1. Ship naming

2. Ships Operated by Houlder Line

3. References

Houlder Brothers & Co. was formed in London 1856 and operated in the market for chartered tonnage. In 1861 the company acquired the Golden Horn, which they used on the North Atlantic routes to the United States. The company later expanded to service routes to New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands.^[1] From 1875 to 1880 the company worked with John T. Arundel & Co. in a guano mining business on Flint Island in the Pacific Ocean. In 1881 the company entered the passenger and cargo trade to the River Plate.^[1]

The Furness-Houlder Argentine Line was a joint venture between Houlder Brothers Ltd and the Furness Withy shipping company, established in 1914.^[2]

In 1987 Houlder Line ceased operations. The company continues as the independent engineering consultancy Houlder Ltd.

Ship naming

Many Houlder ships were recognisable by having names ending in Grange. The group re-used some of these names three or more times on successive ships: Beacon Grange, Elstree Grange, Langton Grange, Oswestry Grange, Ovingdean Grange and Royston Grange.^[1]. The first word in the ships name was usually an English village having an initial making up part of the company name: e.g. Hornby Grange, Oswestry Grange, Upwey Grange, Langton Grange, Dunster Grange, Elstree Grange. Until the 1972 disaster Royston was traditionally used to supply the 'R' but after this Ripon was used.

Ships Operated by Houlder Line

• {{SS|Canonesa||2}} was operated by the Houlder Line and was torpedoed in the North Atlantic in 1940.^[3]
• {{MV|El Argentino||2}} was operated by the Houlder Line. She was bombed and sunk west of Lisbon in 1943 with the loss of four crew.
• {{ship|STV|Royston Grange}} was destroyed by fire after a collision in the Rio de la Plata on 11 May 1972. She was the first British ship to be lost with all hands since 1951.
• {{MV|Oswestry Grange|1964|3}} was the last of four ships of this name and the last ship of the Houlder line. She was a collier and was sold in 1985.
• STV Hardwick Grange ran on the same route as STV Royston Grange.

References

• Vincent Landing, California
• Vincent Lange
• Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne
• Vincent L. Broderick
• Vincent Lebbe
• Vincent Lecrubier
• Vincent Lee Beyer
• Vincent Lee McKusick
• Vincent Leo Martin Hanna
• Vincent Le Quellec
• Vincent LeRay House
• Vincent Li
• Vincent Liem
• Vincent Lingiarri
• Vincent L. Leibell (judge)
• Vincent Lloyd-Jones
• Vincent Louis Gotti
• Vincent Luebeck
• Vincent Luis
• Vincent Lunge
• Vincent Lyons Broderick
• Vincent MacLean
• Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll
• Vincent Madeley Harris
• Vincent Malo