. . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1084712100"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "68754885"^^ . "Holm & Co"@en . . . "Holm & Co were ship owners, ship brokers and stevedores based in Wellington, New Zealand. They were agents for Australian and other foreign airways and shipping lines. The business was founded by Swedish-born Captain Pehr Ferdinand Holm (1844\u20141917) when he bought the barque Genevie M Tucker in 1889. He had settled in Wellington in 1868. His last sailing ship was the barquentine Titania wrecked off Noum\u00E9a in 1914 when the lighthouse was under a wartime blackout. Two sons became marine engineers and two became master mariners. Sydney Holm ran the business before his father died and thereafter. A company was incorporated to take ownership of the business in 1918 with offices in the Huddart Parker Line building in Wellington's Post Office Square. The Union Steam Ship Company took a controlling shareholding in 1930. In 1968 Richardson & Co and joined Holm & Co and the three businesses became subsidiaries of Union Steam. Shipping services were provided to: \n* New Zealand's coast extending to the Chatham Islands, Norfolk Island, Raoul Island, Campbell Island. \n* Australia (timber trade only), Japan, and passengers from Australia via Italy to England. \n* Refrigerated cargo to Honolulu and the Pacific coast of North America. Holm & Co's ships included: Genevie M. TuckerHelen DennyJohnTitaniaProgressHolmdale (Kylebeg)Holmwood (Forest Home)Holmglen (previously Argus)Holmlea (Parera) chartered 1934, bought 1935, renamed 1936 - 555grt triple-expansion steamer, built 1921 by Goole Shipbuliding, sold 1949Holmlea (Seaway Princess) bought 1969 from Northern Steamship, renamed 1970 - 1,053 grt, stern door roll-on/roll-off, built 1967 by Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co, sold 1975Holmburn (Port Whangarei)Holmwood (Tees)Port WaikatoHolmwoodHolmglenHolmburnHolmdaleHolmbank (previously Anne)Holmbrae (previously)Holmpark (previously)GaelWakanuiMarlynPicton (previously Koau)Parer"@en . . . . "Holm & Co were ship owners, ship brokers and stevedores based in Wellington, New Zealand. They were agents for Australian and other foreign airways and shipping lines. The business was founded by Swedish-born Captain Pehr Ferdinand Holm (1844\u20141917) when he bought the barque Genevie M Tucker in 1889. He had settled in Wellington in 1868. His last sailing ship was the barquentine Titania wrecked off Noum\u00E9a in 1914 when the lighthouse was under a wartime blackout. Two sons became marine engineers and two became master mariners. Sydney Holm ran the business before his father died and thereafter. A company was incorporated to take ownership of the business in 1918 with offices in the Huddart Parker Line building in Wellington's Post Office Square."@en . . . . . . . "4126"^^ .