. |
541 |
| Lyttelton |
1878 |
barque, Albion Line New Zealand service,
1883 transferred to Shaw, Savill
& Albion Line. |
1,180 |
| Margaret Galbraith |
1868 |
ship, Burma trade, 1876 sold to Shaw,
Savill & Co. |
841 |
| Marlborough |
1876 |
ship, owned by James Galbraith and operated
within the Shaw, Savill fleet,
1880 owned by John Leslie and merged into the Walter Savill fleet.
1891 went missing off Cape Horn. |
1,191 |
| Napier |
|
see James Nicol Fleming. |
|
| Nelson |
1874 |
ship, Albion Line New Zealand service,
1883 transferred to Shaw, Savill
& Albion Line. |
1,310 |
| Oamaru |
1874 |
ship, Albion Line New Zealand service,
1883 transferred to Shaw, Savill
& Albion Line. |
1,364 |
| Ontario |
1845 |
ship, quarter share owned,
1852 share sold to Sharpe & Co., Newcastle. |
432 |
| Otago |
1869 |
ship, 1877 transferred to Albion
Line, 1881 sold to Grierson & Co., Adelaide. |
1,048 |
| Peter Denny |
1865 |
ship, 1865 transferred to Albion
Line, 1878 sold to J. W. Turner, Glasgow. |
998 |
| Peter Senn |
1825 |
barque, 1852 sold to Belfast
owners and taken to Melbourne for the gold rush trade. |
195 |
| Pladda |
1857 |
ship, 1859 purchased, New Zealand emigrant
trade, 1863 sold to H. Andrews, Belfast. |
983 |
| Robert Henderson |
1857 |
ship, New Zealand emigrant trade, 1860
Burma trade, 1864 transferred to Albion Line, 1871 sold to Shaw,
Savill & Co. |
552 |
| Taranaki |
1877 |
barque, Albion Line New Zealand service,
1882 sold to John Leslie, 1883 operated by Shaw,
Savill & Albion Line. |
1,193 |
| Timaru |
1874 |
ship, Albion Line New Zealand service,
1883 transferred to Shaw, Savill
& Albion Line. |
1,364 |
| Tom and Jessie |
1827 |
brig, 1829 purchased from Henry Wylie,
London, 1846 sold. |
199 |
| Vicksburg |
1863 |
ship, 1864 transferred to Albion
Line, 1869 sold to F. Groen, Amsterdam renamed Nehalennia. |
1,244 |
| Viola |
1861 |
ship, 1871 sold to B. Vaughan, St.
John's, Nfld. |
1,134 |
| Wave Queen |
1861 |
ship, Clyde - New Zealand - Rangoon
trade, 1865 transferred to Albion Line,
1873 sold to Park Bros., London. |
853 |
| Wellington |
1874 |
Albion Line New Zealand service,
1883 transferred to Shaw, Savill
& Albion Line. |
1,247 |
| Westland |
1878 |
barque, Albion Line New Zealand service,
1883 transferred to Shaw, Savill
& Albion Line. |
1,186 |
| Wild Deer |
1863 |
ship, 1864 purchased by Albion Line
from W. Walker, London, New Zealand - China - UK service, 1883
transferred
to Shaw, Savill & Albion Line. |
1,016 |
| William Davie |
1866 |
ship, Albion
Line New Zealand service, 1881 sold to Richardson Bros, Swansea.
|
841 |
| William Watson |
1845 |
ship, 1848 purchased from William Watson,
Glasgow, 1865 sold to MacFarlane, Greenock. |
432 |
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Steamships |
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| Vessel |
Built |
Years in Service |
Tons |
| Altenfels |
1915 |
ex- Hansa
Line, 1919 ceded to Britain as war reparations, 1920 sold
to Prince Line, renamed
Eastern Prince. |
7,569 |
| Amarapoora (1) |
1871 |
1873 sold to Union S.N.Co., resold to
J. S. Lapraig, Aberdeen renamed Kwangchow. 1873 wrecked near Aden. |
1,335 |
| Amarapoora (2) |
1874 |
1892 sold to Amarapoora SS Co., Glasgow. |
2,464 |
| Amarapoora (3) |
1901 |
1912 sold to Prentice, Service & Henderson,
Glasgow. |
4,546 |
| Amarapoora (4) |
1920 |
1939 became hospital
ship HMS Amarapoora. 1946 acquired by Ministry of Transport, 1948
converted
to emigrant ship, 1951 renamed Captain Hobson. 1959 scrapped. |
8,084 |
| Arracan (1) |
1871 |
1873 wrecked on Maldive Islands. |
1,841 |
| Arracan (2) |
1882 |
1898 sold to Austro-Americana SS Co,
Trieste, renamed Ragusa. |
2,880 |
| Arracan (3) |
1900 |
1911 sold to Messageries
Maritimes, France, renamed Ispahan. |
3,910 |
| Arracan (4) |
1912 |
1938 sold to Stanhope SS Co., renamed
Stanmore. |
5,520 |
| Ava (1) |
1895 |
1905 stranded near Moulmein, Burma total
loss. |
3,895 |
| Ava (2) |
1906 |
1917 torpedoed and sunk by U-Boat
off S.W. Ireland; loss of 92 lives. |
5,076 |
| Ava (3) |
|
completed as Amarapoora (4) |
|
| Avagyee |
1869 |
Burmese coast feeder ship, 1871 transferred
to
British India S.N.Co. |
427 |
| Bhamo (1) |
1894 |
1901 sold to Ellerman & Papayanni
Line, renamed
Austrian.
|
3,127 |
| Bhamo (2) |
1907 |
1938 scrapped at Japan. |
5,239 |
| Bhamo (3) |
1957 |
1967 transferred to Guinea Gulf Line,
1979 scrapped.
|
5,932 |
| Burma (1) |
1896 |
1906 sold to Steamship Hamilton Co.,
Glasgow, renamed Hamilton. |
3,342 |
| Burma (2) |
1914 |
1949 sold to Cia de Nav. Florentia,
Panama, renamed Florentia, used on emigrant service to Australia. |
7,470 |
| Captain Hobson |
|
see Amarapoora (4) |
|
| Chindwin |
1910 |
1938 sold to Soc. Misr de Navagation
Maritime, Alexandria, renamed Rod-el-Farag. 1940 chartered to MOWT,
1944 destroyed in
Bombay Dock explosion (see
http://www.chennaionline.com/columns/safety/safety81.asp ) |
6,284 |
| Chittagong |
1881 |
1891 sold to W. R. Corfield & Co., London. |
1,912 |
| Daga |
1921 |
ex- Malia, 1926 purchased from Brocklebank
Line, renamed Daga, 1934 sold to Andrew
Weir & Co., renamed
Kelvinbank.
|
3,872 |
| Daldorch |
1930 |
1941 purchased from Daldorch
SS Co., Glasgow, 1945 sold to Head
Line, Belfast,
renamed Lord Glentoran. |
5,570 |
| Dalhanna |
1930 |
1941 purchased from Dalhanna
Co., Glasgow, 1945 sold to Head
Line, Belfast,
renamed Lord O'Neill. |
5,571 |
| Dalla |
1961 |
1964 transferred to Elder
Dempster & Co., 1980 sold to Greece, renamed Marmaras. |
6,564 |
| Donga |
1960 |
1964 transferred to Elder
Dempster & Co., 1981 sold to Greece, renamed Diamant Merchant.
|
6,565 |
| Dumbaia |
1960 |
1981 sold to Questnorth Ltd.,
Douglas. |
6,558 |
| Glenelg |
1873 |
1878 chartered from Devitt & Moore, London by
Albion Line for one experimental steamship voyage to New Zealand.
|
1,316 |
| Henzada (1) |
1909 |
1933 scrapped Japan. |
5,821 |
| Henzada (2) |
1934 |
1943 torpedoed and sunk in Atlantic. |
4,161 |
| Irrawaddy (1) |
1873 |
1897 sold to Trinidad Shipping & Trading Co,
Glasgow. |
2,517 |
| Irrawaddy (2) |
1903 |
1914 sold to Trinidad
Shipping & Trading
Co., Glasgow, renamed Maraval. |
5,066 |
| Irrawaddy (3) |
1928 |
1938 sold to French
Line, renamed Loire. |
4225 |
| Kabala |
1958 |
1960 transferred to Elder
Dempster & Co., 1973 sold to Greece, renamed Papamaurice. |
5,445 |
| Kadeik |
1952 |
1952 taken over by Elder
Dempster & Co. 1966 sold to Liberia, renamed Kyra Katina. |
7,489 |
| Kaduna |
1956 |
1972 transferred to China Mutual
S.N.Co., 1973 sold to Liberia, renamed Regent Reliance. |
5,599 |
| Kaladan |
1950 |
1952 taken over by Elder
Dempster & Co. 1963 sold to Panama, renamed Activity. |
4,916 |
| Kalaw |
|
see Prahsu. |
|
| Kalewa (1) |
1940 |
1942 sunk in collision with Danish ship
near Cape Town. |
4,389 |
| Kalewa (2) |
1947 |
1952 taken over by Elder
Dempster & Co. 1963 sold to Panama, renamed Sincerity. |
4,876 |
| Kanbe (1) |
1941 |
1942 torpedoed and sunk off Liberia
with all hands
lost. |
6,057 |
| Kanbe (2) |
1948 |
1952 taken over by Elder
Dempster & Co. 1962 sold to Liberia, renamed Loyalty. |
4,878 |
| Kandaw |
1955 |
owned by Elder
Dempster & Co., 1967 sold to Panama, renamed Honesty. |
5,599 |
| Kansi |
1943 |
ex- Frank D. Finney, MOWT managed
by Henderson, renamed Samovar, 1947 purchased by Henderson renamed
Kansi, 1948 sold
to T & J. Harrison, Liverpool renamed Colonial. |
7,277 |
| Katha (1) |
1938 |
1943 torpedoed and sunk in Atlantic. |
4,357 |
| Katha (2) |
1947 |
1952 taken over by Elder
Dempster & Co. 1962 sold to Liberia, also renamed Sincerity. |
4,878 |
| Kemmendine |
1924 |
1940 sunk by German surface raider Atlantis,
south of Ceylon. |
7,837 |
| Kentung |
1954 |
owned by Elder
Dempster & Co., 1972 sold to Panama. |
5,558 |
| Kindat (1) |
1938 |
1948 sold to Normanton SS Co.,
London, renamed Lord Church. |
4,358 |
| Kindat (2) |
1950 |
1952 taken over by Elder
Dempster & Co. 1963 sold to Panama, renamed Fidelity. |
5,530 |
| Kohima (1) |
1953 |
taken over by Elder
Dempster & Co. 1966 sold to Panama, renamed Festivity. |
5,597 |
| Kohima (2) |
|
see Prahsu. |
|
| Koyan |
1952 |
1952 taken over by Elder
Dempster & Co. 1966 sold to Panama, renamed Audacity. |
5,537 |
| Kumba |
1958 |
1964 transferred to Elder
Dempster & Co., 1972 transferred to China Mutual S.N.Co,
1973 sold to Panama, renamed Regent Liberty. |
5,439 |
| Mandalay (1) |
1871 |
sold to Portuguese Government before
completion renamed India. |
1,302 |
| Mandalay (2) |
1872 |
1887 sold to Raeburn & Verel, Glasgow. |
1,907 |
| Mandalay (3) |
1898 |
1910 sold to Messageries
Maritimes, France, renamed Caucase. |
3,881 |
| Mandalay (4) |
1911 |
1947 scrapped. |
5,518 |
| Martaban (1) |
1873 |
1893 sold to Fabre
Line, Marseilles, renamed Olbia. |
2,517 |
| Martaban (2) |
1904 |
1932 scrapped. |
5,106 |
| Martaban (3) |
1934 |
1948 sold to Aviation & Shipping
Co, London, renamed Avisglen. |
4,160 |
| Martaban (4) |
1949 |
1952 taken over by Elder
Dempster & Co. 1965 sold to China Merchants S.N. Co., Taipei,
renamed Hai Ho. |
5,740 |
| Mecklenburg |
1892 |
ex- Hamburg
America Line, 1919 ceded to Britain as war reparations,
1922 sold to Spain, renamed Antolina Ponte. |
3,433 |
| Pegu (1) |
1889 |
1896 sold to Compagnia
Trasatlantica, Barcelona, renamed Alicante. |
3,661 |
| Pegu (2) |
1900 |
1914 sold to Trinidad
Shipping & Trading
Co., renamed Mayaro. |
3,896 |
| Pegu (3) |
1913 |
1917 torpedoed and sunk by U-Boat off
Galley Head, Ireland. |
6,348 |
| Pegu (4) |
1921 |
1939 grounded in River Mersey and broke
in two. |
8,084 |
| Pegu (5) |
1942 |
1950 sold to Ben
Line, renamed Benattow. |
7,838 |
| Pegu (6) |
1961 |
1964 transferred to Elder
Dempster & Co., 1966 transferred to Guinea Gulf Line, 1972 reverted
to Elder Dempster, 1975 again to Guinea Gulf Line, 1980 sold to Sidebank
Investments Ltd, Douglas, renamed Regu. |
5,764 |
| Prahsu |
1959 |
launched for Elder
Dempster & Co., 1964 transferred to Henderson Line renamed Kalaw,
1966 reverted to Elder Dempster renamed Kohima (2), 1973 scrapped
Taiwan. |
5,445 |
| Prome (1) |
1893 |
1901 sold to Ellerman's Hall
Line, renamed Locksley
Hall. |
3,580 |
| Prome (2) |
1937 |
1952 taken over by Elder
Dempster & Co. 1962 scrapped at Bruges. |
7,043 |
| Rangoon |
1897 |
1907 sold to Nautilus SS Co., Sunderland,
renamed Palm Branch. |
3,891 |
| Sagaing |
1925 |
1942 bombed and destroyed by Japanese
aircraft at Trincomalee. |
7,994 |
| Salween |
1937 |
1952 taken over by Elder
Dempster & Co. 1962 scrapped Hong Kong. |
7,063 |
| Sittang |
1910 |
ex- Liddesdale, 1919 purchased from
MacKill SS Co., Glasgow, renamed Sittang, 1935 scrapped. |
4,403 |
| Sunjarv |
1958 |
ex- Glenfjell, 1964 purchased from Olsen & Ugelstad
and operated under Saguenay Terminals colours in the Canadian
newsprint
trade to the UK. 1970 sold to Bermuda. |
10,179 |
| Taiaora |
1875 |
Albion Line
New Zealand coastal feeder service, 1876 sold to Union
SS Co. of New Zealand. |
438 |
| Tenasserim (1) |
1871 |
1874 wrecked near Cape Guardafui,
Somalia. |
1,837 |
| Tenasserim (2) |
1875 |
1894 sold to Burrell & Son. |
2,693 |
| Tenasserim (3) |
1905 |
1918 destroyed by fire at Rangoon. |
5,089 |
| Wolfram |
1915 |
ex- German (uncompleted
at end of war), 1919 ceded to Britain as war reparations, 1920
sold to David SS Co., London, renamed
Netley Abbey. |
5,952 |
| Yoma (1) |
1928 |
1943 torpedoed and sunk off Derna,
Mediterranean while trooping; loss of 500+ lives. |
8,230 |
| Yoma (2) |
1948 |
1952 taken over by Elder
Dempster & Co. 1965 sold to China Merchants S.N. Co., Taipei,
renamed Hai Ping. |
5,909 |
| Yoma (3) |
1958 |
launched as Daru for Elder
Dempster & Co., 1965 transferred to Henderson, renamed Yoma,
1966 reverted to Daru, transferred to Guinea Gulf Line, 1979
sold to Liberia,
renamed Lone Eagle. |
6,340 |
| Yomah |
1926 |
1927 sold to Trinder, Anderson & Co.,
renamed Ashburton. |
5,047 |
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Wartime Managed Ships |
|
| Vessel |
Built |
Years in Service |
Tons |
| Alberte le Borgne |
1914 |
ex- French, 1940 MOWT managed by Henderson,
1943 transferred to army as stevedore training ship. |
3,921 |
| Botwey |
1916 |
ex- Manchester Producer (Manchester
Liners Ltd.), 1939 MOWT managed by Henderson renamed Botwey,
1941 torpedoed and sunk off Ireland. |
5,106 |
| Empire Athelstan |
1946 |
MOWT managed by Henderson, 1947
sold to Ben Line, renamed Benalbanach. |
7,795 |
| Empire Citizen |
1922 |
ex- Wahehe (German
East Africa Line), 1941 captured
by R.N., renamed Empire Citizen, managed by Henderson, 1941 torpedoed
and sunk in North Atlantic. |
4,690 |
| Nevada II |
1915 |
ex- Nevada (French
Line), 1940 MOWT managed by Henderson, renamed Nevada II,
1942 stranded on Scottish coast, total loss. |
5,693 |
| Ocean Viceroy |
1942 |
MOWT managed by Henderson, 1948
sold to Clan
Line, renamed Clan Kenneth. |
7,174 |
| Sambut |
1943 |
MOWT managed by Henderson, sunk
on D-Day by German long range guns in Straits of Dover; loss
of 150+ lives. |
7,219 |
| Samlossie |
1944 |
MOWT managed by Henderson, 1947
sold to Counties Ship Management, London, renamed Barn Hill. |
7,219 |
| Samneagh |
1944 |
MOWT managed by Henderson, 1947
sold to Counties Ship Management, London, renamed Stamford Hill. |
7,219 |
| Samphire |
1943 |
MOWT managed by Henderson, 1947
returned to U.S. Maritime Commission, renamed Montford Stokes. |
7,219 |
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