SHIPS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE
THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED MANY SHIPS OVER THE YEARS, PASSING MANY OF AS BEING THEIR OWN COMPANY VESSELS, OFTEN EXAGGERATING THEIR TONNAGE'S.THESE VESSELS WERE NOT ON A PERMANENT CHARTER TO WHITE STAR, SOME DID JUST ONE TRIP FOR THE COMPANY. BE CAREFUL WITH THE SHIPS NAMES, SOME HAVE THE SAME NAMES AS EARLY SHAW SAVILL & CO / ALBION LINE/ ABERDEEN LINE VESSELS, HOWEVER IN MOST CASES THEY ARE DIFFERENT VESSELS, SOME HAD VERY SHORT LIVES, EITHER BEING SOLD ONTO OTHER COMPANIES AND RE-NAMED, OR IN MANY CASES BEING WRECKED OR SIMPLY DISAPPEARING ON A VOYAGE NOT TO BE HEARD OF AGAIN, OR OCCASIONALLY JUST DISAPPEARING FROM THE RECORDS HELD AT THE TIME, SO TRACE OF THEM HAS BEEN LOST. YOU WILL SEE REFERENCES TO OTHER VESSELS BEARING THE SAME NAME WHICH MAY HELP IN IDENTIFYING THE CORRECT VESSEL SEE MY NOTE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. THE FOLLOWING SHIPS REFELECT THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE COMPANY INCLUDING THE EARLY DAYS I.E PILKINTON & WILSON, H.T WILSON & CHALMBERS,WHITE STAR LINE OF PACKETS AND SHIPS OWNED BY ISMAY, IMRIE & CO ( WHO ALSO ACTED AS MANAGERS FOR NORTH WESTERN / BRITISH SHIPPING CO LTD |
* PLEASE NOTE THAT I CANNOT HELP WITH PASSENGER OR CREW LISTS FROM ANY OF THE ABOVE VESSELS *
THERE IS THE FOLLOWING OFF SITE LINK
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC SHIP I SUGGEST YOU THAT USE THE SEARCH ENGINE ON THE HOME PAGE
IF THERE IS NO IMAGE OF THE SHIP YOU ARE LOOKING FOR ON THIS PAGE IT'S BECAUSE EITHER ONE DOES NOT EXIST OR I HAVE NOT MANAGED TO LOCATE ONE, IF THERE IS NO INFORMATION REGARDING THE VESSEL AGAIN IT'S BECAUSE I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO AS YET SOURCE ANYTHING RELIABLE.
*I HAVE TRIED TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS 100% ACCURATE, BUT I CANNOT ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEE THAT THE INFORMATION GIVEN IS FOR THE SHIP SHOWN IN THE CORRESPONDING PHOTOGRAPH I.E THERE WERE MANY SHIPS CALLED ' TASMANIA' WORKING OUT WHICH ONE WAS ACTUALLY ON A WHITE STAR CHARTERED CAN BE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES, IF A VESSEL HAS A NAME ATTACHED TO IT THAT PART OF THINGS WILL BE 100% ACCURATE.*
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC VESSEL, ITS WORTH BEARING IN MIND THAT PRIOR TO 1906 SEVERAL SHIPS COULD BEAR THE SAME NAME, AFTER THIS DATE THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT WAS MEANT TO BE ENFORCED, THUS PREVENTING THE USE OF DUPLICATE NAMES ON CURRENT VESSELS.THERE WERE A VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS THOU. |
THE FOLLOWING SITES ARE WELL WORTH A VISIT FOR INFORMATION RELATING TO IMMIGRANT SHIPS AND MUCH MORE
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