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R.W. Leyland & Company
(not to be confused with Leyland Line)
In 1875 R.W. Leyland (Ralph Watts Leyland), purchased his
first ship, the DOXFORD but didn't buy their next vessel until 1879.
By 1881 the company
owned six ships and persevered in the use of sailing ships long
after other companies had turned to steam. Their main routes were
Liverpool to Australia and the West Coast of North and South America.
By 1909 poor trading conditions and competition from steamships
caused management of the company to be taken over by J. H. Welsford & Co., Liverpool.
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.
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Sailing Ships |
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| Vessel |
Built |
Years in Service |
Tons |
| Aigburth |
1882 |
iron ship, 1904 wrecked New Guinea |
1,838 |
| British India |
1867 |
iron ship, 1881 purchased from British Shipowners
Ltd, Liverpool, 1894 abandoned on fire off Madeira. |
1,199 |
| Chile |
1856 |
iron barque, 1883 purchased from J. F. Gibb, London,
1892 destroyed by fire off West coast of South America.
(This ship was owned by Shaw, Savill & Co. 1867
- 1881) |
777 |
| Cressington |
1883 |
iron ship, 1900 sold to E & W. Roberts, Liverpool. |
2,211 |
| Ditton |
1891 |
steel ship, 1909 to J. H. Welsford & Co., Liverpool,
1911 sold to Carl Bech, Tvedestrand, Norway renamed Nordfarer. |
2,901 |
| Doxford |
1868 |
iron barque, 1875 purchased from H. N. Hughes, Liverpool,
1900 sold to Indische Handels Compagnie, Batavia renamed Henriette
Haasman. |
700 |
| Fulwood |
1885 |
iron ship, 1909 to J. H. Welsford & Co., Liverpool,
1910 sold to Norway as floating oil refinery. |
2,170 |
| Garston |
1883 |
steel ship, 1889 wrecked on Starbuck Island, near
Cook islands. The crew sailed 6 weeks in open boats to Wallis Island
where they were rescued. |
1,852 |
| Gitana |
1861 |
iron ship,1881 purchased from E. Bates, Liverpool,
1896 abandoned in sinking condition off Cape Horn. |
1,367 |
| Grassendale (1) |
1882 |
iron ship, 18/84 went missing near Shanghai. |
1,842 |
| Grassendale (2) |
1885 |
iron ship, 1899 sold to Granlund & Co., Raumo, Russia
renamed Imperator Alexander II, |
1,860 |
| Halewood |
1885 |
iron ship, 1910 sold to S. O. Stray & Co., Christiansand
renamed Songvig. |
2,153 |
| King Cenric |
1874 |
wooden ship, 1885 purchased from G. Vaughan, St.
John, N.B. 1889 sold to Brunsgaard Kjosterud & Co., Drammen, Norway. |
1,519 |
| Leyland Brothers |
1886 |
iron ship, 1909 to J. H. Welsford & Co., Liverpool,
1909 sold to Portugal for use as a coal hulk on River Tagus. |
2,291 |
| Liverpool |
1889 |
4-masted iron ship, 1902 wrecked Alderney, Channel
Islands. |
3,400 |
| Nelson |
1862 |
iron ship, 1880 purchased from British Shipowners
Ltd, Liverpool, 1882 abandoned and sank in gale with no loss of life. |
1,333 |
| Otterspool |
1884 |
iron ship, 1910 sold and hulked at Valparaiso. |
1,850 |
| Riversdale |
1894 |
steel ship, 1909 to J. H. Welsford & Co., Liverpool,
1910 sold to Schluter & Maack, Hamburg renamed Harvesthude. |
2,206 |
| Roby |
1887 |
iron ship, ex- Jubilee, 1889 purchased from T. R.
Oswald, Southampton renamed Roby, 1900 abandoned on fire in South
Atlantic. |
2,239 |
| San Luis |
1864 |
iron barque, 1879 purchased from J. M. Gladstone,
Liverpool, 1889 sold to Heinrich Bauer, Rostock renamed Hulda. |
600 |
| Speke |
1891 |
steel ship, 1906 wrecked in gale on Phillip Island,
Victoria. |
2,875 |
| Thomas Hamlin |
1851 |
iron barque, 1879 purchased from Porrett Webster,
Scarborough, 1893 scrapped. |
732 |
| Toxteth |
1887 |
iron ship, 1908 went missing with all hands on voyage
Port Talbot to Tocopilla. |
2,595 |
| Twilight |
1882 |
iron barque, 1882 purchased from E. Bates, Liverpool,
1896 sold for scrapping. |
631 |
| Wavertree |
1885 |
iron ship, ex- Southgate, 1888 purchased from T. R.
Oswald, Southampton renamed Wavertree, 1909 to J. H. Welsford & Co.,
Liverpool, 1910 sold to J. & A. Brown, Newcastle NSW.
(This ship is preserved at South Street Seaport Museum, New
York, see http://www.victorianweb.org/technology/ships/16.html ) |
2,170 |
| Woolton |
1885 |
iron ship, 1895 went missing with all hands on voyage
Newcastle, NSW to Valparaiso. |
2,152 |
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Steam Ships |
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| Vessel |
Built |
Years in Service |
Tons |
| Charlois |
1888 |
1889 sold to J. F. Flannery, New York. |
3,003 |
| Planet Mars |
1900 |
1909 to J. H. Welsford & Co., Liverpool renamed Ikaria,
1915 torpedoed and sunk off Havre. |
4,320 |
| Planet Mercury |
1894 |
1900 went missing on voyage Portland, Maine to Avonmouth. |
3,223 |
| Planet Neptune |
1901 |
1909 to J. H. Welsford & Co., Liverpool renamed Ikala,
1929 sold to Italy renamed Sanzorzu. |
4,329 |
| Planet Venus (1) |
1894 |
1897 sold to J. Holman & Sons, London renamed Birchtor. |
3,689 |
| Planet Venus (2) |
1900 |
1909 to J. H. Welsford & Co., Liverpool renamed Ikalis,
1917 torpedoed and sunk off Fastnet. |
4,329 |
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