Maryland - a general history

Owners: 1886 Maryland S.S. Co. Ltd. (Hooper, Murrel & Williams) London: 1889 Maryland S.S. Co. Ltd. (Williams, Torrey & Feild Ltd) London: 1892 Atlantic Transport Co. (Williams, Torrey & Feild Ltd) London: 1912 Bernado Degregori, Genoa-renamed Redentore

Masters: 1887 WH Williams: 1888-91 Luckhurst: 1892-93 Flowers: 1894-95 W Horman: 1897 EO Marshall: 1898 WK Browne: 1899-1900 EO Marshall: 1904 OP Clarke: 1905 WH Whittle: 1907 HB Pope: 1908-09 J McMath.

Maryland was built for the London to Baltimore service In 1902 Bernard N Baker stated that he considered his fleet to date from the acquisition of this ship in 1886-rather than the operation of the ships supplied and managed by Hooper-Murrell & Williams from 1881. In November 1890 she was struck by a heavy sea which and killed the captain & boatswain & severely injured the first mate and several others. Between 1891 & 1893 the National Amalgamated Sailors' and Firemen's Union fought and lost a major strike in Hull, Bristol, Cardiff and other important ports. Early in the dispute Maryland encountered problems because the ATL refused to take on a new crew of union members:

The steamship Maryland, which arrived in Swansea on Thursday to take cargo to America, was blocked because her owners refused to replace a Federation crew with unionists. She first of all failed to get bunkers-and then cargo. All attempts failing, she sailed last night with sealed orders to a port unknown in order to obtain bunkers.

The London Shipwreck & Humane Society awarded silver medals to Captain Horman of the Marylandand a boat's crew for bravery at sea, following their rescue of the master and 11 men from the Barque Capenhurst on 9 September 1894 despite a heavy sea and a large quantity of wreckage. The boat’s crew comprised of boatswain C Hearndon & able seamen J Dean, J Thompson, A Miller & F Ponchochn.

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