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Henry Simpson (1815 – 26 April 1884), often referred to as "Captain Simpson", was a ship's captain, ship owner and businessman in South Australia. ==History== Henry Simpson, who may have been born in Hull, arrived at Kangaroo Island 1836 as second officer to Captain Martin of the 105 ton two-masted schooner ''John Pirie'' (which brought Charles Sturt to South Australia), then captain of the ''Orwell'' 1842, the South Australia Company's schooner ''Victoria'' in 1943, and by 1844 captain of the ''John Pirie''. He was later made captain of the barque ''Lord Hobart''. According to A. T. Saunders he was known by the nickname "Cocky". He was appointed wharfinger at the Old Port, then transferred to the New Port. He started acting as a shipping agent around 1850, for a time involved with millers Phillips and P. A. Horn, and with Henry Giles (partnership dissolved January 1853). He left South Australia for the goldfields of Victoria mid-1853 and when he returned two years later, having already dealt in coal from Newcastle, started in a small was as a coal merchant, anticipating the rapid increase in coal-fueled steam power. He leased the Queen's wharf and store, and the No. 4 bond store, and founded the Black Diamond line of colliers, and by 1866 had a fleet of 14 colliers, all sailing ships. ''Fairfield'' (1864, wrecked 1874), ''Koh-i-noor'', ''Julie Heyn'' (barque wrecked off Gerringong May 1865), ''Kadina'' (originally ''Jeanie B. Payne'') 1865–1879, ''Moonta'' 1865, ''Frowning Beauty'', ''Bosphorus'' (barque) 1866, ''Wallaroo'', ''Meander'' (1866–1875), ''Contest'' (wrecked 1874), ''Verulam'' 1869, ''Exonia''. By 1871 the ''Julie Heyn'', ''Moonta'' and ''Frowning Beauty'' were no longer counted among their number. ''Lanercost'', ''Saxon'', ''Stag'' (1872), ''J. L. Hall'', ''Athena'', ''Planter'' (''Plantea''?) and ''Ardencraig'' were acquired later. Simpson was curiously slow in adopting steam power for his little fleet of ships, introducing ''Ridge Park'' in 1879, ''Birksgate'' in 1881, and ''Tenterden'' in 1883. The ''Tenterden'' was sold in 1884. The naming of these steamer was significant: "Ridge Park" was the name of Simpson's residence in Glen Osmond; "Tenterden" was for a time the family home in Woodville, later the home of his son James. "Birksgate" was a residence owned by his business partner Thomas Elder. The Black Diamond line did more than just carry coal from Newcastle to Adelaide and Wallaroo; the ''Koh-i-noor'' brought some forty camels and their "Afghan" attendants from Karachi for Thomas Elder's Umbaratana station in 1868. The ''Koh-i-noor'' was chartered by the South Australian Government to service the Northern Territory expedition in 1869. Simpson was no cost-cutter – he kept his ships in top condition and employed some of the smartest skippers, paying generous bonuses when fast times were achieved. Simpson was for a time owner of the Albert Hotel, Alberton, since demolished. The company Simpson & Sons continued after Henry's death and owned the collier ''Otago'', remembered as being in 1887 under the command of Joseph Conrad when her master Capt. Snadden died in the Gulf of Siam. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry Simpson (shipping)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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