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Formed in 1835 under the management of Robinson Watson and with a capital of £50,054. The shareholders were paid extremely high dividends which probably brought about the downfall of the Company. The shareholders were; Thomas Thompson of Stockton; Thomas Allison Tenant (railway clerk) Stockton; Joshua Byers (timber and lead merchant) Stockton; Ralph Walker of Stockton and Thomas Fox (spirit merchant) of Norton. William Lisle (miller) and William Geoge Jackson (grocer and druggist) both of Hartlepool. Although some of the shareholders were from Stockton-on-Tees all their vessels were known as Hartlepool ships and traded from that port.

The company went into liquidation in 1843 with some of their ships purchased by the Phoenix Shipping  Co. Those ships are  listed under that company. They were: Allison, Evenwood, George William and Schiedam.

Built at Sunderland: Official No. 33239: Code Letters RDLV.

Owners: 1838 Hartlepool Original Shipping Co, Hartlepool; by 1849 Page & Co, Stockton-on-Tees; 1853 S Ingledew, London; 1857 G Best, Wisbeach.

Masters: 1838 Tennant; 1839 Hall; 1840-42 Fairburn; 1844 Meek; 1845 Hudson; 1846 Watson; 1847 Moller; 1848 Watson; 1849-50 C Walker; 1851-52 J Crowe; 1853-56 G Wright; 1857-58 T Garner; 1860 Tosh; 1860 Frandsen; 1861 Ritchie; 1862 Dumbill; 1863 Burlinson; 1864 Hornsby.

Voyages: September 1840 arrived Stockton-on-Tees from Quebec; 25 May 1848 went ashore filled with water at Schulau Bar; September 1857 stranded on the Holm Sand & had to jettison her cargo of timber.

Advertised to be auctioned at the King’s Head Hotel, Hartlepool on 6 February 1844 but remained unsold on the day.