Dominion Line
The Dominion Line was a British shipping company headquartered in Liverpool . The company operated a transatlantic liner service to New Orleans , and later to the Canadian ports on the east coast ( Montréal , Québec , etc.).
history
In 1870 the shipping company was renamed Mississippi Steamship Company Ltd. founded to maintain a liner service from Liverpool to New Orleans. In 1872, with the opening of services to Canada , the shipping company name was changed to Mississippi & Dominion Steamship Company Ltd. changed, but over time the name Dominion Line became common . The ships could be recognized by a red funnel with a black cap and a white band in the upper red part.
Initially, the company operated the Liverpool-New Orleans route with stops in Bordeaux , Lisbon and Havana ; this service was operated until 1914. In 1872 the shipping company opened the service to Canada, the route ran from Liverpool to Queenstown - Québec and Montréal , from 1886 Belfast and Londonderry were also served on the way, but Queenstown was left out. Services to the United States were also expanded and the ports of Boston , Philadelphia and Baltimore added to the route network.
The ships on the line were mostly medium-sized passenger ships, but some cargo ships were also part of the fleet. From the 1890s the ships began to grow in tonnage, so in 1898 the New England with 11,394 GRT and the Commonwealth from 1900 with 12097 GRT were signs of a positive development. In 1902 the Dominion Line was bought up by the US banker JP Morgan and in 1904 it became part of the IMMC shipping trust.
Within the IMMC trust, however, the White Star Line was expanded to become the only passenger shipping company, so that the Dominion Line had to surrender its largest passenger ships to the White Star. Until 1914 the shipping company was only represented with small ships and lost more and more of its importance. In 1914 the passenger services were discontinued and the Leyland Line was subordinate to the freight sector . In 1915 the IMMC went bankrupt and was placed in trusteeship of the US government.
In 1920 the British shipping companies were spun off, including the remnants of the Dominion Line . The Leyland Line took over the Dominion cargo ships and the White Star Line operated its service to Canada under the brand name White Star-Dominion . In 1926 the Dominion name was deleted and the shipping company ceased to exist.
Passenger ships
| year | Surname | tonnage | shipyard | Status / fate |
| 1872 | Memphis | 2485 GRT | A. McMillan & Co. Ltd., Dumbarton | Sunk near A Coruña in 1879 |
| 1872 | Vicksburg | 2484 GRT | A. McMillan & Co. Ltd., Dumbarton | Sank off Newfoundland in 1875 after an iceberg collision |
| 1872 ( 1855 ) | Missouri | 2249 GRT | Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock | 1855: ex Hammonia , Hapag / 1872 to DL / 1873 sunk |
| 1872 | Mississippi | 2159 GRT | k. A. | Sold in 1888 |
| 1872 | St. Louis | 1827 GRT | R. Clover & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead | Sold in 1882 |
| 1874 | Ontario | 3176 GRT | A. McMillan & Co. Ltd., Dumbarton | 1896 out of service |
| 1874 | Dominion (I) | 3176 GRT | A. McMillan & Co. Ltd., Dumbarton | Sold in 1895 |
| 1874 ( 1864 ) | Quebec | 2138 GRT | Tod & McGregor Ltd., Glasgow | 1864: ex City of Dublin , Inman Line / 1874 sold to DL / 1888 |
| 1876 ( 1855 ) | Borussia | 2131 GRT | Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock | 1854: Hapag / 1876 to DL / 1879 sunk (169 dead) |
| 1876 ( 1856 ) | Bavaria | 2693 GRT | Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock | 1856: ex Petropolis , Hapag / 1876 to DL / 1877 burned out |
| 1877 ( 1856 ) | Teutonia | 2693 GRT | Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock | 1856: Hapag / 1877 sold to DL / 1882 |
| 1878 ( 1869 ) | Brooklyn | 4215 GRT | Tod & McGregor Ltd., Glasgow | 1869: ex City of Brooklyn , Inman Line / 1878 to DL / sunk in 1885 |
| 1879 | Montreal | 3712 GRT | Laird Bros. & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead | Sunk at Belle Isle in 1889 |
| 1880 | Ottawa (I) | 3712 GRT | Laird Bros. & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead | On its maiden voyage in 1880 Cape Roche dropped |
| 1880 | Toronto | 2583 GRT | k. A. | Sold in 1894 |
| 1882 | Sarnia | 3728 GRT | C. Connell & Co. Ltd., Glasgow | Sold in 1896 |
| 1883 | Oregon | 3672 GRT | C. Connell & Co. Ltd., Glasgow | Sold in 1896 |
| 1884 | Vancouver | 5202 GRT | C. Connell & Co. Ltd., Glasgow | 1910 out of service |
| 1891 | Labrador | 4737 GRT | k. A. | Sunk at Skerryvore in 1899 |
| 1893 ( 1869 ) | Hamilton | 3617 GRT | Palmers Bros. & Co. Ltd., Yarrows | 1869: ex Nevada , Guion Line / 1893 to DL / 1896 out of service |
| 1896 | Canada | 8806 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1926 out of service |
| 1898 | New England | 11,394 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1903 to White Star Line , Romanic |
| 1898 ( 1894 ) | Dominion (II) | 6618 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | ex Prussia , Hapag , 1922 out of service |
| 1900 | Commonwealth | 12097 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1903 to White Star Line , Canopic |
| 1903 | Columbus | 15 378 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1903 to White Star Line , Republic (II) |
| 1903 ( 1902 ) | Mayflower | 13 507 GRT | Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd., Hebburn | 1903: ex Hanoverian , Leyland Line / 1903 to DL / 1903 to White Star Line |
| 1905 ( 1875 ) | Ottawa (II) | 5071 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1875: ex Germanic , White Star Line / 1905 sold to DL / 1910 |
| 1917 | Regina | 16,313 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1929 to Red Star Line , Westernland |
Cargo ships
| year | Surname | tonnage | shipyard | Status / fate |
| 1894 | Norseman (I) | 4572 GRT | k. A. | Sank after collision in 1899 |
| 1895 | novel | 4572 GRT | k. A. | 1910 out of service |
| 1895 | Scotsman | 6041 GRT | k. A. | Sunk near Belle Isle in 1899 (13 dead) |
| 1896 | Ottoman | 4920 GRT | k. A. | 1911 out of service |
| 1896 | Angloman | 4920 GRT | k. A. | Sunk at Anglesey in 1896 |
| 1897 | Cambroman | 4920 GRT | k. A. | 1910 out of service |
| 1898 | Irishman (I) | 8801 GRT | k. A. | 1903 to National Line , Michigan (III) |
| 1899 | Turcoman | 5610 GRT | k. A. | 1921 at Leyland Line |
| 1899 | Englishman | 5257 GRT | k. A. | Torpedoed and sunk in 1916 |
| 1900 ( 1897 ) | Norseman (II) | 9545 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1897: ex Brasilia , Hapag / 1900 to DL / 1916 torpedoed off Saloniki |
| 1902 ( 1888 ) | Manxman | 4639 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1888: ex Cufic , White Star Line / 1902 sold to DL / 1919 |
| 1903 ( 1891 ) | Welshman | 5749 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1891: ex Tauric , White Star Line / 1903 to DL / 1921 to Leyland Line |
| 1903 ( 1891 ) | Cornishman | 5749 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1891: ex Nomadic , White Star Line / 1903 to DL / 1921 to Leyland Line |
| 1904 ( 1899 ) | Irishman (II) | 9510 GRT | k. A. | 1899: ex Michigan , National Line / 1904 sold to DL / 1924 |
| 1917 | Rimouski | 9,281 GRT | k. A. | 1926 to Leyland Line , Bostonian (II) |