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1837 The Transatlantic Steamship Company purchased the [[Great Liverpool]] from Sir John Tobin. | |||
After three years, its Directors were satisfied that the cost of equipping and maintaining a transatlantic connection by steam vessels, without the aid of a Government contract, was unprofitable | |||
The opportunity to employ their vessels more profitably arose in the form a proposal from the proprietors of the [[Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co|Peninsular Steam Packet Co]] to join that enterprise. | |||
The company's two vessels, the [[Great Liverpool]] and the [[Oriental]], were transferred to the Peninsular Company. | |||
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Revision as of 13:33, 2 April 2015
1837 The Transatlantic Steamship Company purchased the Great Liverpool from Sir John Tobin.
After three years, its Directors were satisfied that the cost of equipping and maintaining a transatlantic connection by steam vessels, without the aid of a Government contract, was unprofitable
The opportunity to employ their vessels more profitably arose in the form a proposal from the proprietors of the Peninsular Steam Packet Co to join that enterprise.
The company's two vessels, the Great Liverpool and the Oriental, were transferred to the Peninsular Company.