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From: Pmarris< >
Subject: WATSON BROS (ship owners)
Date: 26 Dec 1996 19:28:35 GMT

I am looking for any further information on WATSON BROS (ship owners
of Glasgow, Scotland) in the years 1860 - 1928. The information
already known (below) was gathered from a variety of sources:

Watson Bros
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1860/61, Watson, Alexander - steamship agent and factor, 65 Jamaica St.
1866, Watson Bros - merchants, 62 Jamaica St.
1866-80, house address given as 102 Bath St, residence of Mr Thomas
Watson.
1885, Henry J. Watson - owner Ben Voirlich, 62 Jamaica St.
Owner Watson's Ben Line (Watson Bros), 5 Oswald st. Glasgow.
1912, Watson Brothers, managing owners for Watson Bros Shipping Co Ltd,
149 Vincent St., sole partner Thos Brownlie
1927/28, Watson Bros, 149 Vincent St.

Watson Bros' Shipping Fleet
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(i=iron ship, w=wooden, c=composite)

Ben Avon i 1434 tons
Ben Cruachan i 1468 tons
Ben Douran i 1871 tons
Ben Ledi i 1057 tons
Ben Macdhui i 1100 tons
Ben Nevis i 1061 tons
Benvenue i 999 tons
Benvenue i 2033 tons
Ben Voirlich i 1474 tons
Benares i 1646 tons
Benlarig i 1692 tons
Brucklay Castle c 1014 tons
Lorenzo w 1199 tons
Margaret Evans w 862 tons
Tinto w 790 tons
Udston i 1695 tons.

A number of the above ships sailed regularly to Australia and NZ.

Note that, despite the prevalence of "Ben" in the names of the above
ships,
Watson Bros abandoned its title to the "Ben Line Steamer Co Ltd",
through amicable settlement, in the early 1900s.

Phil Marris ()

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