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.

While the trading name, Shaw Savill, remained the same, the partners who owned it changed a number of times.

[3] On 17 November 1874 the wooden Shaw Savill emigrant ship Cospatrick bound for New Zealand burnt at sea south of the Cape of Good Hope with 476 lives lost, with only three survivors .

[6] Avalanche en route London to Wellington built of iron not wood was struck twice or more amidships after dark near Portland, Dorset by an American ship, Forest, in ballast, on 11 September 1877 with the loss of more than 100 lives.

The New Zealand Government bought land nearby and it was planned to erect a small church in memory of the passengers and crew.