Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Line (1905 - 1929)



The steamship New Orleans was chartered in March 1915, by Merchants and Miner's, to the Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Company for trading out of Baltimore to Wilmington, Georgetown, and Charleston. That charter lasted until May 4, 1915 when the New Orleans was sold to the Boca Grande Steamship Company.

After lying idle at Philadelphia for several months, the Merchants and Miner’s liner New Orleans, which was withdrawn from the Philadelphia and Providence service when the line was discontinued, has been chartered by the Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Company. The New Orleans will trade between Baltimore to Wilmington, Georgetown and Charlestown, taking the place of the steamship Henry Williams now on voyage from Savannah to Bremen with a cargo of cotton (3/17/15)

The Merchants and Miners Trans Company steamer New Orleans has been sold to Southern purchasers for future delivery. The steamer is now under charter with the Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Co., on the route from Baltimore to Wilmington, Georgetown & Charlestown, the charter expiring May 1st. The New Orleans is an iron, three-masted steamer built by Pusey & Jones, Wilmington, Del in 1872. She registers 1564 tons gross and is 249 feet long. (4/20/15)

The Merchants and Miners Transportation Co.’s steamship New Orleans with for years has been trading between Philadelphia and southern ports, has been sold to John Lawrence, Birmingham, Ala. She is now under charter to the Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Co., but will be released in May.
The New Orleans was built at Wilmington, Del., in 1872. (x/x/x)




Esther Weems




Mary Weems

Steel steamer; 2 masts; 3,133 tons; 299.4 x 45 x 22.8 feet; 28 crew; 200 passengers; 11.3 knots.
Built in 1918 at Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Formerly was the Plainfield.
Purchased by the Portland California Steamship Company in 1927 from the Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Company.
Renamed Admiral Peopl and operated by the Admiral Line on Portland to California route between 1927 and 1933.
Sold to Northland Transportation Company in 1934 and renamed North Sea.
Stranded on British Columbia coast, 1947.
Source#1: Giles T. Brown, Principal Vessels in the Pacific Coastwise Trade, Ships that Sail No More,,
Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1966 p. 243-257, Citation: Tacoma Public Library

Admiral Peopl was formerly was the Plainfield and Mary Weems
Source#2: www.cimorelli.com/cgi-bin/magellanscripts/ ship_bio1.asp?ShipName=Admiral



Theodore Weems #2




The Baltimore & Georgetown Steamship Company was formed in 1905 by Mason L Weems Williams.
Williams formerly bought the Weems Line.
Baltimore & Georgetown bought US Coast Survey the SS G S Blake and renamed her George Weems.
The first trip of the Baltimore & Carolina Steamship Company was August 5, 1905(Baltimore CH)



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George Weems Ex US Coast Survey G S Blake
Sold 01/03/1906 Mason L weems Williams to Baltimore & Carolina SS Co.
Lost 1908 (burned off NC)

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Matilda Weems Built 1885 ex Br El Callo, Am. Oneida Clyde Line
Sold 1919, renamed Aspasia Stravoudi
Theodore Weems Built 1872 side-wheeler renamed St marys and afloat in 1905
Theodore Weems #2 Built 1884 ex Frostburg.
Sold 1914
Lost March 27th 1915 collision with str Heredia Tampa Bay, Florida
Henry Williams Built 1912
Sold 1915, renamed Constable Hook


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Elizabeth Weems Built 1906 ex Nor Anita
Sold in 1917, renamed Potrerillos, wrecked off Florida (date unknown)

Georgeanna Weems Built 1916 2089;1556 Sold 1930



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Trivoli Built 1894 Sold 1920, renamed S W Burgess, Richmond Cedar Works #1
Sarah Weems Built 1917
Sold 1925, renamed Sarah Weaver, then Southland


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Esther Weems Built 1918 3049;1850 ex Tipton acq 1922
sold 1927, renamed Admiral Benson
Mary Weems Built 1918 3133;1903 ex Plainfield acq 1923
Sold 1927, renamed Admiral Peoples
Nancy Weems Built 1919 2153;1280 ex Corcoran acq 1923
Sold 1929, renamed Carryall



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Betty Weems Built 1918 2339;1420 ex Lake Agomak acq 1924


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Catherin weems Built 1918 acq 1925
Sold 1928 to LD Stapleton, Jr (Argonaut SS Line), renamed Fairfield
Dora Weems Built 1918 2316;1368 ex Lake Galera acq 1925
Sold 1929, Renamed Sniafioco
Frances Weems Built 1919 2323;1394 ex Chautauqua acq 1925
Sold 1929, renamed Chautauqua
Jean Weems Built 1918 2349;1448 ex Lake Fluvanna acq 1925
Sold 1930


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Isobel Weems Built 1919 2323;1394 ex Chappell acq 1926
Sold 1930, renamed Lanital


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Majory Weems Built 1919 2323;1394 ex Chaberino acq 1929
Sold 1929, renamed Majory

Baltimore & Carolina ships with unknown histories.....
J H Steele Built 1916
Lake Winthrop Built 1918 ex War Meter

renamed Barbara
Millicent Weems ex Guario


Dissolution
Lloyd's Confidential Index, June 1, 1929 Baltimore & Carolina Steamship Co. Inc, Organized in 1905
Pier 5 Pratt Street. Baltimore, Maryland
3 vessels transferred






Sources:
#3 Elwin Elldredge Collection. Mariner's Museum, Newport News, VA
Copyright 2005 Bill Medford
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