THE ABERDEEN LINE WAS STARTED IN 1825 IN ABERDEEN,SCOTLAND BY GEORGE THOMPSON.

THE COMPANY OPERATED A PASSENGER SERVICE INTO THE ST.LAWRENCE AND THE RETURN CARGO WAS TIMBER.

IN 1837 HE HAD A DOZEN SHIPS  AND WAS TRADING DOWN TO SOUTH AMERICA AND THE PACIFIC.

IN 1905 THE ABERDEEN LINE WAS TAKEN OVER AND CAME UNDER THE JOINT CONTROL OF THE WHITE STAR LINE AND SHAW SAVILL & ALBION. BUT THE LINE ESSENTIALLY RETAINED ITS OWN IDENTITY. IN 1928 THE WHITE STAR LINE HAD PURCHASED THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH LINE.

IN 1932 SHAW SAVILL & ALBION PURCHASED THE  ABERDEEN LINE AND IN 1933 THE FORMER AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH LINE WAS ALSO ACQUIRED AND THUS THE ABERDEEN AND COMMONWEALTH LINE CAME INTO EXISTENCE.

IN 1938 THE ABERDEEN PART OF THE NAME WAS DROPPED AND BY 1957 THE COMPANY HAD DISAPPEARED WITH THE SCRAPPING OF THEIR LAST SHIPS.

BELOW ARE THE EARLY SAILING SHIPS OPERATED BY THE COMPANY

  FOR LATER STEAM VESSELS PLEASE REFER TO THE MAIN SHAW SAVILL & ALBION PAGE.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC VESSEL, ITS WORTH BEARING IN MIND THAT PRIOR TO 1906 SEVERAL SHIPS COULD BEAR THE SAME NAME, AFTER THIS DATE THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT WAS MEANT TO BE ENFORCED, THUS PREVENTING THE USE OF DUPLICATE NAMES ON CURRENT VESSELS. HOWEVER THERE WERE A FEW EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE.