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| Industry | Shipping |
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| Founded | 1904 [1] |
| Defunct | 1944 [2] |
| Successor | Coast Lines |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | Newcastle upon Tyne, London |
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The Tyne Tees Steam Shipping Company provided shipping services in the United Kingdom from 1904 to 1943. [4]
The main Newcastle coastline service in the 19th century was provided by the Tyne Steam Shipping Company, which was formed in 1864 as a joint stock company when it consolidated smaller local companies. [5]
The Middlesbrough route to London was served by the Dione, operated by the London & Middlesbrough Steamship Company, which was bought by the Tees Union Shipping Company in 1880. [6]
In 1903 Tyne Steam Shipping acquired Tees Union, and in 1904, with the further acquisition the Furness Withy & Co., Tyne Tees Steam Shipping Company was formed. [2] [1] The funnels were painted black with red top and dividing white band. [7]
Passenger services were operated between Teesside, Tyneside and London, as well as to the continent. [8] By 1914 it was the number 7 coastal company in terms of ton-mileage worked, in the country, with 244,040,472 ton mileage per year. [9]
The company was severely impacted by the Great Depression in the United Kingdom with its vessels and interests being purchased by Coast Lines in 1944. [10] [2]
The former Headquarters building is now the Hotel du Vin. [11]
Newcastle and Sunderland to London / Antwerp / Rotterdam / Amsterdam / Dordrecht / Hamburg / Bremen / Ghent / Northern French Ports.
Middlesbrough to Bremen / Hamburg.
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| Ship | Launched | Tonnage (GRT) | Notes and references |
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| Diome | 1868 | 849 | Built for the Tees Union Shipping Co. and sold in 1908. [12] [6] |
| Juno | 1882 | 1,311 | Built for the Tyne Steam Shipping Co. Detained at Hamburg and abandoned to insurers. [12] |
| Tynesider | 1888 | 1,378 | Built for the Tyne Steam Shipping Co. and sold to the Hellénique de Navigation à Vapeur de Syra, Greece, and renamed Neilos. [12] |
| Grenadier | 1895 | 1,004 | Built by Wigham Richardson and Co. for Tyne Steam Shipping Co. and transferred into the new joint venture and served Rotterdam with occasional voyages to Hamburg and Cuxhaven. Grounded in July 1908 on Frisian coast and was re-floated and repaired in West Hartlepool. |
| Sir William Stephenson | 1906 | 1,540 | Built by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company at Yarrow. Employed mainly on continental services from the River Tyne but also occasionally on the London service. She struck a mine on 29 August 1915, causing the death of 2 crewmembers. The vessel was towed to Great Yarmouth roads where she later sank. [13] |
| Newmister/Dorian Coast | 1925 | 967 | Delivered by Hawthorn Leslie in 1925 as Newmister, and renamed Dorian Coast in 1946. Sold to the Eastern Navigation Company of Bombay and renamed Azadi, being broken up in 1951. [14] |
| Alnwick | 1929 | 1,400 | Built by Swan Hunter,Wigham Richardson for the River Tyne - Rotterdam service. Switched to London service in 1932 but competition from motor coaches ended this trade in 1935 when the vessel was sold to Fred. Olsen & Co. Renamed Bali, she initially operated from Oslo / Kristiansand to Rotterdam. She survived World War II and was transferred to Olsen's service between Oslo and Newcastle until 1951 when she moved to an Antwerp service from Oslo /Kristiansand. |
| Caster/Caspian Coast | 1935 | 733 | Built by Swan Hunter and delivered as Caster in 1939. Renamed Caspian Coast in 1946. Sold to London Scottish Line in 1947 and then to Maldives Interests in 1959, being renamed Maldive Crescent. She was wrecked, in 1967, on trip between Rangoon and East Pakistan, carrying a cargo of jute, near Cape Negrais, and was abandoned. [14] |
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