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Gibbs, Bright & Co.

Headquarters: Melbourne
Founded: 1853
Employees: —

Ships in this registry

Counted from individual vessel records · Wikidata

Reported fleet size

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Gross tonnage on record

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Origin

Who founded it

Gibbs, Bright & Co. was founded in 1853 by one named founder on record. Portraits are shown only where a freely licensed photograph exists and its photographer is known.

Founder

Charles Edward Bright

1829–1915

Australian businessman (1829–1915)

Corporate profile

Identity and registration

Legal name: —
Industry: —
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Country of registration: Australia
Headquarters: Melbourne
Formed in: —
Founded: 1853
Dissolved: —
Employees: —
Head office coordinates: -37.8142, 144.9631

Ships on record here: 0
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Largest vessel by tonnage: —
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Parent company: Antony Gibbs & Sons
Alliance: —
Record source: wikidata
Last refreshed: 2026-09-05

Vessel records

Ships on record

0 vessels

No individual ships attributed to this company yet

The company is on record, but no vessel in the registry currently names it as operator or owner. Nothing is invented to fill this space.

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In context

How Gibbs, Bright & Co. compares

Counts over companies and vessels actually held in this directory — not over the world fleet, which is larger. Nothing here is estimated.

Australia is the country of registration for 17 commercial operators in this directory, among which Gibbs, Bright & Co. ranks 12th by ships on record. Between them those companies hold 16 vessels here. See every operator registered in Australia.

Founded in 1853, Gibbs, Bright & Co. is 173 years old. This directory holds 32 operators founded within five years either side of that date, whose median fleet on record is 1 ships. The median founding year across all commercial operators here is 1966, and the oldest on record dates to 1514.