1837 The Transatlantic Steamship Co bought the Great Liverpool from Sir John Tobin.
1838 With the Royal William, pioneered the North Atlantic steamship run to New York in 1838.
After three years, its Directors were satisfied that the cost of equipping and maintaining a transatlantic connection by steam vessels, without the aid of a Government contract, was unprofitable
The opportunity to employ their vessels more profitably arose in the form a proposal from the proprietors of the Peninsular Steam Packet Co to join that enterprise.
The company's two vessels, the Great Liverpool and the Oriental, were transferred to the Peninsular Company.
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