Limited company a distinction to be made between the publicly tradable companies of the "plc" type (for example, the German Aktiengesellschaft (AG), British PLC, Czech a.s., Italian S.p.A., Hungarian Zrt. and the Spanish, French, Polish, Greek and Romanian S.A.), and the "private" types of company (such as the German GmbH, Portuguese Ltda., British Ltd., Polish sp. z o.o., the Czech s.r.o., the French s.a.r.l., the Italian and Romanian s.r.l., Hungarian kft. and Slovak s.r.o.) This is a company that does not have share capital, but is guaranteed by its "members", who agree to pay a fixed amount in the event of the
British and American Steam Navigation Company "President" cleared New York in March 1841 and was seen the next day struggling in a gale. Most sources conclude that her lack of power contributed to her loss with all hands. The company collapsed and the remaining ship was sold to the Belgian Government. List sourced from British and American Steam Navigation Company The British and American Steam Navigation Company was a steamship line that operated a regular transatlantic service from 1839 to 1841. Before its first purpose-built Atlantic liner, the "British Queen" was completed, British and American chartered the "Sirius" for two voyages in 1838 to beat the