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Concept to Creation

Ismay, having bought the White Star Line at 30 years of age, created both ships and a company large enough to conceive the Titanic. Upon reflection then, to have produced Dawpool earlier will not come as a surprise. Thomas Henry Ismay and a William Imrie learnt their skills in ship management from the old firm of Imrie, Tomlinson & Co. The first vessel owned by Ismay albeit partly, was the brigantine Angelita from which time he went on to operate a small fleet of vessels but the turning point really came when in 1868 he formed his T.H.Ismay & Co, bought the house-flag of Pilkington and Wilson’s White Star Line for £1,000, brought William into his partnership and both never looked back. During their journey into ship ownership, Ismay and Imrie both made personal friends of Edward James Harland and Hamburg-born Gustav Wilhelm Wolff both of whom had established their ship-building company at Queen’s Island, Belfast. It was to these gentlemen that Ismay & Imrie Co turned to build their Dawpool.

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Bidrag til ”Svanens” hjemmeside, høsten 2010
Thoralf Ulrik Qvale    12.10.2010
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Hardangerjakten Mathilde (fraktefartøy fra 1884 til 1984) har seilt som formidlende kulturskip siden hun var ferdig restaurert i 1989. 21 år med folk langs norskekysten betyr at hun har nesten et skuteliv som passasjerskip i lasten nå.

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