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Blue Anchor Line advertisement, 1903. Blue Anchor Line was a British shipping company operating between the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia between 1870 and 1910. The owners of this shipping company in later years were Messrs. W. Lund and Sons. [1] The Blue Anchor Line was founded in London by Wilhelm Lund (born Denmark 1837, [2 ...
SS Bungaree was a steam cargo liner.She was launched in England in 1889 for Blue Anchor Line, who ran her between England and Australia.The Quebec Steamship Company bought her in 1903 and renamed her Parima.
SS Waratah was a passenger and cargo steamship built in 1908 for the Blue Anchor Line to operate between Europe and Australia. In July 1909, on only her second voyage, the ship, en route from Durban to Cape Town along the coast of what is present-day South Africa, disappeared with 211 passengers and crew aboard.
The Blue Anchor Line pioneered regularly scheduled cargo and passenger service between London and Australia. Yeoman sailed this route, via the Suez Canal, stopping for coal and water at several points along her route. [8] She carried as many as 400 immigrants to Australia on a single trip, and general cargo.
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The SS Waratah, a 500-foot passenger-and-cargo steamship built in 1908 by the Blue Anchor Line to operate between Europe and Australia, disappeared on her second voyage from Durban to Cape Town with 211 passengers and crew aboard. The last confirmed sighting of her was by a fellow steamer on 27 July, and her ultimate fate remains unknown.
The P&O passenger liner SS Berrima was built by Caird & Company, Greenock. [3] The 11,137 gross register ton vessel was one of five B-class passenger liners ordered for P&O's emigrant service from the United Kingdom to Australia via Cape of Good Hope, a route acquired when the company took ownership of the Blue Anchor Line in 1910. [3]
SS Wakool was a refrigerated cargo liner that was launched in England in 1898. She belonged to Wilhelm Lund's Blue Anchor Line until 1910, when P&O took over the company. She was a troopship in the Second Boer War from 1899 to 1902.