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Fyffes Line
Fyffes Line was the name given to the fleet of passenger-carrying banana boats owned and operated by the UK banana importer Elders & Fyffes Limited. History With the formation of Elders & Fyffes Ltd in 1901 it was necessary to procure suitable ships on which to transport their bananas from the West Indies to the UK. Therefore, in 1902 when the Furness Line was anxious to sell three steamships each of , the new company raised the necessary funds to buy them. Named , ''Chickahominy'' and ''Greenbriar'', they were all refitted in Newcastle upon Tyne and a special cooling system installed to keep the fruit firm in the crossing. The first of these entered service later the same year as a banana boat and a fourth vessel, the ''Oracabessa'', was also added to the fleet. In 1904, three purpose built banana boats were ordered, each of . In 1910 the company came under the control of the United Fruit Company but retained its identity. The new ships also carried a small number of passenger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Flag Of The Fyffes Line
A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.Schoenauer, Norbert (2000). ''6,000 Years of Housing'' (rev. ed.) (New York: W.W. Norton & Company). Houses use a range of different roofing systems to keep precipitation such as rain from getting into the dwelling space. Houses may have doors or locks to secure the dwelling space and protect its inhabitants and contents from burglars or other trespassers. Most conventional modern houses in Western cultures will contain one or more bedrooms and bathrooms, a kitchen or cooking area, and a living room. A house may have a separate dining room, or the eating area may be integrated into another room. Some large houses in North America have a recreation room. In traditional agriculture-oriented societies, domestic animals such as c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Alice, Countess Of Athlone
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline; 25 February 1883 – 3 January 1981) was a member of the British royal family. She is the List of longest-living members of the British royal family, longest-lived British princess of royal blood, and was the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria. Princess Alice was the Châtelain, chatelaine of Rideau Hall in Ottawa from 1940 until 1946, while her husband Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, served as Governor General of Canada. Early life Princess Alice was born on 25 February 1883 at Windsor Castle, the only daughter of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (the youngest of the four sons of Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort) and his wife Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Her younger brother and only sibling, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Charles Edward (later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), was born on 19 July 1884. She was Baptism, christened in the Private C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Merak (AF-21)
USS ''Merak'' (AF-21), the second Navy ship of the name, was the United Fruit Company cargo and passenger liner ''Veragua'' that served as a United States Navy in World War II. ''Veragua'' was built for United Fruit's subsidiary United Mail Steamship Company by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Plant, Quincy, Massachusetts. The ship was one of six nearly identical ships with three each built by Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company and Bethlehem Shipbuilding. The ships were designed to take advantage of U.S. subsidies, including mail contracts, and designated by the line as its "Mail class" vessels to meet the company's primary purpose of refrigerated banana transport with passenger and mail being important sources of revenue. ''Veragua'', launched 23 April 1932 and delivered 5 August was one of three ships assigned to the company's Atlantic routes to Panama allowing an intercoastal connection with the three ships assigned to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Talamanca (AF-15)
USS ''Talamanca'' (AF-15) was the United Fruit Company cargo and passenger liner ''Talamanca'' that served as a United States Navy in World War II. ''Talamanca'' was the lead ship of six fast, turbo-electric transmission ships built primarily for banana transport for the United Fruit Company subsidiary shipping line, United Mail Steamship Company. The new ships were larger than previous fruit carriers and designed for substantial passenger service and to take advantage of new mail carriage subsidies. As a result of the later they were described by the company as its "Mail class" ships. In early commercial service three of the ships served on the Atlantic coast to Panama and three on the Pacific coast to Panama with inter coastal connections made at Panamanian ports. All of the ships, including ''Talamanca'' were delivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) for wartime operation. United Fruit retained ownership of all the ships which operated under bareboat charter by WSA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
