The Ben Line: The History of Wm. Thomson & Co. of Leith and Edinburgh

acquired and renamed aircraft Alloa Araby Maid ashore Atlantic Australia Baltic barque Benalbanach Benalder Benarty Benavon Bencleuch Bendoran Bengloe Benlawers Benledi Benlomond Benmohr Benreoch Benrinnes Benvenue Benvorlich Benvrackie Benwyvis boat British built Cape Captain cargo carried Charles Connell Chief Chinese Clipper coal coast command Company's concern convoy crew deck duly East Edinburgh engines by builders fire firm fleet Fort Louisbourg Glasgow Greenock harbour homewards Hongkong interest iron James Wishart Japan Japanese Leith lifeboat Line ships Line Steamers Liverpool loading London Marine Maru master merchant Merchant Aircraft Carrier named Navy North officers owners passengers Penang period Petrograd Poon Lim ports profitable seamen ship's Shipbuilding shipowner Singapore sold Sons steam steamships Suez Sunderland sunk taken Thomson ships timber tonnage tons gross took torpedoed trade triple expansion engines turbines U-boat vessels West Hartlepool William Mitchell William Thomson World