Evan Thomas Radcliffe
Evan Thomas Radcliffe was a Welsh shipping company founded in 1882 and headquartered in Cardiff , United Kingdom . The company was founded by the commercial captain Evan Thomas and the businessman Henry Radcliffe. The main business, especially at the beginning of the 20th century, was the worldwide transport of coal . The shipping company was dissolved in 1980.
history
In the beginning, all ships of the shipping company Evan Thomas Radcliffe sailed without a fixed trade route , so they were so-called tramp ships . Nevertheless, the success between 1882 and 1914 was mainly based on the transport of coal from the Tyne region in northern England and from south Wales to western Europe, to the Mediterranean - and especially to the Black Sea region . The return to Western Europe and the British Isles often took place with grain from southern Russia as cargo. At the beginning of the First World War in 1914, Evan Thomas Radcliffe operated 28 ships, making the shipping company the largest shipping company in Cardiff .
From 1914 to 1918 Evan Thomas Radcliffe suffered heavy losses as the shipping company lost 20 ships during the war. The transport of coal to the Black Sea ports such as Odessa , Taganrog and Novorossiysk and back with grain still existed during the First World War, but the transatlantic trade with America and the transport of goods to Southeast Asia became increasingly important at this time.
Evan Thomas Radcliffe received high compensation for the losses after the First World War . Since the acquisition costs for new ships were high at that time, the shipping company only bought a new ship in 1920. At that time the company owned nine ships with a total tonnage of 41,254 GRT .
The World Trade and order situation broke for Cardiff shipping companies in the interwar period one, but it was the austerity of Evan Thomas Radcliffe thanks that the cruise line's Depression survived in the 1920s. In the hope of better economic times, the shipping company was able to acquire new ships again in 1925.
The Second World War was catastrophic for Evan Thomas Radcliffe, as eleven of her ships were sunk and only five ships survived the war unscathed. Since the British shipyards were unable to compensate for the loss of merchant ships , Evan Thomas Radcliffe received six ships from North American shipyards on charter terms .
The time after World War II was rebuilding , but never came close to the prosperity of Evan Thomas Radcliffe before the First World War. The company's own ships were mainly built for the transport of coal, but this became less important after the war. The ownership structure of Evan Thomas Radcliffe was changed: The previous partners Evan and Reid Group took over all shares in the shipping company. The ships were converted to meet the new requirements, and part of the shipping fleet was used for oil transport from this time on .
The trade then consisted mainly of oil deliveries from the Persian Gulf and Sumatra to the European ports, the other transport ships had no fixed routes. They traveled around the world and rarely came to their home port of Cardiff.
Ships by Evan Thomas Radcliffe
All owned , chartered and managed ships are listed in alphabetical order.
| Surname | year | Measurement (in GRT) |
shipyard | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aden | 1908 | 2482 | W. Rodgers & Co. Glasgow | Sold in 1915 to Colonial Coal & Shipping Co. |
| Alex | 1914 | 3907 | J. Priestland Sunderland | Sold in 1943 to S. Casteli & Co. |
| Alma | 1896 | 2863 | J. Priestland Sunderland | |
| Anne Thomas | 1882 | 1418 | Palmers Co., Newcastle | Sold to Norway |
| Anthony Radcliffe | 1893 | 2865 | Palmers Co., Newcastle | Renamed Bonvilston in 1908 , attacked three times from 1916 to 1917, sunk by torpedo attack on October 17, 1918 northwest of Corsewall Point |
| Asgard | 1906 | 4181 | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. | |
| Bala | 1884 | 2013 | William Gray & Co. West Hartlepool | Sold in 1903 to Glanhowny SS Co. |
| Balingdale | 1949 | Acquired in 1949 from Societo al Navigazione Tomei, Genoa | ||
| Boverton | 1910 | 2958 | John Blumer & Co. North Dock Sunderland | |
| Catherine Radcliffe | 1925 | 5589 | Craig Taylor & Co. Ltd. Stockton-on-teas | Stranded in Japan |
| Clarissa Radcliffe | 1889 | 2544 | Palmers Co. Ltd. Newcastle | Sunk in 1897 near Cabo de São Vicente |
| Clarissa Radcliffe | 1904 | 4703 | Ropner Shipbuilding Stockton-on-Tees | Sold in 1926 to Watts Watts & Co. |
| Clarissa Radcliffe | 1917 | 6042 | Craig Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees | Presumably torpedoed on March 10, 1943 |
| Douglas Hill | 1890 | 2171 | Palmers Co. Ltd. Newcastle | Sold in 1909 to Frederick Childs |
| Dunraven | 1896 | 3333 | Ropner Shipbuilding Stockton-on-Tees | Torpedoed on November 11, 1916 near Ouessant |
| Dunraven | 1910 | 3117 | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co. Willington | Delivered to the Royal Navy in 1917 , torpedoed on August 10, 1917 in the Bay of Biscay |
| Empire Eddystone | 1945 | 7318 | William Gray & Co. Hartlepool | |
| Empire Prospect | 1945 | 7331 | Walker Shipyard Newcastle | |
| Ethel Radcliffe | 1920 | 5673 | Craig Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees | |
| Euston | 1898 | 2728 | Ropner Shipbuilding Stockton-on-Tees | Sold to Greece in 1926 |
| Flimston | 1916 | 5751 | Craig Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees | Captured and sunk on December 18, 1916 near Ouessant |
| Flimston | 1925 | 4674 | Bartram & Sons Sunderland | 1948 sold to Woodham SS Co. Cardiff |
| Fort La Traite | 1942 | 7134 | West Coast Shipbuilding, Vancouver | |
| Fort Miami | 1942 | 7134 | Vancouver Ship Repairers, Vancouver | |
| Fort Richelieu | 1943 | 7150 | Marine Industries, Soull Quebec | |
| Fort Remy | 1942 | 7127 | United Shipyards Ltd. Montreal | |
| Fort Rupert | 1942 | 7141 | Grand Trunk Pacific Development Co., Prince Rupert British Columbia | |
| Fort Saleesh | 1943 | 7167 | Vancouver Ship Repairers, Vancouver | |
| Granton Glen | 1918 | 2485 | Manitoba SB Co. Wis. | |
| Gwenllian Thomas | 1882 | 1082 | Palmers Co. Ltd. Newcastle | Sold 1905 |
| Gwent | 1909 | 3344 | R. Thomson, Sunderland | Sold in 1912 to London-Piraeus SS Co., sunk in 1918 |
| Hamilton | 1960 | 13186 | C. Boel et Fils Temse Belgium | |
| Hanley | 1902 | 3331 | JL Thompson and Sons, Cardiff | Torpedoed west of Bishop Rock |
| Helemar | 1957 | 544 | ||
| High park | 1943 | 7143 | Davie Shipbuilding Lauzon-Levis Quebec | |
| Iolo Morgannwg | 1882 | 1241 | Palmers Co. Ltd. Newcastle | Sold 1905 |
| Jane Radcliffe | 1890 | 1830 | Ropner Shipbuilding Stockton-on-Tees | Sold in 1911 to Otto Weens, Malmö |
| Kate Thomas | 1884 | 1557 | Palmers Co. Ltd. Newcastle | Sunk on October 21, 1895 |
| Lady Palmer | 1889 | 2752 | Palmers Co. Ltd. Newcastle | Sunk in the Dover Strait in 1891 |
| Llanberis | 1890 | 2269 | Ropner Shipbuilding Stockton-on-Tees | |
| Llanberis | 1928 | 5055 | Hawthorn, Leslie & Company Wallsend | Sold to Basil J. Mauros Piraeus |
| Llancarfan | 1937 | 4910 | White's Marine Engineering Company, Hebburn | Bombed and sunk in 1943 |
| Llandaff | 1937 | 4826 | Bartram & Sons Sunderland | Sold in 1951 to KG Bornhofen in Hamburg |
| Llandaff | 1953 | 12501 | Lithgows, Glasgow | sold to Island Shipping Co. Bermuda in 1960 |
| Llandilo | 1928 | 4966 | Bartram & Sons Sunderland | Torpedoed November 2, 1942 south of St. Helier , Jersey |
| Llandrindod | 1900 | 3841 | Richardson, Duck & Company Thornaby-on-Tees | Torpedoed May 18, 1917 near Fastnet Rock , Ireland |
| Llandudno | 1897 | 4074 | Ropner Shipbuilding Stockton-on-Tees | Sold in 1927 to Richards Longstaff & Co. in London |
| Llandudno | 1910 | 4186 | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co. Willington | Captured and sunk on August 1st, 1917 southwest of Porquerolles , Gulf of Lyon |
| Llanfair | 1928 | 4966 | Bartram & Sons Sunderland | Torpedoed October 11, 1940 |
| Llangollen | 1900 | 3842 | Richardson, Duck & Company Thornaby-on-Tees | Sold to Greece on October 4, 1926 |
| Llangollen | 1928 | 5055 | Hawthorn, Leslie & Company Wallsend | Sold in 1950 to Nicholas A. Simbouras in Athens |
| Llangorse | 1900 | 3841 | Richardson, Duck & Company Thornaby-on-Tees | Torpedoed on September 8, 1916 near Cape Tenaro |
| Llangorse | 1960 | 21840 | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Haverton Hill | |
| Llanishen | 1901 | 3836 | Richardson, Duck & Company Thornaby-on-Tees | Torpedoed by U 33 on August 9, 1917 and stranded near Cadaqués , Costa Brava |
| Llanishen | 1929 | 5052 | Bartram & Sons Sunderland | Bombed and sunk on October 23, 1941 southeast of Wick |
| Llanishen | 1944 | 10735 | ||
| Llanishen | 1957 | 20976 | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend | |
| Llanover | 1899 | 3840 | Richardson, Duck & Company Thornaby-on-Tees | Torpedoed and sunk near Fastnet Rock , Ireland in February 1917 |
| Llanover | 1917 | 4240 | Pickersgill, Sunderland | Sold to Johnston Line in 1917 |
| Llanover | 1928 | 4959 | Bartram & Sons Sunderland | Torpedoed on May 12, 1942 in the North Atlantic |
| Llanover | 1944 | 7281 | JA Jones Construction Inc., Brunswick (Georgia) | |
| Llantrisant | 1952 | 6140 | Bartram & Sons Sunderland | Sold in 1957 to Western Canadian SS Co. Vancouver |
| Llantrisant | 1957 | 6171 | Bartram & Sons Sunderland | Sold to Elenmaris Corp. Piraeus |
| Llanwern | 1928 | 4966 | Bartram & Sons Sunderland | Bombed and sunk on February 26, 1941 west of Ireland |
| Llanwern | 1937 | 4993 | Bartram & Sons Sunderland | Sold on September 21, 1957 to Inui Kisen Kabushlui, Kobe , Japan |
| Llanwern | 1962 | 9229 | Bartram & Sons Sunderland | |
| Manchester | 1890 | 2072 | William Gray & Co. Hartlepool | Sold to Artaza & Co. Bilbao in 1912 |
| Maria N. Roussos | 1909 | 3129 | William Gray & Co. Hartlepool | Chartered from 1925 to 1929 |
| Mary Thomas | 1889 | 2159 | Palmers Co. Ltd. Newcastle | Sold to Glanhowny Steamship Company in 1908 |
| Novasli | 1920 | 3204 | R. Thompson & Sons, Sunderland | Chartered in 1941 by the Ministry of War Transport, sunk on March 2, 1945 |
| Paddington | 1898 | 3903 | Ropner Shipbuilding Stockton-on-Tees | Renamed Iolo , sunk on October 11, 1916 north of Vardø , Norway |
| Patagonia | 1906 | 5084 | Richardson, Duck & Company Thornaby-on-Tees | Renamed Swindon in 1913 , renamed Paddington in 1917 , torpedoed and sunk on July 21, 1917 west of Fastnet Rocks , Ireland |
| Patagonia | 1913 | 6011 | Craig Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees | Torpedoed on September 15, 1915 northeast of Odessa |
| Penistones | 1913 | 4139 | Craig Taylor & Co., Stockton-on-Tees | Torpedoed and sunk on October 11, 1918 southwest of Nantucket |
| Peterston | 1892 | 2768 | Thomas Turnbull Whitehall Dockyard Whitby | Sold to Artaza & Co. Bilbao in 1913 |
| Peterston | 1925 | 4680 | Bartram & Sons Sunderland | Sold in 1948 to Gowan Shipping Co. |
| Picton | 1906 | 5084 | Richardson, Duck & Company Thornaby-on-Tees | Sold in 1927 to Williams & Mordey Ltd. Cardiff |
| PLM 17 | 1922 | 4008 | Smiths Dock Middlesbrough | |
| Possidon | 1909 | 3744 | William Gray & Co. Hartlepool | Chartered from 1921 to 1933 |
| Radcliffe Trader | 1956 | 622 | ||
| Radcliffe Venturer | 1964 | 504 | NV Bodewes Schps., Martenshoek, The Netherlands | |
| Samskern | 1944 | 7210 | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard Baltimore | |
| Sarah Radcliffe | 1889 | 1440 | Ropner Shipbuilding Stockton-on-Tees | Renamed Iolo , sold to Constantine Hadjipateras Greece in 1914 |
| Senta | 1919 | 3785 | Union Ironworks Alameda , USA | Chartered by the Ministry of War Transport from 1941 to 1946 |
| Stolt Llandaff | 1971 | 15585 | NV Boelwerf SA Temse | |
| Swindon | 1899 | 3847 | Richardson, Duck & Company Thornaby-on-Tees | Sunk off the coast of Algeria in 1914 |
| Swindon | 1917 | 4240 | W. Pickersgill & Sons Sunderland | Sold to Johnston Line in 1917 |
| Torvanger | 1920 | 6568 | Doxford Sunderland | Chartered in 1942 by the Ministry of War Transport, sunk on June 23, 1942 by U 84 |
| Varangberg | 1915 | 2842 | Great Lakes Eng. Works Ashtabula USA | Chartered by the Ministry of War Transport from 1941 to 1946 |
| Vera Radcliffe | 1925 | 5587 | Craig Taylor & Co. Ltd. Stockton-on-teas | Sold to the British Government in 1944, sunk as a block ship in Normandy |
| Walter Thomas | 1884 | 2213 | Palmers Co. Ltd. Newcastle | Sunk after a collision on July 12, 1901 in the Strait of Gibraltar |
| Washington | 1907 | 5079 | Richardson, Duck & Company Thornaby-on-Tees | Torpedoed and sunk near Rapallo |
| Wimborne | 1898 | 3466 | Richardson, Duck & Company Thornaby-on-Tees | Sunk at Polperro Cornwall in 1910 |
| Wimborne | 1911 | 6078 | Craig Taylor & Co. Ltd. Stockton-on-teas | Sold in 1936 to Halcyon Lign Rotterdam |
| Windsor | 1897 | 4074 | Ropner Shipbuilding Stockton-on-Tees | Torpedoed and sunk on November 28, 1917 southwest of Andimilos , Greece |
| Windsor | 1911 | 6055 | Craig Taylor & Co. Ltd. Stockton-on-teas | Sunk on October 21, 1915 southwest of the Lizard |
| WI Radcliffe | 1886 | 2076 | Palmers Co. Ltd. Newcastle | Sold in 1903 to Aberporth SS Co. |
| WI Radcliffe | 1904 | 4748 | Richardson, Duck & Company Thornaby-on-Tees | Torpedoed and sunk on May 13, 1917 northeast of São Miguel , Azores |
| WI Radcliffe | 1917 | 6042 | Craig Taylor & Co. Ltd. Stockton-on-teas | Torpedoed but not sunk in the English Channel on March 12, 1918, sold to N. Eusthattion & Co. Piraeus in 1935 |
| Wynnstay | 1884 | 1541 | Palmers Co. Ltd. Newcastle | Sold in 1902 to L. Overgaard Norway |
Individual evidence
- ^ J. Geraint Jenkins: Evan Thomas Radcliffe: a Cardiff Shipowning Company. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff 1982, ISBN 0-7200-0247-8 , p. 33.
- ^ J. Geraint Jenkins: Evan Thomas Radcliffe: a Cardiff Shipowning Company. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff 1982, ISBN 0-7200-0247-8 , p. 70.