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The FleetsLeyland Line
Frederick Leyland was a partner in the firm of Bibby Bros
and started up his own company in 1873 when 21 of Bibby Bros ships were
transferred to the new company. Services to Boston started in 1876. With
the death of Frederick Leyland in 1892, a new company Frederick Leyland
& Co Ltd was formed and began a close association between Leyland
and Furness Lines. Passenger services began
in 1895, and in 1896 the founding of Wilson's & Furness-Leyland Line
took place to run North Atlantic services. In 1899 the West India &
Pacific SS Co was taken over and ran a service from the UK to Caribbean
and Gulf of Mexico ports. A Liverpool to New York service was inaugurated
in 1901 and joint services to the Mediterranean were operated with G.Papayanni,
Liverpool. In 1902 the company came under the control of International
Mercantile Marine Co which also took over American
Line, Atlantic Transport,
Dominion, Red
Star and White Star Lines. A rationalisation of services
followed this take over and Leyland withdrew from the Mediterranean and
transferred many ships to Ellerman Lines, and later withdrew from the
New York service. The years following WWI saw many transfers between IMMC
group companies and in 1927 Leyland's two remaining passenger ships went
to Red Star Line. The economic depression of the 1930s caused the sale
of many ships, and by 1935 Leyland's last ship was sold and the company
ceased to exist.
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:
- 1873-1902 Liverpool - Mediterranean.
- 1875-1934 Liverpool - Boston - Philadelphia and Liverpool - Portland,
Maine.
- 1893-1914 Liverpool - Boston
- 1900-1934 Liverpool / London - Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.
- 1901-1903 Liverpool - New York.
Funnel:
Pink, black top
Fleet: |
 |
| Vessel |
Built |
Years in Service |
Tons |
| Albanian
(1) |
1870 |
1873 purchased from Bibby Bros,
1877 sunk in collision off Welsh coast. |
1,417 |
| Albanian
(2) |
1898 |
1921 sold to Hull Beacon SS Co. |
2,930 |
| Alexandrian |
1901 |
1927 scrapped. |
4,467 |
| Algerian |
1876 |
Mediterranean service, no later info. |
1,757 |
| Almerian |
1897 |
1918 mined and sunk off Sicily. |
2,984 |
| Alsatian |
1877 |
1901 transferred to Ellerman
Lines. |
1,765 |
| American |
1895 |
1900 taken over with West India &
Pacific SS Co, 1904 sold to White Star Line, renamed Cufic. |
8,196 |
| Anatolian |
1877 |
1880 wrecked in River Mersey. |
1,763 |
| Andalusian |
1877 |
1902 transferred to Ellerman
Lines. |
1,774 |
| Anglian |
1896 |
1900 transferred from Wilson's & Furness-Leyland Line, 1917
torpedoed and sunk in English Channel. |
5,532 |
| Antillian |
1898 |
1900 taken over with West India & Pacific SS Co, 1930 scrapped
at Barrow. |
5,613 |
| Arabian |
1866 |
1873 purchased from Bibby Bros,
1902 scrapped. |
2,066 |
| Armenian |
1895 |
1903 chartered to White Star Line then became
cargo ship, 1915 torpedoed and sunk in English Channel. |
8,825 |
| Asian |
|
see Colombian |
|
| Assyrian
(1) |
1875 |
Mediterranean service, 1878 wrecked Greece. |
1,617 |
| Assyrian
(2) |
1898 |
1908 sold. |
2,890 |
| Athenian
(1) |
1854 |
1873 purchased from Elder
Dempster & Co., 1874 sold to H.
Ellis, London, renamed Caroline. |
1,094 |
| Athenian
(2) |
1875 |
Mediterranean service, no later info. |
1,619 |
| Atlantian
(1) |
1899 |
1900 taken over with West India &
Pacific SS Co, 1918 torpedoed and sunk off Eagle's Rock. |
9,355 |
| Atlantian
(2) |
1928 |
1933 sold to T.& J.Harrison, Liverpool. |
6,549 |
| Barbadian
(1) |
1893 |
1900 taken over with West India & Pacific SS Co, 1913 sold
to Italy renamed Tirreno. |
4,501 |
| Bavarian |
1869 |
1873 purchased from Bibby Bros,
1892 sold to J. Glynn & Son, Liverpool. |
3,111 |
| Belgian (1) |
1855 |
1873 purchased from Elder
Dempster & Co. No
further info. |
1,989 |
| Belgian
(2) |
1900 |
1917 torpedoed and scrapped. |
3,657 |
| Bernard Hall |
1880 |
1900 taken over with West India & Pacific
SS Co, 1903 scrapped Holland. |
2,678 |
| Bohemian
(1) |
1870 |
1873 purchased from Bibby
Bros,
1881 wrecked near Crookhaven, Ireland; loss of 33 lives. |
3,113 |
| Bohemian
(2) |
1900 |
1903 wrecked at Sambro, NS. |
8,548 |
| Bostonian
(1) |
1888 |
1896 transferred to Wilson's & Furness-Leyland Line,
1913 scrapped. |
4,668 |
| Bostonian (4) |
|
see Rimouski |
|
| Bulgarian |
1870 |
1873 purchased from Bibby Bros,
1892 sold to J. Glynn & Son, Liverpool. |
3,112 |
| Cairo |
1857 |
1873 purchased from Bibby Bros,
1874 sold and became sailing ship Cairo. |
1,465 |
| Caledonian |
1900 |
1930 scrapped. |
4,986 |
| Californian |
1902 |
(of TITANIC fame!) 1915 torpedoed and sunk off
Cape Matapan. |
6,223 |
| Cambrian |
1896 |
1901 transferred from Wilson's &
Furness-Leyland Line, 1917 torpedoed and sunk off Start Point. |
5,626 |
| Cameronian |
1914 |
ex- Kamerun Hamburg
America Line, captured by Royal Navy in
1915, 1917 torpedoed and sunk off Alexandria; loss of 63 lives. |
5,861 |
| Canada |
1896 |
1921 transferred from Dominion Line,
1926 scrapped. |
9,684 |
| Canadian |
1900 |
1917 torpedoed and sunk off Fastnet. |
9,301 |
| Castilian |
1862 |
1873 purchased from Bibby Bros,
1902 scrapped. |
635 |
| Cestrian |
1896 |
1917 torpedoed and sunk in Aegean Sea. |
8,823 |
| Colonian
(1) |
1901 |
1917 wrecked on Scilly Isles. |
6,440 |
| Colonian (2) |
1892 |
ex- Bovic 1922 transferred from White
Star Line,
renamed Colonian, 1928 scrapped. |
6,583 |
| Columbian
(1) |
1890 |
1897 chartered to Wilson's & Furness-Leyland
Line, 1914 destroyed by fire 150 miles south of Sable Island; loss of
18 lives. |
5,088 |
| Colombian
(2) |
1898 |
1900 taken over with West India &
Pacific SS Co, renamed Asian, 1924 wrecked on Irish coast. |
5,613 |
| Cornishman |
1891 |
ex- Nomadic White
Star Line, 1904 renamed
Cornishman, 1921 transferred from Dominion
Line,
1926 scrapped. |
5,749 |
| Costa Rican |
1885 |
1900 taken over with West India & Pacific SS Co, 1905 scrapped
at Perth Amboy, N.J. after sranding damage at Jamaica. |
3,179 |
| Crimean |
1859 |
1873 purchased from Bibby
Bros, sold
and became sailing ship Fritz Reuter. |
1,492 |
| Cuban |
1891 |
1900 taken over with West India & Pacific SS Co, 1913 Sold
to Italy renamed Generale Salsa. |
4,201 |
| Cyprian |
1874 |
1881 foundered in storm. |
1,433 |
| Cyrenian |
1874 |
1887 sold to E.L. Thomas, Liverpool, renamed Algeria. |
1,432 |
| Dakarian |
1921 |
1933 sold to T.& J.Harrison, Liverpool. |
6,426 |
| Dakotian |
1922 |
1934 sold to Donaldson Line. |
6,426 |
| Danube |
1856 |
1873 purchased from Bibby Bros,
1874 sold and became sailing ship Charles Dickens. |
1,386 |
| Darian |
1922 |
1933 sold to T.& J.Harrison, Liverpool. |
6,434 |
| Darien |
1888 |
1900 taken over with West India & Pacific SS Co, 1907 wrecked
near Barranquilla. |
3,299 |
| Davisian |
1922 |
1933 sold to T.& J. Harrison, Liverpool. |
6.433 |
| Daytonian |
1922 |
1933 sold to T.& J.Harrison, Liverpool. |
6,434 |
| Delilian |
1923 |
1933 sold to T.& J. Harrison, Liverpool. |
6,423 |
| Devonian
(1) |
1900 |
1917 torpedoed and sunk off Ireland; loss of 2 lives. |
10,418 |
| Devonian (2) |
|
see Hanoverian |
|
| Dominion |
1894 |
1921 transferred from Dominion Line,
1922 scrapped. |
6,976 |
| Dorelian |
1923 |
1933 sold to T.& J. Harrison, Liverpool. |
6,431 |
| Douro (1) |
1864 |
1873 purchased from Bibby Bros, renamed
Alcira, later renamed Camilla, sold to Greece, renamed
Cephalonia. |
556 |
| Douro
(2) |
1880 |
Mediterranean service, 1888 sank. |
728 |
| Douro (3) |
1900 |
Mediterranean service, 1902 transferred to Ellerman
Lines. |
1,028 |
| Egyptian |
1861 |
1873 purchased from Bibby Bros,
1902 scrapped. |
2,086 |
| Etonian |
1898 |
ex- Chicago 1901
transferred from Wilson's & Furness-Leyland
Line, 1918 torpedoed and sunk off Kinsale, Ireland. |
6,438 |
| European |
1895 |
1900 taken over with West India &
Pacific SS Co, 1904 sold to White Star Line, renamed Tropic (2) |
8,262 |
| Fabian |
1881 |
Mediterranean service, no later info. |
2,248 |
| Falernian |
1880 |
Mediterranean service, 1902 transferred to Ellerman
Lines. |
2,252 |
| Favonian |
1881 |
Mediterranean service, 1900 wrecked. |
2,247 |
| Flaminian |
1880 |
Mediterranean service, 1902 transferred to Ellerman
Lines. |
2,131 |
| Flavian |
1880 |
Mediterranean service, 1902 transferred to Ellerman
Lines. |
2,139 |
| Floridian
(1) |
1884 |
1900 taken over with West India & Pacific SS Co, 1908 scrapped
Preston. |
3,257 |
| Floridian
(2) |
1913 |
1917 torpedoed and sunk west of Fastnet. |
4,777 |
| Georgian |
1890 |
1896 transferred to Wilson's & Furness-Leyland
Line, 1900-1902 chartered back to Leyland Line, 1914 reverted to
Leyland Line, 1917 torpedoed and sunk near Crete. |
5,088 |
| Hanoverian |
1902 |
1903 transferred to Dominion Line
renamed Mayflower, 1903 transferred to White Star
Line,
renamed Cretic, 1923 transferred back to Leyland Line, renamed
Devonian (2), 1929 scrapped. |
13,518 |
| Huronian |
1915 |
1932 scrapped. |
8,755 |
| Iberian (1) |
1867 |
1873 purchased from Bibby Bros,
1885 wrecked on Irish Coast, no lives lost. |
2,890 |
| Iberian
(2) |
1900 |
1915 shelled and sunk by German submarine off Fastnet. |
5,223 |
| Illyrian |
1867 |
1873 purchased from Bibby Bros,
1884 wrecked on Cape Clear, Ireland with no lives lost. |
2,931 |
| Indian |
1900 |
1923 scrapped. |
9,121 |
| Irishman |
1899 |
1921 transferred from Dominion Line,
1924 scrapped. |
9,540 |
| Istrian |
1867 |
1873 purchased from Bibby Bros,
1894 sold to Furness Withy. |
2,930 |
| Jamaican |
1893 |
1900 taken over with West India & Pacific SS Co,
1914 scrapped. |
4,500 |
| Kingstonian |
1901 |
1918 torpedoed and sunk off Sardinia. |
6,564 |
| Lancastrian |
1891 |
1921 sold to Canada. |
5,120 |
| Lesbian |
1874 |
1901 scrapped. |
1,559 |
| Leysian |
1906 |
ex- Serak, Deutsche
Kosmos Line,
1916 seized by
Britain, renamed Leysian, 1917 wrecked near Stumble Head Lighthouse. |
4,703 |
| Ligurian |
1874 |
1894 sold to Spain renamed Jacinta. |
1,561 |
| Lisbon |
1874 |
Mediterranean service - no further info. |
664 |
| Londonian |
1896 |
ex- Idaho 1898 transferred from Wilson's &
Furness-Leyland Line, 1898 capsized and sank in
N. Atlantic; loss of 17 lives. |
8,823 |
| Louisianian |
1891 |
1900 taken over with West India & Pacific SS Co, 1913 sold
to Italy renamed Vittorio. |
3,642 |
| Median |
1908 |
1933 scrapped. |
6,296 |
| Meltonian |
1909 |
1933 scrapped. |
6,306 |
| Memphian |
1908 |
1917 torpedoed and sunk off Ireland. |
6,305 |
| Mercian |
1908 |
1933 scrapped. |
6,305 |
| Mexican |
1891 |
1900 taken over with West India & Pacific SS Co,. 1913 Sold
to Italy renamed Messicana. |
4,200 |
| Minho |
1890 |
Mediterranean service, 1902 transferred to Ellerman
Lines. |
835 |
| Montcalm |
1897 |
ex- Canadian Pacific,
1916 operated by Leyland for the Admiralty, 1917 sold to Anglo-Saxon Petroleum
Co, renamed Crenella. |
7,082 |
| Naperian |
1914 |
1933 scrapped. |
6,410 |
| Nessian |
1912 |
Caribbean service, 1933 scrapped. |
6,276 |
| Nestorian |
1912 |
Caribbean service, 1917 wrecked off Cape Clear
Island. |
6,395 |
| Nicaraguan |
1891 |
1900 taken over with West India & Pacific SS Co, 1907 went
missing on voyage Norfolk, Va. to Dublin. |
3,642 |
| Nicosian |
1912 |
renamed Nevisian for security reasons during WWI,
1933 scrapped. |
6,369 |
| Ninian |
1912 |
1933 scrapped. |
6,385 |
| Nitonian |
1912 |
1933 scrapped. |
6,381 |
| Nortonian |
1913 |
Boston service, 1934 sold to Donaldson Line. |
6,387 |
| Norwegian
(1) |
1913 |
Boston service, 1917 torpedoed off Ireland, beached
but total loss. |
6,327 |
| Norwegian
(2) |
1921 |
1921 - 1934 sold to Donaldson Line. |
6,357 |
| Novian |
1914 |
1933 scrapped. |
6,368 |
| Nubian |
1912 |
Boston service, 1934 sold to Donaldson Line. |
6,384 |
| Oporto (1) |
1870 |
1873 purchased from Bibby Bros,
1902 sunk in collision, raised and scrapped. |
565 |
| Oporto
(2) |
1888 |
no further details. |
739 |
| Oranian |
1914 |
1934 sold to Greece, renamed Tamesis. |
3,942 |
| Orubian |
1914 |
1917 torpedoed and sunk NW of Eagle Island. |
3,876 |
| Oxonian |
1898 |
ex- Pinemore 1902 purchased from Johnston
Line,
renamed Oxonian 1928 scrapped. |
6,306 |
| Parisian |
1899 |
ex- Bethania Hamburg
America Line, 1916
captured and renamed Parisian, 1918 sold to Dollar SS Co, USA, renamed
Esther Dollar. |
7,548 |
| Persian |
1863 |
1873 purchased from Bibby Bros,
1902 scrapped. |
2,137 |
| Philadelphian
(1) |
1891 |
1918 torpedoed and sunk in English Channel. |
5,120 |
| Philadelphian
(2) |
1920 |
1933 scrapped. |
6,586 |
| Rhone |
1856 |
1873 purchased from Bibby Bros,
1874 went missing. |
1,387 |
| Rimouski |
1918 |
1927 owned by Dominion Line but
operated by Leyland, 1927 transferred from Dominion Line ownership, renamed
Bostonian (4), 1932 scrapped. |
8,950 |
| Russian |
|
see Victorian |
|
| Scotian |
1903 |
1907 sold to Hamburg America Line, renamed President
Lincoln. |
18,074 |
| Scythian |
1913 |
1930 scrapped. |
4,865 |
| Servian |
1903 |
1907 sold to Hamburg America Line, renamed President
Grant. |
18,072 |
| Sicilian |
1859 |
1873 purchased from Bibby Bros,
1880 sold to Elder Dempster & Co, renamed Mayumba. |
1,492 |
| Sylvanian |
1914 |
1917 torpedoed and sunk off Ireland. |
4,858 |
| Tagus |
1898 |
Mediterranean service, no further info. |
937 |
| Tampican |
1889 |
ex- Runic White Star
Line, 1900 taken over with West India & Pacific SS Co,
1912 sold to South Pacific Whaling Co, Oslo, renamed IMO (this
was the
ship which collided with the Mount
Blanc causing the Halifax explosion in 1917) |
4,833 |
| Texan |
1883 |
1900 taken over with West India & Pacific SS Co, 1909 scrapped
Genoa. |
3,257 |
| Turcoman |
1892 |
1921 transferred from Dominion Line,
1926 scrapped. |
5,829 |
| Venetian
(1) |
1859 |
1873 purchased from Bibby Bros,
1880 sold to Elder Dempster & Co, later renamed Tarapaca. |
1,562 |
| Venetian
(2) |
1882 |
1895 wrecked near Boston, Mass. with no lives lost. |
4,055 |
| Victorian |
1895 |
1903 chartered to White Star Line then became
cargo ship, 1914 renamed Russian, 1916 torpedoed and sunk near
Malta. |
8,825 |
| Virginian |
1881 |
1897 chartered in to Wilson's & Furness-Leyland
Line, 1910 scrapped. |
4,081 |
| Welshman |
1891 |
ex- Tauric White
Star Line, 1904 renamed
Welshman, 1921 transferred from Dominion
Line,
1926 scrapped. |
5,730 |
| West Indian |
1891 |
1900 taken over with West India & Pacific SS Co, 1900 sold
to Red Cross Iquitos SS Co renamed Cearense. |
2,704 |
| William Cliff |
1888 |
1900 taken over with West India & Pacific SS Co, 1914 sold
to Chile and converted to hulk Aviles at Punta Arenas. |
3,352 |
| Winifredian |
1899 |
1929 scrapped. |
10,405 |
| Yucatan |
1882 |
1900 taken over with West India & Pacific
SS Co, no later info. |
2,810 |
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