OLIVER CROMWELL

OLIVER CROMWELL, SISTER SHIP TO THE PHOENCIAN, BELONGED TO THE ABERDEEN LINE OF GEORGE THOMPSON & CO.THIS VESSEL WITH THE JOHN BUNYAN WERE THE FIRST SHIPS TO BE CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL & CO FROM THE ABERDEEN LINE, AND INDEED WAS THE BEGINNING OF ITS ASSOCIATION WITH THE ABERDEEN LINE.SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 527 TONS AND HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1847. IN 1861 SHE WAS SOLD TO HOLDERNESS & CO OF LIVERPOOL. SHE WAS ENGAGED ON THE INDIAN TRADE BY 1866, SHE WENT MISSING AT SEA IN 1868..