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P&O Liners

(Page 2: 1900-1914)

 

 

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.

 

Four pages cover the history of P&O liners, plus three pages on the cruise ships:- Liners Page 1 - Liners Page 2 - Liners Page 3 - Liners Page 4 - Cruises - Page 1 - Cruises - Page 2 - Cruises - Page 3

 

 

Ships on this Page:-

Ballarat (1) (1911-1917 - 11,167gt)

Beltana (1911-1930 - 11,167gt)

Benalla (1912-1931 - 11,118gt)

Berrima (1913-1930 - 11,137gt)

Borda (1913-1930 - 11,136gt)

Devanha (1) (1906-1928 - 8092gt)

Dongola (1) (1905-1926 - 7371gt)

Kaiser I Hind (2) (1914-1938 - 11518gt)

Kalyan (1914-1932)

Kashmir (1914-1932)

Khiva (2) (1914-32)

Khyber (1914-1931)

Macedonia (1904)

Maloja (1) (1911)

Malwa (2) (1908)

Mantua (1) (1909)

Marmora (1903)

Medina (1911)

Moldavia (1) (1903)

Mooltan (2) (1905)

Mongolia (2) (1903)

Morea (1908)

Namur (1906)

Nore (1907)

Nyanza (2) (1907)

Persia (1900-1915 - 7951gt)

Plassy (1900-1924 - 7405gt)

Sicilia (1901-1926 - 6696gt)

Somali (1) (1901-1923 - 6780gt)

Soudain (1) (1901-1925 - 6680gt)

Syria (2) (1901-1925 - 6660gt)

 

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P&O Liners - Page 2 - 1900-1914 - this page!

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

P&O Princess Cruises Photographs

P&O Princess Cruises Cards by Simplon Postcards

 

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P&O Liners

(Part 2: 1900-1914)

 

 

 

Persia

(1900-1915 - 7951gt)

 

Official P&O postcard of Persia

 

 

Photographic postcard of Sicilia

 

 

Photographic postcard of Sicilia in the Suez Canal

 

 

 

 

 

Plassy

(1900-1924 - 7405gt)

 

Official postcard of Plassy as a troopship

 

 

 

 

 

Sicilia

(1901-1926 - 6696gt)

 

Official P&O postcard of Sicilia

 

 

Official postcard of Sicilia as a troopship

 

 

 

 

 

Somali (1)

(1901-1923 - 6780gt)

 

French postcard of Somali

 

 

 

 

 

Soudain (1)

(1901-1925 - 6680gt)

 

Official P&O postcard of Soudain

 

 

 

 

 

Syria (2)

(1901-1925 - 6660gt)

 

Official P&O postcard of Syria

 

 

 

 

 

Moldavia (1) (1903-18)

 

Moldavia was torpedoed and sunk off Beachy Head in 1918, whilst trooping.

 

 

P&O official postcard of Moldavia.

 

 

Postcard from Port Said, showing Moldavia.

 

 

Tuck's Oilette postcard of Moldavia.

 

 

Tuck's Oilette postcard of Moldavia - colour variation on card above.

 

 

Postcard of Moldavia

 

 

Postcard of Moldavia

 

 

 

 

 

Mongolia (2) (1903)

 

 

Tuck's Oilette postcard No.9112 of Mongolia.

 

 

Postcard from Port Said, showing Mongolia.

 

 

Mongolia in stormy weather.

 

 

French postcard of Mongolia.

 

 

 

 

 

Marmora (1903)

 

Official generic P&O postcard, hand-titled Marmora.

 

 

Official generic P&O postcard, hand-titled Marmora.

 

 

Official P&O postcard of Marmora.

 

 

Postcard from Port Said, showing Marmora.

 

 

Postcard of the Suez Canal, showing Marmora.

 

 

 

 

 

Macedonia (1904)

 

Official P&O postcard of Macedonia.

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Tuck's Oilette postcard No.9112 of Macedonia.

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French postcard of Macedonia from Marseille.

 

 

 

 

 

Mooltan (2) (1905)

 

Official P&O postcard of Mooltan (2).

 

 

Official P&O postcard of Mooltan (2).

 

 

Postcard of Mooltan (2) in rough seas.

 

 

 

 

 

Dongola (1)

(1905-1926 - 7371gt)

 

Official P&O postcard of Dongola (1).

 

 

Official postcard of Dongola (1), in service as a troopship.

 

 

Official postcard of Dongola (1), in service as a troopship.

 

 

 

 

 

Devanha (1)

(1906-1928 - 8092gt)

 

Official P&O postcard of Devanha

 

 

Official P&O postcard of Devanha

 

 

 

 

 

Namur (1906)

 

Official P&O postcard of Namur

 

 

 

 

 

Nore (1907)

 

Official P&O postcard of Nore

 

 

 

 

 

Nyanza (2) (1907)

 

Official P&O postcard of Nyanza

 

 

 

 

 

Malwa (2) (1908)

 

Official P&O postcard of Malwa.

 

 

Postcard of Malwa

 

 

 

 

 

Morea (1908)

 

Official P&O postcard of Morea.

 

 

 

 

 

Mantua (1) (1909)

 

Official P&O postcard of Mantua (1).

 

 

Official P&O postcard of Mantua (1).

 

 

Official P&O postcard of Mantua (1).

 

 

Official P&O postcard of Mantua (1) off Columbo.

 

 

Postcard of Mantua (1).

 

 

Tuck's Oilette postcard of Mantua (1).

 

 

Grimaud postcard of Mantua (1) in a storm.

 

 

Photographic postcard of Mantua (1).

 

 

Photographic postcard of Mantua (1).

 

 

 

 

 

Maloja (1) (1911)

 

Official P&O postcard of Maloja.

 

 

 

 

 

Medina (1911)

 

Medina was the last of the ten ships in P&O's M-Class, delivered from Caird & Co of Greenock in 1911. During construction it was decided that Medina would convey King George V and Queen Mary to India, for the Delhi Durbar, and so she was initially commissioned into the Royal Navy, and her crew were mainly naval personnel. Medina was provided with an extra mast, necessary to maintain royal flag etiquette, and she was finished with a white hull with bands of royal blue and gold, and buff funnels. Various large rooms intended for public use were redecorated as royal apartments. Medina left Portsmouth for India in November 1911, returning in February 1912. Medina returned to Cairds for refitting, and was delivered to P&O in June 1912. She had only two years of peacetime service, but remained with P&O in the war. On February 1st 1917, Medina was torpedoed by U-571 off the coast of Devon.

 

 

National Series postcard No1919 of Medina in royal service with three masts and white hull.

 

 

Postcard of Medina in royal service at Port-Said.

 

 

Official P&O postcard of Medina.

 

 

 

 

 

Ballarat (1) (1911-1917 - 11,167gt)

Beltana (1911-1930 - 11,167gt)

Benalla (1912-1931 - 11,118gt)

Berrima (1913-1930 - 11,137gt)

Borda (1913-1930 - 11,136gt)

 

In 1909, P&O bought the Blue Anchor Line, which ran emigrant services from the UK to Australia via South Africa. Blue Anchor had been badly hit by the loss without trace of their largest ship, the Warateh of 9000gt. P&O paid £275000 for five ships, the line and its goodwill. P&O separately managed the line as the P&O Branch Line, and initially retained the Blue Anchor funnel colours. They invited tenders for the first two of five replacement ships in September 1910, and Caird & Co of Greenock built all five 11000gt vessels, delivered between 1911 and 1913. They were one class ships (Blue Anchor had carried some first class) and capacity was 1000 on the outward emigrant trips. 650 of the berths were temporary quarters, which could be dismantled to provide more cargo space on the return trips.

 

The Ballarat was torpedoed by U-32 on 25th April 1917 whilst entering the English Channel with 1400 troops from Australia. Damaged at the stern, she began taking on water. All troops were successfully transferred to the boats to be picked up by naval vessels. Ballarat was taken under tow, but sank later off the Lizard. Her sisters all survived the war, and continued in service on various secondary routes until the early 1930s, having been replaced by a new 13000gt B-Class between 1921 and 1923.

 

 

P&O official postcard of Bendigo, Beltana, Benalla and Borda

Post-WW1 card after Ballarat (1) had been lost

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W.H.Smith Kingsway postcard of Ballarat (1) with Blue Anchor funnel colours

 

 

W.H.Smith Kingsway postcard of Ballarat (1) with Blue Anchor funnel colours

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W.H.Smith Kingsway postcard of Beltana

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W.H.Smith Kingsway postcard of Benalla

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Kaiser I Hind (2)

(1914-1938 - 11518gt)

 

Official P&O postcard of Kaiser I Hind (2)

 

 

Official P&O postcard of Kaiser I Hind (2)

 

 

Official P&O postcard of Kaiser I Hind (2)

 

 

French postcard of Kaiser I Hind (2)

 

 

 

 

 

Khiva (2) (1914-31)

 

One of a series of six 9000 ton steamers built in 1913-1914 with names beginning with 'K', all of which survived the war, but were scrapped in Japan in 1931-1932. The ships were:- Kalyan (1914-32)), Karmala (1) (1914-32), Kashgar (2) (1914-32), Kashmir (1914-32), Khiva (2) (1913-31) and Khyber (1) (1914-31).

 

 

Official P&O postcard of Khiva (2).

 

 

Official P&O postcard of Khiva (2).

 

 

 

 

 

Kalyan (1914-1932)

 

One of a series of six 9000 ton steamers built in 1913-1914 with names beginning with 'K', all of which survived the war, but were scrapped in Japan in 1931-1932. The ships were:- Kalyan (1914-32)), Karmala (1) (1914-32), Kashgar (2) (1914-32), Kashmir (1914-32), Khiva (2) (1913-31) and Khyber (1) (1914-31).

 

 

Official P&O postcard of Kalyan.

 

 

Official P&O postcard of Kalyan.

 

 

 

 

 

Khyber (1914-1931)

 

One of a series of six 9000 ton steamers built in 1913-1914 with names beginning with 'K', all of which survived the war, but were scrapped in Japan in 1931-1932. The ships were:- Kalyan (1914-32), Karmala (1) (1914-32), Kashgar (2) (1914-32), Kashmir (1914-32), Khiva (2) (1913-31) and Khyber (1) (1914-31).

 

 

Photographic postcard of Khyber.

 

 

 

 

 

Kashmir (1914-1932)

 

One of a series of six 9000 ton steamers built in 1913-1914 with names beginning with 'K', all of which survived the war, but were scrapped in Japan in 1931-1932. The ships were:- Kalyan (1914-32), Karmala (1) (1914-32), Kashgar (2) (1914-32), Kashmir (1914-32), Khiva (2) (1913-31) and Khyber (1) (1914-31).

 

 

Official P&O postcard of Kashmir.

 

 

 

 

 

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