East Coast Steamship Company (1875-1971)
The company was incorporated as a limited company on 22/12/1875. The company was formed to run the existing business of shipping freight between Kings Lynn and Hull. This had previously been jointly operated by two separate organisations, one run by Captain Robert Wise of Kings Lynn and the other by Furley and Co of Hull who were leading waterway carriers. Furley and Co had a controlling interest gaining their shares by by provision of the steam ship Sea Nymph of Gainsborough. Robert Wise supplied the other vessel the steam schooner Fanny of Kings Lynn also in return for shares.
Record Details
| Item reference: | ECS; 13707.1 GB 0064 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Records of semi-governmental and non-governmental organisations |
| Level: | COLLECTION |
| Extent: | 15 boxes, 2 volumes (1 is oversize) |
| Date made: | 1875 - 1971 |
| Creator: | East Coast Steamship Company |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |