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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 30297, member: 44&quot;]I&#039;ve got no business getting in on this thread, but thought I&#039;d add that the following website has 2 <i>Norsemans</i> listed for the Union Steamship Company. In 1899 it merged with the Castle Line forming the Union-Castle Mail SS Co. One of them is the 1866 one that the OP mentions in reply #4. No doubt you have seen this, but if not....</p><p><br /></p><p><u><b>... Vessel</b> .... | <b>Built |&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ... Years in Service ....&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; |</b>...<b>Tons</b></u></p><p>Norseman (1) |1866 |1873 sold to J. Heugh converted to a cable ship.|1,386</p><p>Norseman (2) |1890 |S.A.coastal service, 1893 sold to <a href="http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/bailey_leetham.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/bailey_leetham.shtml" rel="nofollow">W.Bailey</a>, Hull. | 938</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/union.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/union.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/union.shtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a picture of the sinking of the Norseman of the Dominion Line in 1897.</p><p><a href="http://www.theshipslist.com/pictures/norseman1897.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theshipslist.com/pictures/norseman1897.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.theshipslist.com/pictures/norseman1897.shtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If you scroll down this page to the list of ships, you will see that the Dominion Line had 2 Norseman ships; however, 1 is too late to by yours and the other is pushing the limits also.</p><p><a href="http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/dominion.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/dominion.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/dominion.shtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I was hoping to ID this ship by its Logo, but no luck so far. Wish I knew what was written around the bottom of the garter logo.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, there is/was a Norseman, Australia that had a railroad line in the mid 1800s. I&#039;m not sure if the railroad line was called the Norseman or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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