A history of the B & I Line : including the City of Cork Steam Packet Co (1936) /by Ernest R. Reader.

Covering early steamer services established between Dublin and London this is a history in two parts of two companies: the British and Irish Steam Packet Co. founded in 1836 and the City of Cork Steam Packet Co. (1936) Ltd. The British and Irish Steam Packet Co. subsequently grew through the acquisition of other steamship companies including the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company (1919), Dublin and Manchester Steamship Co. Ltd (1919), Tedcastle McCormick and Co. Ltd (1919), Dublin and Lancashire Shipping Co. Ltd (1922), Dundalk and Newry Steam Packet Co. Ltd (1926), Dublin General Steam Shipping Company (1926) and M.J. Begg (1926). The City of Cork Steam Packet Co. (1936) evolved from its predecessor the St George Steam Packet Company founded in 1821, changing its name to the City of Cork Steamship Co. in 1843 and then to the City of Cork Steam Packet Co. in 1871. Suffering severe losses in the First World War, the company was acquired by Coast Lines Ltd and in 1936, with its trades taken over by B&I, the new company name of City of Cork Steam Packet Company (1936) Ltd was registered as agents for B&I.