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British & Commonwealth

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The British & Commonwealth Shipping Company Register Bullard King Home Page which includes: Samuel Bullard, Rawling & King, White Cross Line & Natal Direct Line

The

Cayzer

Family

Officer and Cadet

Training

Social

Media

Sites

Details of training schools and cadet ships Links to various sites and pages on Facebook and Youtube that include relevant content Brief biographies of members of the Cayzer family that have been involved in the shipping company

War and Peacetime

Memorials

Join

The

Register

Sea

Staff

Reunions

How to apply to have your service details included on the register Memorial Home Page which includes all those who have given their lives in service of the Companies or Nation Reunions Home Page which includes details of past and future events

Crew Lists

& Sailings 1856 - 1995

Crew Lists dating from 1857 until 1995

Special Projects

1963 - 1975

Special Projects Home Page which includes: Seapool, MOIRA & FSB

National

Service

1853 - 1986

National Service Home Page a register of vessels requisitioned for service in: The Crimean War, The Zanzibar Slave Trade, The Zulu War, The South African Wars, The Mahdist War, The Russian Crisis, World War 1, The Russian Civil War, World War 2 & The Falklands Conflict Royal Navy Service Home Page which includes vessels requisitioned for Naval service from: Clan Line, Union-Castle & Union Line

Royal Navy

Service

1885 - 1949

B & C

Cayzer Irvine

 1956 - 1988

B & C - Cayzer Irvine

Donald

Currie & Co

1862 - 1900

Donald Currie & Co Home Page which includes: Currie's Calcutta Castles, The Castle Line, The Leith Hull and Hamburg Service, Cape-Natal Coastal Service & The African Boating Co

Bowater Steamships

1936 - 1972

Bullard King

& Co

1823 - 1960

Bullard King Home Page which includes: Samuel Bullard, Rawling & King, White Cross Line, Aberdeen Line and Natal Direct Bowater Home Page which includes: Bowater Newfoundland Pulp & Paper Mills, The Markland Shipping Co & The Bowater Steamship Co

Clan Line Steamers

1877 - 1981

Clan Line Home Page which includes: C W Cayzer & Co, Clan Line Steamship Co, The Mexican States Line & Thompson Steam Shipping Co

Houston

Line

1875 - 1970

Houston Line Home Page which includes: R P Houston & Co, British & South American Steam Navigation Co, Houston Line & Thesen Steamships

Hector Whaling

1928 - 1974

Hector Whaling Home Page

King

Line

1889 - 1978

King Line Home Page which includes: The King Alfred Steamship Co, Philipps, Philipps & Co, Dodd Thompson & Co., Geo Dodd & The King Line Steamship Co.

Union-Castle Line

1900 - 1979

Union-Castle Home Page

Union

SS Co

1853 - 1900

Springbok

Line

1960 - 1961

S American

Saint Line

1926 - 1965

Saint Line Home Page which includes: Hatherleigh Shipping Co, Barry Shipping Co, St Quentin Shipping Co, Triton Shipping So, Shakespear Shipping Co & South American Saint Line Springbok Line Home Page Union Steamship Company

Overseas

Containers

1965 - 1984

OCL

Scottish Shire Line

1874 - 1975

Scottish Shire Line Home Page which includes: Turnbull Martin & Co, Elderslie Shipping Co & Scottish Shire Line

Scottish Tankers

1950 - 1985

Scottish Tankers Home Page

Safmarine

Corporation

1965 - 1977

Safmarine Home Page which includes: The Safmarine Mail Ships, Safmarine Cruises & Safmarine cargo ships owned by B & C