City of Cork Steam Packet Co

1904.

1871 Incorporated as a Limited Company. 'July 15, 1871, the City of Cork Steam Packet Co. was made into a limited liability concern by the division of the old Cork Steamship Co. The Home Services, which had taken over the old St. George Steam Packet Co., became the City of Cork Steam Packet Co., while the Continental Lines retained the old title of the Cork Steamship Co., but the two concerns continued to run side by side to mutual benefit. The St. George Co. was established in Liverpool in the mid 'twenties of last century, and either owned or chartered quite a number of the early steamers. It had to encounter all sorts of opposition, and various inducements were offered to passengers. That sort of competition could not go on indefinitely, and in 1844 the St. George Co. had to be wound up, the assets being taken over by the Cork Steamship Co.'

1914 Cross-Channel Sea Carriers, Penrose's Quay, Cork. Chairman: Ebenezer Pike. Managing Director: Walter de Foubert. The first operations of the original proprietors (the St. George's Steam Packet Company) commenced early in the nineteenth century. That Company owned the S.S. "Sirius," the first steamer to cross the Atlantic from this side. Present Company have the largest quayside premises in Ireland for dealing with Cross-Channel traffic. Services to Liverpool, Fishguard, Bristol, Cardiff, Newport, Plymouth, Southampton, and London.

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