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The FleetsWilliam Milburn & Co.
/ Milburn Line
William Milburn became part owner of a ship in 1849 employed in the
coal trade from Blyth and Newbiggin to other British ports and by 1852
operated
his own ships. By 1856 he was trading to the Far East and in 1857 founded
the firm of Watts, Milburn & Co with Edmund Watts. The partnership split
in 1879 and in 1880 Wm. Milburn & Co was founded and traded to China
and Australia. The Anglo-Australasian Steam Navigation Co. was formed
in 1883
to operate direct UK - Australia services via Antwerp. Antwerp became
a regular passenger embarkation port for the continental trade and
the
company advertised themselves there as the Australasian S.N.Co. The
name of the line was changed in 1890 to The Milburn Line and in 1912
an agreement
was entered into with the Government of Victoria for the carriage of
emigrants in partnership with Royden's
Indra Line.
In 1914 nine ships were contributed to the newly formed Commonwealth
& Dominion Line (Port Line). The company went back into shipowning
in 1927 with the BENWELL TOWER and later the FOWBERRY TOWER, but these
had no connection with the Port Line.
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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| Vessel |
Built |
Years in Service |
Tons |
|
Steam Ships
|
| Angerton |
1884 |
1895 stranded and abandoned, salvaged
and sold to Northumbrian Shipping Corp, Newcastle. |
2,794 |
| Ascalon |
1882 |
1887 wrecked Ceylon; no loss of life |
2,351 |
| Chollerton |
1883 |
1895 sold to Everilda Co, Glasgow (Maclay & MacIntyre) |
2,565 |
| Conniston |
1880 |
1884 went missing in Atlantic; loss of 24 lives. |
2,258 |
| Haverton |
1883 |
1894 wrecked at St.Croix in River St.Lawrence. |
2,531 |
| Normanton |
1882 |
1886 wrecked Japan. |
2,367 |
| Port Adelaide (1) |
1884 |
1888 chartered to Canadian
Pacific for one trans-Pacific voyage, 1898 sold to Austria-Hungary
renamed Sofia Brailli. |
2,751 |
| Port Albany (1) |
1914 |
1914 transferred to Commonwealth
& Dominion Line (Port Line). |
5,714 |
| Port Albert (1) |
1891 |
1894 sold to Japan renamed Kagoshima
Maru. |
4,370 |
| Port Albert (2) |
1897 |
1906 sold to M. Wallenberg, Stockholm
renamed Delagoa. |
3,514 |
| Port Augusta (1) |
1886 |
1891 sold to Russian S.N.Co, Odessa
renamed Czaritza. |
2,883 |
| Port Augusta (2) |
1906 |
1914 transferred to Commonwealth
& Dominion Line (Port Line). |
4,063 |
| Port Caroline (1) |
1889 |
1893 sold to Jover y Costas, Barcelona
renamed J. Jover Serra. |
3,528 |
| Port Caroline (2) |
1905 |
1914 sold to Italy renamed Loredano. |
4,076 |
| Port Chalmers (1) |
1891 |
1896 sold to Federal
S.N.Co (same
name) [this ship lasted until 1956 ending up under the Mexican flag] |
4,154 |
| Port Chalmers (2) |
1905 |
1914 seized by Germany, insurers
became owners. |
4,077 |
| Port Curtis (1) |
1910 |
1914 transferred to Commonwealth
& Dominion Line (Port Line). |
4,710 |
| Port Darwin (1) |
1884 |
1892 sold to Coote & Ridley, London. |
2,517 |
| Port Denison (1) |
1887 |
1892 sold to Jover y Costas, Barcelona
renamed Miguel Jover. |
3,506 |
| Port Denison (2) |
1896 |
1907 sold to Bede S.S.Co., Newcastle
renamed Bedeburn. |
3,435 |
| Port Douglas |
1891 |
1892 wrecked on Cape Verde Islands. |
4,285 |
| Port Elliot (1) |
1894 |
1906 sold to Cie.Royale Belgo-Argentina,
Antwerp renamed Republica Argentina. |
3,556 |
| Port Fairy |
1887 |
1892 sold to J. H. Andressen, Oporto
renamed Dona Maria. |
2,581 |
| Port Hunter (1) |
1892 |
1894 sold to Japan renamed Riojun
Maru. |
4,794 |
| Port Hunter (2) |
1895 |
1897 sold to Gordon S.S.Co., London
renamed Dargai. |
3,552 |
| Port Hunter (3) |
1906 |
1914 transferred to Commonwealth
& Dominion Line (Port Line). |
4,062 |
| Port Jackson (1) |
1883 |
1891 sold to A. Mancini, Genoa renamed Agordat. |
2,644 |
| Port Jackson (2) |
1904 |
sold to British
India S.N.Co while fitting out renamed Waipara (1) |
5,505 |
| Port Kembla (1) |
1910 |
1914 transferred to Commonwealth
& Dominion Line (Port Line). |
4,700 |
| Port Lincoln (1) |
1912 |
1914 transferred to Commonwealth
& Dominion Line (Port Line). |
7,243 |
| Port Macquarie (1) |
1912 |
1914 transferred to Commonwealth
& Dominion Line (Port Line). |
7,236 |
| Port Melbourne (1) |
1892 |
1899 on charter to the National
Line, London and went missing in the Atlantic; loss of 52 lives. |
4,670 |
| Port Phillip (1) |
1883 |
1896 sold to Blyth S.S.Co., London renamed Blyth. |
2,671 |
| Port Phillip (2) |
1897 |
1900 sold to Buenos Aires Southern
Railway Co, London renamed Solar. |
3,103 |
| Port Phillip (3) |
1906 |
1914 transferred to Commonwealth
& Dominion Line (Port Line). |
4,060 |
| Port Pirie (1) |
1886 |
1897 sold to Prince
Line renamed
Spanish Prince. |
3,109 |
| Port Pirie (2) |
1907 |
1914 transferred to Commonwealth
& Dominion Line (Port Line). |
4,068 |
| Port Stephens (1) |
1894 |
1906 flooded and sank between Oamaru
and Newcastle, NSW after tail shaft snapped. |
3,554 |
| Port Victor (1) |
1885 |
1898 sold to US Government as supply ship for
Spanish American war. |
2,793 |
| Port Victoria |
1897 |
1908 sold to P. Regier, Mariupol
renamed Belorussia. |
3,378 |
| Teddington |
1880 |
1887 wrecked near Aden. |
2,017 |
| Tiverton |
1883 |
1895 sold to Glasgow Navigation Co.,
Glasgow (Maclay & MacIntyre) |
2,581 |
| Woodhorn |
1894 |
1912 sold to Norway renamed Tento. |
1,283 |
For later ships with the same names or subsequent careers of transferred
ships, see Commonwealth & Dominion
Line (Port Line).
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