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Alfred Holt and Company (Blue Funnel Line)
Company typeSubsidiary of the Ocean Steam Ship Company
IndustryShipping, transportation
Founded16 January 1866
FounderAlfred Holt
Defunct1988
FateBankruptcy; assets sold
SuccessorOcean Group plc
Headquarters
United Kingdom Edit this on Wikidata
Area served
global
Key people
Victoria Drummond (Engineer)
ParentOcean Steam Ship Company
Subsidiaries
  • Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maatschappij Oceaan
  • East India Ocean Steam Ship Company
  • China Mutual Steam Navigation Company

Alfred Holt and Company, trading as Blue Funnel Line, was a UK shipping company that was founded in 1866 and operated merchant ships for 122 years. It was one of the UK's larger shipowning and operating companies, and as such had a significant role in the country's overseas trade and in the First and Second World Wars.

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