# Glen Line

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{{short description|UK shipping transport company}}
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{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}
[[File:Glen Line cigarette card.jpg|thumb|A [cigarette card](/source/cigarette_card) showing the Glen Line funnel and flag colours]]
thumb|House Flag and Pennant of the Glen Line
'''Glen Line''' was a [UK](/source/United_Kingdom) shipping line that was founded in Glasgow in 1867. Its head office was later moved first to London and then to Liverpool.

==History==
thumb|200px|The Glen Line Building at the Corner of Peking Road and the Bund, Shanghai, 1939
[[File:Glen Line Building The Bund.JPG|thumb|upright|Glen Line building in [Shanghai](/source/Shanghai) in 2014]]
The firm had its roots in the co-operation between the Gow and McGregor families in Glasgow in the 1850s. [Alan C Gow](/source/Alan_C_Gow) was a voyage broker, [James McGregor](/source/James_McGregor_(ship_owner)) organised the freight to fill the ships and by 1860 they were in partnership.

In 1867 Alan Gow had the sailing ship ''[Estrella de Chile](/source/Estrella_de_Chile_(ship))'' built to ply the route between Glasgow, Liverpool, and Chile via [Cape Horn](/source/Cape_Horn). She was wrecked in 1888. In 1868 the partners bought the [barque](/source/barque) ''Glenavon''. She was the first of their ships to have the Glen- prefix in her name.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.red-duster.co.uk/GLEN.htm |title=Glen Line |work=The Red Duster |publisher=Merchant Navy Association |access-date=28 October 2015 |archive-date=20 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020011535/http://www.red-duster.co.uk/GLEN.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Meighan |first=Michael |year=2013 |title=Scotland's Lost Industries |place=Stroud |publisher=[Amberley Publishing](/source/The_History_Press) |isbn=978-1-4456-2401-3 |page=264 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=UD6IAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT264}}</ref> In 1881 the firm had the iron-hulled steamship ''[Glenavon](/source/Glenavon_(1881))'' built. She was wrecked off the coast of China in 1898, killing 53 people.<ref>{{cite book |last=Greenway |first=Ambrose |year=2009 |title=Cargo Liners: An Illustrated History |place=Barnsley |publisher=[Seaforth Publishing](/source/Pen_and_Sword_Books) |isbn=978-1-84832-129-8 |page=14 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Spj9AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA14 }}</ref>

In 1911, Elder Dempster and Co acquired The Glen Line. During the [First World War](/source/World_War_I) Glen Line lost five ships to [U-boat](/source/U-boat) attacks, including its first [motor ship](/source/motor_ship), {{MV|Glenartney|1915|2}}, in 1918. 

In 1922, the Glen Line opened its new building on the Bund in Shanghai. The shipping agency occupied the first floor and the upper floors were rented out.<ref>[http://english.eastday.com/english/e/shmb/u1a4021457.html The Glen Line Building - built in 1922 (No. 28, The Bund)], Shanghai Eastday</ref>

The Glen Line was sold to Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel line in 1935. The company lost two further ships to U-boat attacks in the [Second World War](/source/World_War_II).

By 1978 all Glen Line ships had been sold.

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last=Robins |first=Nick |year=2014 |title=Scotland and the Sea: The Scottish Dimension in Maritime History |place=Barnsley |publisher=[Seaforth Publishing](/source/Pen_and_Sword_Books) |isbn=978-1-84832-750-4 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=7TwRBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT77}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Glen Line}}
*{{cite web |url= https://bulger.co.uk/glenline/ |last=Bulger |first=Dr Gerard |title=Welcome to a Glen Line Archive and Links}}
*{{cite web |url= http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/McGregor,_Gow_and_Co |title=McGregor, Gow and Co |date=13 July 2012 |work=Grace's Guide to British Industrial History}}
*{{cite web |url= http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/238.html |title=House Flag, Glen Line Ltd |work=Collections |publisher=[Royal Museums Greenwich](/source/Royal_Museums_Greenwich)}}
*{{cite web |url= http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/glen.shtml |title=Glen Line |last1=Swiggum |first1=Susan |last2=Kohli |first2=Marjorie |work=TheShipsList |publisher=Susan Swiggum & Stephen Morse}}

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Category:1867 establishments in Scotland
Category:Defunct shipping companies of the United Kingdom

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