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bought a 50 per cent share in Houlder Brothers. By that date Houlder Brothers controlled a fleet of 19 ships via three subsidiaries: nine ships in Houlder Line Ltd, nine in the Empire Transport Company and one in the Oswestry Grange Steamchip Company. In 1914 Houlder Brothers Ltd and Furness, Withy
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Houlder Brothers & Co was formed in London 1856 and operated in the market for chartered tonnage. In 1861 the company acquired the
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was a number of related British shipping companies originally established by the Houlder brothers.
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The company continues as the independent engineering consultancy Houlder Ltd.
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From the 1890s onwards Houlder ships gave many of its ships names ending in
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was traditionally used to supply the 'R' but after this
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This article related to a ship transport company is a
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Houlder Line ceased shipping operations in 1987, when
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She was built in 1942 as the 761:1856 establishments in England 530: 492: 466: 440: 414: 395: 335:was sold to Norwegian buyers. 321:Shaw, Savill & Albion Line 41:built in 1902 and sold in 1912 1: 341: 110: 751:United Kingdom company stubs 704:. You can help Knowledge by 651:. You can help Knowledge by 7: 421:Lettens, Jan; Racey, Carl. 319:, which was transferred to 100:Furness, Withy & Co Ltd 10: 787: 687: 634: 327:End of shipping operations 51: 612:"Houlder Brothers and Co" 246: 77:John T. Arundel & Co. 583:Furness Withy 1891–1991 581:Burrell, David (1992). 39:refrigerated cargo ship 756:Shipping company stubs 131: 68: 42: 26: 447:Helgason, Guðmundur. 118: 59: 32: 21: 504:Scottish Built Ships 25:used by Houlder Line 83:mining business on 587:World Ship Society 538:"Hardwicke Grange" 408:Flags of the World 132: 69: 43: 27: 713: 712: 660: 659: 278:British Transport 37:. 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House flag

refrigerated cargo ship

Brisbane
John T. Arundel & Co.
guano
Flint Island
Pacific Ocean
River Plate
Furness, Withy & Co Ltd
joint venture

Empire ship
Hornby
Oswestry
Upwey
Langton
Dunster
Elstree
1972 disaster
Royston
Ripon
First World War
Second World War
Canonesa
El Argentino
British Transport
u-boat

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