Jack Billmeir Merchant Shipowner

Heaton, P.M.: 1989 Starling Press UK, hardcover with dustjacket 89 pages, with many photos. History of this Company and her Ships, with large Historical Fleet list. Jack Billmeir (1900–1963) was a British shipping magnate who founded the Stanhope Steamship Co. Ltd, rapidly expanding his fleet by running high-risk, high-profit cargo operations—most notably supplying Republican Spain during the Spanish Civil War and later supporting the Allied effort in World War II. Renowned for his entrepreneurial flair, Billmeir’s fleet peaked at nearly twenty ships, but after his death, his company declined and was eventually absorbed by larger shipping interests ISBN 095077149x in very good condition