Shaw Savill Line

Shaw Savill Line of London was a shipping company set up to transport both produce and passengers between Great Britain and New Zealand.

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. 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.