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The Papers of the "Flower" Motor Ship Company Ltd |
| Reference |
GBR/0014/FMSC |
| Covering Dates |
1912–1922 |
| Extent and Medium |
11 archive boxes |
| Repository |
Churchill Archives Centre |
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| Content and context |
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The "Flower" Motor Ship Company Limited was established in 1912 to finance the production of ships using internal combustion engines i.e. marine diesel ships, built in British yards. It was an enterprise backed by a prominent merchant bank in the City, M Samuel & Co. These ships were built two by Swan Hunter and one by Armstrongs. The ARBELLA and ARABIS were torpedoed and ARUM was sold back to the builders by the liquidator. The Company was financially successful and the company went into voluntary liquidation in 1917. The ships were successful both as regards fuel consumption and carrying capacity. The directors were Marcus Samuel, Frederick Lane, Samuel Samuel and James Noble Graham. Shareholders included many well known City names and several in the Persian Gulf on which route the vessels traded.
Company records
Deposited at Churchill Archives Centre in 1976 from the archives of Hill Samuel, through Sir John Colville.
The papers are owned by Churchill College.
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Access and Use
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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Churchill Archives Centre is open from Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. A prior appointment and two forms of identification are required.
Researchers wishing to publish excerpts from the papers must obtain prior permission from the copyright holder and should seek advice from Archives Centre staff.
Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Papers of the "Flower" Motor Ship Company Ltd, FMSC
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| Further information |
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A copy of this finding aid is available for consultation at Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge, the National Register of Archives, London and on the Janus website, http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/.
This collection (fonds) level description and summary catalogue was compiled by Andrew Riley of Churchill Archives Centre in June 2005 from an existing catalogue.
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| Index Terms |
| Flower Motorship Company |
| Churchill/FMSC contains: |
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1/1
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Press attendance at General Meetings.
1 volume. |
1913–1917 |
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1/2
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Shareholders' Attendance Book, General Meetings.
1 volume. |
1913–1922 |
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1/3
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Transfer Deeds.
1 volume. |
1913–1917 |
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1/4
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Directors' Attendance Book for Board meetings.
1 volume. |
1913–1917 |
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1/5
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Register of Directors.
1 volume. |
1912–1917 |
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1/6
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Ordinary Shares Certificates Cancelled, No 1.
1 volume. |
1913–1917 |
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1/7
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Seal Book.
1 volume. |
1912–1918 |
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1/8
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Agenda Book for Board Meetings.
1 volume. |
23 January 1913–8 November 1917 |
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1/9
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Directors' minute book.
1 volume. |
10 December 1912–8 November 1917 |
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1/10
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General Meeting Minute Book.
1 volume. |
14 April 1913–28 February 1922 |
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1/11
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Documents lodged at the bank.
1 volume. |
1913–1922 |
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1/12
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Ordinary Shares Cards issued No 1.
1 volume. |
1913–1917 |
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1/13/1-4
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Summary of Capital Shares (U files).
4 gatherings. |
1913–1915 |
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1/14
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Ordinary Shares -Transfers Certified.
1 volume. |
1916–1917 |
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1/15
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Share certificates.
1 bundle. |
1913–1918 |
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1/16/1-7
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Dividend Sheets.
7 files. |
1914–1921 |
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1/17
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Register of Members.
1 volume. |
1913–1917 |
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1/18
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Register of calls paid on Ordinary Shares.
1 volume. |
1913–1914 |
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1/19
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Powers of Attorney, probate etc. register, No1.
1 volume. |
1913–1919 |
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1/20
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"Dividend Accounts as furnished to The Public Trustee, Trading with the Enemy (Amendments) Act".
1 bundle. |
1914–1917 |
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1/21
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Copies of documents registered under Company's Act at Somerset House and related papers.
1 file. |
1912–1915 |
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1/22
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Allotment of Shares Book.
1 volume. |
c. 1913 |
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1/23/1
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Shares Certificates issued Nos. 1 -250.
1 volume. |
1913–1917 |
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1/23/2
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Letters of Instruction relating to dividends etc.
1 file. |
1913–1920 |
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1/23/3
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Papers relating to the Voluntary Liquidation of the Company.
1 bundle. |
1912–1922 |
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1/24
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Register of Transfers.
1 volume. |
1913–1917 |
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1/25
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"Secretary's Forms" and circulars to shareholders.
1 volume. |
1913–1922 |
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1/26
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Copies of Minutes of Meetings 1914-17.
1 bundle. |
1914–1917 |
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1/27
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Complete set of copies of agreements.
1 bundle. |
1912–1919 |
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1/28
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Duplicates of certain agreements.
1 bundle. |
1912–1915 |
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1/29
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Accounts and Papers for Liquidation of the Company.
1 bundle. |
1918–1921 |
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1/30
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Applications and Allotment Letters of Issue of 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares, 1.
1 bundle. |
1913 |
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1/31
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Applications and Allotment Letters of Issue of 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares, 2.
1 bundle. |
1913 |
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