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
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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
Links
- WikipediaBrocklebank Line
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ923840
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataBrocklebank Line on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaBrocklebank Line on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsBrocklebank Line photo by Louis Claes, Public domain