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Leyland Line

Headquarters: Liverpool
Founded: 1879
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In brief

What Leyland Line is

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The Frederick Leyland & Co Ltd, usually referred to as the Leyland Line, was a British shipping transport line founded in 1873 by Frederick Richards Leyland after his apprenticeship in the firm of John Bibby, Sons & Co. After Frederick Leyland's death, the company was taken over by Sir John Ellerman in 1892. In 1902, the company was bought by the International Mercantile Marine Company and a portion of its fleet was withdrawn from service and transferred to the Ellerman Lines. The company was liquidated in 1935 after a period of declining influence due to the Great Depression.

Origin

Who founded it

Leyland Line was founded in 1879 by one named founder on record. Portraits are shown only where a freely licensed photograph exists and its photographer is known.

Founder

Frederick Richards Leyland

1832–1892

British businessman (1832-1892)

Photo: Dante Gabriel Rossetti · Public domain · file

Corporate profile

Identity and registration

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Country of registration: United Kingdom
Headquarters: Liverpool
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Founded: 1879
Dissolved: —
Employees: —
Head office coordinates: 53.4072, -2.9917

Ships on record here: 0
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Parent company: International Mercantile Marine Company
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Record source: wikidata
Last refreshed: 2026-09-05

Vessel records

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In context

How Leyland Line compares

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

United Kingdom is the country of registration for 97 commercial operators in this directory, among which Leyland Line ranks 70th by ships on record. Between them those companies hold 260 vessels here. See every operator registered in United Kingdom.

Founded in 1879, Leyland Line is 147 years old. This directory holds 38 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.