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MARKLAND SHIPPING COMPANY LTD.
1929 - 1960
T.S.S. MARKLAND II
THE MARKLAND SHIPPING COMPANY LTD. WAS A
SUBSIDIARY OF THE MERSEY PAPER COMPANY LTD. OF
LIVERPOOL, N.S. FOUNDED IN 1929, ITS FIRST SHIP
THE T.S.S. MARKLAND WAS BUILT FOR DELIVERY OF
NEWSPRINT TO THE U.S. MARKETPLACE. UNDER THE
DIRECTIONS OF CAPTAIN CHARLES COPELIN, THE
COMPANY EXPANDED ITS TRADE AND BY 1941 OPERATED
SIX SHIPS WORLDWIDE. IN 1956, THE BOWATER PAPER
CORPORATION OF LONDON PURCHASED THE MERSEY
PAPER COMPANY LTD. AND MARKLAND SHIPPING
BECAME THE BOWATER STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF CANADA
LTD. THE CANADIAN OPERATION WAS SHUT DOWN IN 1960
AND THE REMAINING VESSELS WERE TRANSFERRED TO
THE PARENT COMPANY IN LONDON, ENGLAND.
WORLD WAR II 1939-1945
THE FOLLOWING SHIPS TOOK PART IN THE
"BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC" IN WORLD WAR II AS
PART OF CANADA'S MERCHANT NAVY
T.S.S. MARKLAND I
S.S. LIVERPOOL ROVER I
S.S. LIVERPOOL PACKET I
S.S. VINELAND
S.S. LIVERPOOL LOYALIST
THE S.S. VINELAND, UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN
RALPH WILLIAMS, WAS SUNK ON 20 APRIL 1942 BY THE
GERMAN SUBMARINE U-154, 200 MILES NORTH OF HAITI
ONE LIFE WAS LOST: JAMES LAWRENCE HANSON JR. OF
PORT MOUTON.
THE S.S. LIVERPOOL PACKET I UNDER THE COMMAND
OF CAPTAIN NORMAN "DYNAMITE" SMITH, WAS SUNK
ON 30 MAY 1942 BY THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U-432.
12 MILES SOUTH OF SEAL ISLALND, N.S. TWO LIVES
WERE LOST: BURNS WILLIAMS OF LOCKPORT AND
NORMAN B. ATWOOD OF BARRINGTON.
THESE SHIPS AND THE MEN WHO SAILED THEM
CONTINUED FIGHTING FOR KING AND COUNTRY.
A TRADITION FIRST ESTABLISHED BY THE LIVERPOOL
PRIVATEER WHO SAILED THE ORIGINAL ROVER IN
THE SPANISH MAIN IN 1800 AND THE LIVERPOOL PACKET
IN THE WAR OF 1812.
ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE
MARKLAND SHIPPING COMPANY
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MARKLAND SHIPPING COMPANY LTD.
1929 - 1960
THE SHIPS
THE FOLLOWING SHIPS SAILED UNDER THE
COMPANY'S FLAG AND WERE REGISTERED
IN LIVERPOOL, NOVA SCOTA.
SCHOONER AWENISHE 1929 - 1942
T.S.S. MARKLAND I 1930 - 1952
S.S. LIVERPOOL ROVER I 1933 - 1946
S.S VINELAND 1940 - 1942
S.S. LIVERPOOL PACKET I 1941 -1942
S.S LIVERPOOL LOYALIST 1941 -1946
S.S. VINDLAND 1946 - 1959
S.S. LVIERPOOL PACKET II 1946 - 1960
T.S.S. LIVERPOOL ROVER II 1952 - 1960
T.S.S. MARKLAND II 1953 - 1960
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MARKLAND SHIPPING COMPANY LTD.
1929 - 1960
THE MEN
THE FOLLOWING WERE THE PRINCIPAL
NOVA SCOTIAN MASTER THAT
CAPTAINED THE COMPANY SHIPS.
CAPTAIN C.H. MITHCHELL OF JEDDORE
CAPTAIN CHARLES COPELIN OF LIVERPOOL
CAPTAIN CHALES WILLIAMS OF LIVERPOOL
CAPTAIN FRED KAISER OF BROOKLYN
CAPTAIN MURRAY KAISER OF CONQUERALL BANK
CAPTAIN RALPH WILLIAMS OF OSTREA LAKE
CAPTAIN NORMAN SMITH OF BARRINGTON
THE SHIPS WERE CREWED MOSTLY BY
LOCAL NOVA SCOTIA MEN AND FORMED
PART OF CANADA'S MERCHANT NAVY.