Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1838 | Allison | Hartlepool Original Shipping Co. | |
1843 | Allison | Phoenix Shipping Co. Ltd. | |
1846 | Allison | Cuthbert Sharp | |
1855 | Allison | Towers Watt Black & Partners | |
1865 | Allison | Adam Watt | |
1874 | Allison | Thomas Mills | |
1878 | Allison | Thomas Mennell |
On a voyage from Trouville to Newcastle-on-Tyne in ballast & with a crew of seven Allison was stranded & lost in heavy weather near Jury’s Gap Coastguard Station, Rye in 50.55.15N/00.50E on 14 January 1879. The lifeboat Storm Sprite took off the crew.
Formed in 1835 under the management of Robinson Watson and with a capital of £50,054. The shareholders were paid extremely high dividends which probably brought about the downfall of the Company. The shareholders were; Thomas Thompson of Stockton; Thomas Allison Tenant (railway clerk) Stockton; Joshua Byers (timber and lead merchant) Stockton; Ralph Walker of Stockton and Thomas Fox (spirit merchant) of Norton. William Lisle (miller) and William Geoge Jackson (grocer and druggist) both of Hartlepool. Although some of the shareholders were from Stockton-on-Tees all their vessels were known as Hartlepool ships and traded from that port.
The company went into liquidation in 1843 with some of their ships purchased by the Phoenix Shipping Co. Those ships are listed under that company. They were: Allison, Evenwood, George William and Schiedam.
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In December 1843 the Company purchased some of the vessels that were sold off by The Original Shipping Company when it went into liquidation. The original shareholders of the Phoenix Shipping Co. were; William Lisle (miller) of Middleton, Hartlepool, Thomas Tait of Hartlepool, Thomas Fox (Spirit merchant) of Norton and Joshua Byers (timber and lead merchant) of Stockton.
Fleet List (giving life of vessel):
Allison 1838-1879
Evenwood 1836-1845
George William 1835-1860
Schiedam 1838-1869
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