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Collins Line
Trade name
New York and Liverpool United States Mail Steamship Company
Company typeOcean-going transport
Founded1818; 206 years ago (1818)
FounderIsrael Collins, Edward Knight Collins
Defunct1858; 166 years ago (1858)
FateBankrupt following recession and termination of government subsidy
HeadquartersNew York
Area served
Routes: Transatlantic, Gulf of Mexico
Ports of call: Liverpool, New Orleans, Veracruz
Key people
Bankers: Brown Bros. & Co.
ServicesShipping company
Ships ownedArctic, Baltic, Pacific, Atlantic, and Adriatic
CompetitorsCunard Line
Govt contractsMail contract
Govt subsidies$385,000 annually (occasionally more)

The Collins Line was the common name for the American shipping company started by Israel Collins and then built up by his son Edward Knight Collins, formally called the New York and Liverpool United States Mail Steamship Company. Under Edward Collins' guidance, the company grew to be a serious competitor on the transatlantic routes to the British Cunard shipping company.

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