Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company Limited was an Australian steaming company, formed in

Hobart Hobart ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Located in Tasmania's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent, it is the southernmost capital city in Australia. Despite containing nearly hal ...

in 1853 and defunct in 1922 after a series of acquisitions. It operated a shipping service from

Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...

Mainland Australia Mainland Australia is the main landmass of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, excluding the Aru Islands Regency, Aru Islands, New Guinea, Tasmania, and other list of islands of Australia, Australian offshore islands. The landmass ...

, later expanded to New Zealand.

History

The company was formed in

in 1853 to operate a shipping service from Tasmania to

, and expanded its routes into New Zealand in 1864. It took over the Launceston & Melbourne Steam Navigation Company in 1865 after the sinking of the ''

City of Launceston Launceston City Council (or City of Launceston) is a local government body in Tasmania, located in the city and surrounds of Launceston in the north of the state. The Launceston local government area is classified as urban, encompassing loc ...

''. From 1889 there was a three-way battle between the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand,

Huddart Parker Huddart Parker Ltd was an Australian shipping company trading in various forms between 1876 and 1961. It was one of the seven major coastal shippers in Australia at a time when shipping was the principal means of interstate and trans-Tasman tra ...

and the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company (TSNCo) on the Tasmanian routes (

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- Launceston, Hobart-Melbourne and Hobart-

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). The TSNCo did not have other routes to absorb their Tasmanian losses, and was bought out by the Union Company in 1891 but continued to trade under TSNCo flag. EM Fisher regarded a Union Company takeover as the lesser of two evils. In 1921

and the Union Line formed a joint partnership company called

Tasmanian Steamers Tasmanian Steamers Proprietary Limited was a company that operated passenger ferries across the Bass Strait from 1921 to 1959. Union Company and Huddart Parker each owned 50%. History Tasmanian Steamers was established on 22 December 1921. I ...

The Ships List: Huddart Parker
/ref> to operate ferry services across the Bass Strait. on 1 January 1922 all remaining vessels belonging to TSNCo were transferred to Tasmanian Steamers.

Fleet

*SS ''City of Hobart'' *SS ''Corinna'' *SS ''Derwent'' *SS ''Esk'' * SS ''Flinders'' *SS ''Flora'' *SS ''Havilah'' *SS ''Mangana'' *SS ''Oonah'' *SS ''Pateena'' *SS ''Southern Cross'' * *SS ''Tamar'' *SS ''Tasman'' *SS ''Tasmania''

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Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company
Flotilla Australia Bass Strait ferries Defunct shipping companies of Australia Ferry companies of Tasmania Transport companies established in 1853 Transport companies disestablished in 1922 1853 establishments in Australia 1922 disestablishments in Australia

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