Private company

Brocklebank Line

Former british shipping line based in Liverpool1

The Brocklebank Line (formally named Thos. and Jno. Brocklebank) was an English shipping line that operated in the 19th and 20th centuries. Daniel Brocklebank founded a shipyard in Whitehaven in 1785, and expanded in the following years into operating ships.2 It ceased to exist in 1970.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1801Founded1
  • HeadquartersLiverpool1
Media (1911) Antwerp MAS AS.1968.001.1292
Photo: Louis Claes, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Brocklebank Line (formally named Thos. and Jno. Brocklebank) was an English shipping line that operated in the 19th and 20th centuries.2

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Ralph Brocklebank (1840–1921)

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1970Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1801Founded Founded1

Sources

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