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SS Anselm
Several cargo-passenger liners operated by Booth Line on their services to Brazilian Amazon ports have been named ''Anselm'': * - built by Hawthorn Leslie, Andrew Leslie, Hebburn and scrapped in 1908 following a grounding in Honduras. * - built by Workman, Clark and Company, Belfast and later the Argentinian ''Comodoro Rivadavia'' and ''Rio Santa Cruz''. Suffered boiler explosion in 1952 and later scrapped. * - built by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton. Converted to a troopship in 1940 and sunk by a submarine in 1941. * - built by John Cockerill (company), John Cockerill SA at Hoboken, Antwerp in 1950 as the Belgian ''Baudouinville'', later ''Thysville''. Purchased by Booth Line in 1961 but transferred to Blue Star Line as ''Iberia Star'' in 1963 and to Austasia Line as ''Australasia'' in 1965. Broken up in 1973. See also * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anselm Ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booth Line
Alfred Booth and Company was a British trading and shipping company that was founded in 1866 and traded for more than a century. It was founded in Liverpool, England, by two brothers, Alfred and Charles Booth. It grew into a significant merchant shipping company with its head office in Liverpool and interests in the United States and South America. The group was broken up in 1964 and the last Booth company from the group was sold in 1986. History Alfred and Charles Booth were cousins of William James Lamport, co-founder of the Liverpool shipping company Lamport and Holt Line, and worked in the company's office. In 1851 Lamport transferred minority shareholdings in a cargo steamship, the ''Nile'', to several associates including Charles Booth and George Holt. In 1854 Lamport, Holt, Booth and Holt's father, also called George Holt, all took minority shares in a new ship, the ''Orontes''. At the time it was common for a merchant ship to be in 64 shares held by a number of ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
