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A VESSEL OF 1,500 TONS, THE FIRST STEAMSHIP SHAW SAVILL & CO CHARTERED  SINCE THE LORD ASHLEY AND LORD WORSLEY BACK IN 1858, SHE WAS  PUT ON A VOYAGE DOWN TO PORT CHALMERS FROM LONDON, LEAVING LONDON ON THE 1ST MAY 1868. IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1873 THAT THEY USED A STEAM DRIVEN VESSEL ON THE U.K TO NEW ZEALAND RUN AGAIN, MOST LIKELY AT THAT TIME IT WAS NOT DEEMED PROFITABLE, AS SHAW SAVILL SHOWED LITTLE INTEREST IN STEAMSHIPS UNTIL THE 1870'S. THE NEXT  STEAM VESSEL TO BE USED WAS THE MONGOL IN 1873.