Eagle Line
c.1851 The Eagle shipping line, sailing clippers from Liverpool to Australia, was established.[1]House of Commons</ref>
Agents were Gibbs, Bright and Co
1855 Commissioned construction of the [{Royal Charter]]
1864 White Star Line merged with the Black Ball and Eagle Lines to form a conglomerate called the Liverpool, Melbourne and Oriental Steam Navigation Company Ltd (or Australian and Eastern Navigation Company). [2]