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1882 The Scottish Oriental Steamship Company Limited was incorporated.<ref>National Records of Scotland BT2/1137</ref> | 1882 The Scottish Oriental Steamship Company Limited was incorporated.<ref>National Records of Scotland BT2/1137</ref> | ||
1899 The Norddeutscher Lloyd Steamship Company, of Bremen, bought the company's fleet of 14 steamers, with a total registered tonnage of 24,942, with the intention of carrying on the service between Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong and Swatow.<ref>Liverpool Journal of Commerce 27 December 1899</ref> | 1899 The Norddeutscher Lloyd Steamship Company, of Bremen, bought the company's fleet of 14 steamers, with a total registered tonnage of 24,942, with the intention of carrying on the service between Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong and Swatow.<ref>Liverpool Journal of Commerce 27 December 1899</ref> Many of the company's ships had been built by the [[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co]] specially for service in Chinese waters.<ref>Glasgow Herald 25 December 1899</ref> | ||
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Steamship owners.
1882 The Scottish Oriental Steamship Company Limited was incorporated.[1]
1899 The Norddeutscher Lloyd Steamship Company, of Bremen, bought the company's fleet of 14 steamers, with a total registered tonnage of 24,942, with the intention of carrying on the service between Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong and Swatow.[2] Many of the company's ships had been built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co specially for service in Chinese waters.[3]
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