Shaw Savill Line
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Shaw Savill Line of London was a shipping company set up to transport both produce and passengers between Great Britain and New Zealand.[1]
Robert Edward Shaw and Walter Savill (employees of Willis, Gann and Company, a London ship-broking and chartering firm) set up on their own account in 1858 and began chartering ships.[2] They bought their first ship in 1865. While the trading name, Shaw Savill, remained the same, the partners who owned it changed a number of times.[3]