Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line

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The British shipping company Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line was in Aberdeen from 1825 to 1957 .

history

The shipping company was founded in 1825 by George Thompson as Aberdeen Line . At first she operated sailing ships that left for the St. Lawrence River with a few passengers and returned with cargo of wood. By 1837 the fleet had grown to twelve sailing ships. The shipping area had already expanded to the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, South America and the Pacific region. From 1842 a regular London-Australia service was added. The Australian voyage was expanded in 1882 to a regular service operated by steamers, which in turn was carried out continuously from 1899 with refrigerated ships for the transport of frozen meat.

In 1905, the shipping companies White Star Line and Shaw, Savill & Albion Line jointly took over the management of the Aberdeen Line, but it retained its independence even under its new owners. In 1928, the White Star Line took over the Australian Commonwealth Line and its fleet from the Australian government. In 1931, however, it collapsed along with its parent company, the Kylsant Group. In the following year Shaw, Savill & Albion acquired the Aberdeen Line and in 1933 also the fleet of the former Australian Commonwealth Line, which had not yet been fully paid for. Shaw Savill & Albion merged both shipping companies to form Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line before it was taken over by Furness, Withy & Company in 1936 . In 1938 the Aberdeen part of the company name was left out and the company continued to operate as the Commonwealth Line .

After the Second World War, the shipping company continued to operate until the last ship was scrapped in 1957 and the name finally disappeared.

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