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British Molasses Co Ship

 

Manx Isles

 

 

MANX ISLES

ON 120891

Built 1905 by Wm. Hamilton & Co, Port Glasgow; Yard No.176.

For Manx Isles SS Co (W. Lowden & Co), Liverpool.

2,642 grt - Cargo steamer.

315ft 3ins x 44ft 8ins

Single screw, speed 9 knots.

1915 Fitted to carry molasses in bulk.

1917 Managers became Lowden, Connell & Co; Chartered to British Molasses Co.

1921 Sold to British Molasses Co.

1926 Owners became United Molasses Co, Liverpool.

1929 Scrapped, Holland.

 

In 1907, a young Dane, Michael Kielberg, presented his letter of application in Liverpool, to the small company of Marquis Clayton. The firm traded in all sorts of products. In 1910, he became a partner in the firm, his prime responsibility would be for molasses. He realised that molasses needed to be transported ‘in bulk’, so as to be able to offer the product inexpensively. In 1915 an independent company was established - The British Molasses Company. The managing director was Kielberg, Marquis Clayton remained the senior partner. In 1917, Clayton became the majority shareholder of the BMCo. In early 1920, after the firm had taken over Molasses Merchants in Glasgow, Clayton retired from BMCo. In 1921, Kielberg established the Pure Cane Molasses Company, of which he held 85% of the shares. Kielberg kept the name BMCo, which he used in his shipping company. In 1921, Kielberg then purchased his first ship, the MANX ISLES, which had been chartered by BMCo since 1917. January 1^st 1926, the United Molasses Company was established. It acted as a holding company for the Pure Cane Molasses Company and the British Molasses Company.

 

 

Raymond Forward