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Charles Shaw Lovell established his shipping agent’s business in 1869 and the business relationship with
Bristol General Steam Navigation Company began in earnest in 1896. As part of the deal that saw Bristol Steam buy Gloucester Steamship Company, Lovell was issued with almost 25% of the ordinary
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was an 1865-built screw steamer which was on a voyage from
Antwerp to Gloucester in November 1890. Because of the bad weather it sheltered in the lee of the shore of Dungeness and was anchored with a number of other ships during the night. In the morning the Calypso was hit by the Spanish steamer
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was on her second voyage from
Cardiff to Hamburg encountered bad weather on the north coast of Cornwall. The ship sank and eight lives were lost and the Board of Trade held an inquiry, the inquiry cleared the master of any wrongful act.
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sank with the loss of ten lives. The Alecto which had left
Swansea for Rotterdam hit the Yugoslav steamer Plavnik during the night in fog. The Plavnik rescued three men from the sea but a further ten were missing.
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from 1821 to 1980. There were also services to other destinations including ports in southern
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with whom they were in direct competition for services to the continent. By 1834 the name became
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