Private company

Jock Willis Shipping Line

Defunct British shipping company

John Willis & Sons of London, also called the Jock Willis Shipping Line, was a nineteenth-century London-based ship-owning firm. It owned a number of clippers including the historic tea clipper Cutty Sark.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1830Founded1
  • Industryfreight transport1
  • HeadquartersLondon1
House flag of the Jock Willis Shipping Line
Photo: Germenfer, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons3

John Willis & Sons of London, also called the Jock Willis Shipping Line, was a nineteenth-century London-based ship-owning firm. It owned a number of clippers including the historic tea clipper Cutty Sark.2

Products and brands

  • tea

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1830Founded Founded1

Sources

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