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P&O Liners
(Page 1: 1837-1899)
This is one of a series of pages devoted to postcards and photographs of P&O liners and cruise ships. There is a table of more detailed individual ship histories on the
P&O Header Page
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Four pages cover the history of P&O liners:-
Page 1
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Page 2
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Page 3
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Page 4
Ships on this Page:-
Arabia (2)
(1898-1915 - 7930gt)
Arcadia (1)
(1888-1916 - 6603gt)
Assaye
(1899-1928 - 7376gt)
Australia (2)
(1892-1904 - 6901gt)
Ballaarat
(1882-1904 - 4752gt)
Borneo
(1895-1914 - 4573gt)
China (2)
(1896-1928 - 7912gt)
Egypt
(1897-1922 - 7912gt)
Himalaya (2)
(1892-1922 - 6898gt)
India (2)
(1896-1915 - 7911gt)
Malta
(1895-1922 - 6064gt)
Nubia
(1895-1915 - 5914gt)
Oceana (1)
(1888-1912 - 6610gt)
Osiris
(1898-1922 - 1738gt)
Rome
(1881-1904 - 5013gt) - later
Vectis (3)
Simla (2)
(1895-1916 - 5884gt)
Sumatra (2)
(1895-1914 - 4607gt)
Sunda (2)
(1895-1914 - 4674gt)
Vectis (3)
(1904-1912 - 5013gt) - ex-
Rome
P&O Pages:-
P&O Header Page
P&O Liners - Page 1
- 1837-1899
- this page!
P&O Liners - Page 2
- 1900-1914
P&O Liners - Page 3
- 1915-1939
P&O Liners - Page 4
- 1940-1961
P&O Princess Cruises - Page 1
- 1962-1988
P&O Princess Cruises - Page 2
- 1988-2004
Swan Hellenic P&O Cruises - Page 3
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P&O Fleet List
(Part 1: 1837-1899)
Arcadia (1)
(1888-1916 - 6603gt)
Rome
(1881-1904 - 5012gt)
Vectis (3)
(1904-1912)
Rome
was renamed
Vectis (3)
in 1904 for use as a "cruising yacht". She was sold to the French Government in 1912.
P&O official postcard as the "cruising yacht"
Vectis (3)
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P&O official postcard as the "cruising yacht"
Vectis (3)
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Tuck's Oilette postcard.
Ballaarat
(1882-1904 - 11,120gt)
Ballaraat
was sold for scrap in 1904.
P&O official postcard
Arcadia (1)
(1888-1915 - 6603gt)
Arcadia (1)
was scrapped in Bombay in 1915.
P&O official postcard
Oceana (1)
(1888-1912 - 6610gt)
Oceana
sank in 1912, after collision with the German barque
Piagua
in the English Channel.
P&O official postcard
Australia (2)
(1892-1904 - 6901gt)
Australia (2)
was stranded at the entrance to Port Philip Bay in 1904. She caught fire, and was a total loss.
P&O official postcard
P&O official postcard
P&O official postcard
Himalaya (2)
(1892-1922 - 6898gt)
Himalaya (2)
was equisitioned in 1916, and converted into a seaplane carrier. She was returned to P & O in 1919, and used as troopship until scrapped in 1922.
P&O official postcard of
Himalaya (2)
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P&O official postcard of
Himalaya (2)
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P&O official postcard of
Himalaya (2)
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French postcard of
Himalaya (2)
in stormy weather..
Borneo
(1895-1914 - 4573gt)
Borneo
was sold to Japan in 1914, and renamed the
Harima Maru
.
P&O official postcard of
Borneo
.
Malta
(1895-1922 - 6064gt)
Malta
was scrapped in Italy in 1922.
P&O official postcard of
Malta
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Nubia
(1895-1915 - 5914gt)
Nubia
was lost outside Colombo in 1915, whilst waiting for the pilot.
P&O official postcard of
Nubia
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Simla (2)
(1895-1916 - 5884gt)
Simla
was torpedoed and sunk whilst of Malta in 1916.
P&O official postcard of
Simla
.
Sunda (2)
(1895-1914 - 4674gt)
Sunda
was sold to Japan in 1914, and renamed
Hokokuo Maru
.
P&O official postcard of
Sunda
.
Sumatra (2)
(1895-1914 - 4607gt)
Sumatra
was sold to the Arab SS Co in 1914.