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This outstanding new book traces the history of the Vestey Group of shipping companies, with numerous outstanding photographs of its ships accompanied by captions which have been thoroughly researched by a leading expert in the field. The ships of the Vestey Group, Blue Star Line (formed in 1911) and Austasia Line are all included, as well as those of Lamport & Holt, a company acquired by the Vestey family in 1944, and Booth Steamship Co, acquired in 1946.