St. Malo & Binic Steam Ship Company
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The St. Malo & Binic Steamship Company operated shipping services to and from the Channel Islands
from 1897 to 1938.
In 1923 they replaced Fawn with a new larger passenger-cargo vessel, New Fawn, and this gave the company the capability to expand into the summer excursion trade, which was increasing following the end of World War I
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In March 1931 the company acquired the Courier, one of the ships of the recently defunct Alderney Steam Packet Company
and took over its business.
In August 1938, the company was purchased by Captain J.A. Leighton, owner of the Sark Motor Ships Ltd.
, as a cargo vessel but she could also carry 59 passengers. Her maiden voyage to St. Malo was on 21 July 1897. As trade expanded she commenced calling at Jersey and linked up to the English coast.
Trade altered as a result of the First World War and a new larger vessel was built in 1923 to cater for the excursion traffic and the larger volume of cargo from England. She was sold as follows:
She was broken up 12 March 1951
, and launched in 1923. She was 287 gross registered tonnes. Her saloons and cabins could sleep 44 in 4 cabins on sofa berths.
She was offered for sale in 1948.
Channel Islands
The Channel Islands are an archipelago of British Crown Dependencies in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey...
from 1897 to 1938.
History
In 1897 the Pipprell family formed the St. Malo & Binic Steamship Company. They purchased a new steamer Fawn in 1897 to operate their long established service to and from France.In 1923 they replaced Fawn with a new larger passenger-cargo vessel, New Fawn, and this gave the company the capability to expand into the summer excursion trade, which was increasing following the end of World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
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In March 1931 the company acquired the Courier, one of the ships of the recently defunct Alderney Steam Packet Company
Alderney Steam Packet Company
The Alderney Steam Packet Company provided shipping services between Alderney and Sark, Guernsey and Cherbourg from 1897 to 1931.-Courier I and Courier II:...
and took over its business.
Guernsey, Alderney & Sark Steam Ship Company
In May 1933 it changed its name to the Guernsey, Alderney & Sark Steam Ship Company Ltd. to reflect its current trade.In August 1938, the company was purchased by Captain J.A. Leighton, owner of the Sark Motor Ships Ltd.
SS Fawn
Fawn was built by John Fullerton and Company, PaisleyPaisley
Paisley is the largest town in the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland and serves as the administrative centre for the Renfrewshire council area...
, as a cargo vessel but she could also carry 59 passengers. Her maiden voyage to St. Malo was on 21 July 1897. As trade expanded she commenced calling at Jersey and linked up to the English coast.
Trade altered as a result of the First World War and a new larger vessel was built in 1923 to cater for the excursion traffic and the larger volume of cargo from England. She was sold as follows:
- 7 May 1923 to Donald Robertson of Glasgow
- 2 June 1927 to John Brown Kee, Ramsey
- 16 May 1940 to the Liverpool Derricking & Carrying Co. Ltd
- 4 October 1940 to the Norwest Construction Co. Ltd.
- 6 November 1941 to James C. Screen, of Appledore.
- 7 March 1947 the Kingsley Shipping & Storage Co. Ltd., Appledore,
- 24 November 1947 the Wirral Shipping Co. Ltd., London. On 9 March 1948 they changed their name to the Wirral Steamship Co. Ltd., London, and on 5 May 1947 she was renamed Wirral Coast.
- 1950 to the Stockton Shipping & Salvage Co. Ltd. at Thornaby-on-Tees
She was broken up 12 March 1951
SS New Fawn
The New Fawn was built by John Fullerton and Company, PaisleyPaisley
Paisley is the largest town in the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland and serves as the administrative centre for the Renfrewshire council area...
, and launched in 1923. She was 287 gross registered tonnes. Her saloons and cabins could sleep 44 in 4 cabins on sofa berths.
She was offered for sale in 1948.