W. France, Fenwick & Co, owners of the Dashwood. Left, the companies house flag. Registered / founded in 1901 wth the union of the companies Fenwick, Stobart & Co, H.C. Pelly and William France & Co. The company was initially set up as to cater for the coal trade between London, Goole and the Wear. Later trade expanded to the baltic along with return cargo's of timber. The company continued to prosper for many years as it continued to transport all manner of goods throughout the world. Later years were to see a gradual decline in trade, this in turn resulting in the gradual reduction in company vessels. In 1974 the company sold off it's last remaining vessels, this being the Pinewood, Sherwood, Chelwood and Dalewood.
During the two world wars the company was to see a total of eighteen of it's fleet vessels lost, this being six in WW1 and twelve in WW2.
Of note ... In addition to the Daswood W. France, Fenwick & Co Ltd also lost the steamers Deerwood (1941), Kentwood (1942) and the Goodwood (1945) off the Norfolk coast during WW2.