CAIRN LINE OF STEAMSHIPS LTD.

Thomson’s funnel was adopted in 1907 or, according to Wallace, 1908. Cairns’s flag, C141, and Thomson’s, C317, were used interchangeably for a time. Lloyds 1912 and Reed assign C317 to the Canadian service.

The source dates a combined Cairns–Thomson funnel to 1928, calling it “C139/140”. Loughran says Thomson’s quartered flag superseded the cairn flag, whereas Brown’s later notes say both continued. A Cairndhu photograph confirms the combined funnel.

Cairn Line is dated to 1892 in British Ocean Tramps. Furness Withy acquired 15% in 1928 and offered for the remainder in 1967, contrasting with the earlier account of full takeover in 1928. Cairns, Noble operated the ships, followed in later listings by Shaw Savill & Albion and Kaye Tanker Management. Furness Withy formed a General Shipping Division in June 1977. Names included Cairn and Black, Manchester for ships chartered to Manchester Liners, and an -ic ending under Shaw Savill, changing again under Kaye.

U.K., Newcastle.