Falls Line
The Falls Line was a shipping line in the late C19th and early C20th. The line operated ships of two companies; Wright, Breakenridge & Co. (from 1878 up to 1892) and Wright and Graham & Co. (from 1892). Both companies' ships used the same flag. The Falls Line's offices were at 111 Union Street, Glasgow, Scotland. The Falls Line does not appear to have operated ships after 1914, although some of the company's ships continued in operation for other owners. Ships of the Falls Line. The Falls Line's ships were distinguished by all being named after Scottish  river falls. The Falls Line sailing vessels that were originally operated by Wright, Breakenridge & Co. were: There was also another sailing vessel that was only ever operated by Wright, Graham & Co. All were similar four-masted, iron-hulled, sailing vessels, and all were built by Russell & Co. Most were full-rigged ships, but three of the vessels were rigged as barques; the Falls of Halladale, Falls of Garry, and Falls of Ettrick. These steamships—also named for Scottish river falls—operated under the Falls Line flag managed by Wright, Graham & Co.. With only one exception, all the Falls Line ships —both sail and steam—were wrecked, lost without trace, or sank, either during or after the time that the ships were under the Falls Line's flag. German or Austrian submarine attacks during World War I resulted in the sinking of five of the ships; UC-17 sank the Falls of Afton; UB-57 sank the Benito (ex-Falls of Nith); U-14 sank the Teakwood (ex-Falls of Moness); UB-47 sank the Shinsan Maru (ex-Falls of Keltie); and UC-45 sank the Teie (ex-Falls of Dee). The Falls of Clyde was and is the sole survivor.