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P&O Liners
(Page 3: 1915-1939)
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, plus three pages on the cruise ships:-
Liners Page 1
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Liners Page 2
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Liners Page 3
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Liners Page 4
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Cruises - Page 1
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Cruises - Page 2
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Cruises - Page 3
Ships on this Page:-
Ballarat (2)
(1921-1935)
Balranald (1)
(1921-1936)
Baradine (1)
(1921-1936)
Barrabool
(1923-1936)
Bendigo (2)
(1922-1936)
Canton (4)
(1938-1962)
Carthage (2)
(1931-1961)
Cathay (2)
(1925-1942)
Chitral (1)
(1925-1953)
Corfu
(1930-1961)
Comorin (1)
(1925-1941)
Ettrick
(1938-1942)
- Troopship
Maloja (2)
(1924-1954)
Moldavia (2)
(1922-1938)
Mongolia (3)
(1923-1938) - Transferred to
New Zealand Shipping Co
as
Rimutaka (3)
.
Mooltan (3)
(1923-1954)
Naldera
(1920-1938 - 16,088gt)
Narkunda
(1920-1942 - 16,118gt)
Rajputana
(1925-1941)
Ranchi
(1925-1953)
Ranpura
(1925-1944)
Rawalpindi
(1925-1939)
Razmak
(1925-1960 - 10602gt)
Strathaird (1)
(1932-1967)
Stratheden (1)
(1937-1964)
Strathallan (1)
(1937-1942)
Strathmore (1)
(1935-1963)
Strathnaver (1)
(1931-1961)
Viceroy of India)
(1929-1942 - 19,648gt)
Other P&O Pages:-
P&O Header Page
P&O Liners - Page 1
- 1837-1899
P&O Liners - Page 2
- 1900-1914
P&O Liners - Page 3
- 1915-1939
- this page!
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 3: 1915-1939)
Naldera
(1920-1938 - 16,088gt)
Naldera
(and near sister
Narkunda
) had lengthy construction times, having been ordered in 1913.
Naldera
was built by Caird & Co of Greenock, the 83rd, largest and last ship they delivered to P&O (the yard was taken over by Harland & Wolff).
Naldera
was launched in December 1917 and was undergoing conversion to an auxiliary cruiser with two funnels before plans changed and she was re-converted to a fast cargo ship. This work was completed, but further conversions were started to hospital ship and then seaplane carrier before the war ended and she was passed to P&O. She entered survive on 25th March 1920, followed five days later by her sister. They were the first three-funnelled P&O liners and the first with cruiser sterns.
Naldera
ran on the mail service to Australia, and later to the Far East, carrying 673 passengers (426 of which were first class). She was withdrawn by P&O in 1938 after two final voyages to Japan.
Naldera
was then chartered to the government to carry 2000 British Legion Volunteer Police to Czechoslovakia, who were embarked and ready to leave in October when the voyage was cancelled to appease Hitler. She left Tilbury for breaking up on the Firth of Forth on 19th November 1938; a pity since she would have proved useful for trooping in the war which soon started.
P&O official postcard of
Naldera
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P&O official postcard of
Naldera
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P&O official photographic postcard of
Naldera
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Kingsway photographic postcard of
Naldera
.
Photographic postcard of
Naldera
.
Narkunda
(1920-1942 - 16,118gt)
Like her near sister
Naldera
,
Narkunda
had a lengthy construction time, having been ordered in 1913.
Narkunda
was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast. She did not enter service during the war, and was passed to P&O at its end. She entered survive on 30th March 1920, five days after her sister
Naldera
. They were the first three-funnelled P&O liners and the first with cruiser sterns.
Narkunda
ran on the mail service to Australia, and later to the Far East, carrying 673 passengers (426 of which were first class).
Narkunda
was converted to oil firing in 1927 (unlike her sister) which extended her career. She continued in passenger service until 1940, making trips to Shanghai and Cape Town after war had been declared. Used as a troopship thereafter,
Narkunda
was bombed and sunk in 1942 during the African landings, the third of three P&O ships to be lost there.
P&O official postcard of
Narkunda
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Colour art postcard of
Narkunda
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Ballarat (2)
(1921-1935 - 13,033gt)
Baradine (1)
(1921-1936 - 13,144gt)
Balranald (1)
(1921-1936 - 13,039gt)
Bendigo (2)
(1922-1936 - 13,039gt)
Barrabool
(1923-1936 - 13,148gt)
Five sisterships built for P&O's secondary one-class service to Australia. This was not a successful class, all ships having been withdrawn within 15 years. They had accommodation for 500 passengers, whilst an additional 700 temporary berths could be rigged for the outbound emigrant voyages. They sailed to Australia via Cape Town, and offered departures every two weeks. By 1926, the third class emigrant trade was collapsing, and in 1929 the route via Capetown was abandoned. The ships were refitted in turn, including conversion to oil firing, and returned to service with accommodation for 586 one-class passengers. They were used on the mail route to Australia via Suez, charging third class fares for much improved accommodation compared to their earlier history. However, their withdrawals started only seven years later.
P&O official postcard of
Bendigo (2)
England-Egypt-Ceylon-Australia route - the same card was issued for all sisters
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P&O official postcard of
Bendigo (2)
at Capetown
England-Egypt-Ceylon-Australia route - the same card was issued for all sisters
P&O official postcard of
Barrabool
at Capetown
England-South Africa-Australia route - the same card was issued for all sisters
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P&O official postcard of
Ballarat (2)
Scan: Chris Sanderson
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Photographic postcard of
Ballarat (2)
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Photographic postcard of
Baradine (1)
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P&O official postcard of
Baldranald (1)
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Photographic postcard of
Baldranald (1)
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C.R.Hoffman postcard of
Barrabool
Moldavia (2) (1922)
P&O official postcard
P&O official postcard
Mongolia (3) (1923)
Mongolia (3)
was chartered to
NZSC
from 1938 as the
Rimutaka
, and was sold in 1950 to Incres Line, being renamed the
Europa
.
P&O official postcard of
Mongolia (3)
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Photographic postcard of
Mongolia (3)
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Official New Zealand Shipping Co postcard of
Rimutaka (3)
whilst
on charter from P&O.
Photographic postcard of
Acapulco
.
Mooltan (3) (1923)
P&O official postcard
P&O official postcard
Later P&O official postcard
Later P&O official postcard
Maloja (2) (1924)
P&O official postcard
P&O official postcard
Later P&O official postcard
Photographic postcard of
Majola (2)
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