.svg) 1818–1835[1]  1835–1867[2][3] | |
| Company type | Partnership |
|---|---|
| Industry | Shipping, transportation |
| Founded | 1818 in New York, United States |
| Defunct | 1867 |
| Fate | Bankruptcy |
Area served | Transatlantic |
In 1818 the Red Star Line (also known as Red Star Packet Line, New Line, and Second Line) was founded by Byrnes, Trimble & Co. from New York.[4][5] (It should not be confused with the same-named Belgian/US-American shipping company Red Star Line, whose main ports of call were New York City and Philadelphia in the United States and Antwerp in Belgium). On September 11, 1835 the line was bought by Robert Kermit from New York,[4] a ship-owner and agent for packet ships, and was renamed Robert Kermits Red Star Line (aka Kermit Line). In 1851 Robert Kermit took his brother-in-law Charles Carow into partnership as Kermit & Carow to carry on the business of general ship owning, commission and commercial trading.[6] Robert Kermit died in 1855 and Carow assumed the business. In 1867 the Red Star Line went down.[7]
- ^ A picture of the houseflag can be found on the "flagspot.net" website. Accessed 30 march 2009.
- ^ Ships and shipping of old New York (1915) by the Bank of the Manhattan Company, page 42 (description of the flag)
- ^ A picture of the houseflag can be found on the "Flags of the world" website. Accessed 16 march 2009. The source is a chart in Private Signals of the Merchants of New York. A reprint of this chart can be found in the book The Clipper Ships from A.B. Whipple
- ^ a b Portrait gallery of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York: catalogue and biographical sketches (1890), by George Wilson, pages 206-208.
- ^ In many publications like Ships and shipping of old New York (1915) by the Bank of the Manhattan Company (page 39) it is said, that the Red Star Line was established in 1821/22, which actually is not entirely accurate. Byrnes, Trimble & Co. was founded in August 1817 and the Red Star Line in 1818. In 1821 they planned and in January 1822 they started regularly scheduled sailings.
- ^ Biographical register of Saint Andrew's society of the state of New York (1922) by William M. MacBean, page 169/170.
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