Baltimore Mail line
Fact file
This fact file is a snapshot of the company between 1930
and 1945. Owners
Baltimore Mail Steamship Company (US) Company flag Major routes (1930-45)
Baltimore (US) - Southampton - London - Hamburg Southampton agent
Benj. Ackerley & Son Ship colours
Black hull. Buff funnels with black tops and a black band. Timeline | 1928 | US Merchant Marine Act passed. It allowed the US government to
award contracts for shipping mail overseas and provide subsidies
and loans for private companies to operate these services.
The Baltimore Mail Line was founded by a group of Baltimore
investors to provide a cargo and mail service between their city
and Southampton, London and Hamburg. | | 1936 | Cancellation of all US mail contracts under the 1936 Merchant
Marine Act. Baltimore Mail Line folded. |
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