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The Hall Line

Robert Alexander started shipowning in the 1850s and in 1868 founded the Sun Shipping Co., Liverpool which operated cargo and passenger services. The ships were named _____HALL, the company became known as the Hall Line, and in 1899 the name was officially changed to Hall Line Ltd. The company was purchased in 1901 by John Ellerman and continued operating as part of the Ellerman Group as Ellerman's Hall Line.

Ship the (Methley Hall) 1886 - 1901 to J. R. Ellerman & Co, scrapped 1908. 3,492 Tons.

Routes:
Sail
India - Cape - India direct.
Liverpool - USA - India - Liverpool
Liverpool - Australia.
Steam
Liverpool - Cape - India
1915 - Liverpool - Suez - Colombo - Madras - Calcutta - Rangoon.
1915 - Liverpool - Cape of Good Hope - South and East Africa - Mauritius - Suez - Liverpool or reverse.
Liverpool - Red Sea ports - East Africa.
Liverpool - Suez - Madras - Calcutta
1903 - Liverpool - Las Palmas - South America.
1905 - 1939 Calcutta - Rio de Janeiro - Santos - Montevideo - Buenos Aires - Calcutta or UK.
Liverpool - Suez - Rangoon - Burma ports.
1915 - 1934 Manchester - New York.

Abbreviations
JRE - J. R. Ellerman & Co.
MOWT - Ministry of War Transport, London.

Funnel:
1871-1901 Light yellow                                            
1901-1973 Buff with white band below black top.

Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data. The following list was extracted from various sources. This is not an all inclusive list but should only be used as a guide. If you would like to know more about a vessel, visit the Ship Descriptions (onsite) or Immigrant Ship web site.

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