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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.
 
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 (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.
 
 
P&O official postcard of Naldera.
 
 
P&O official photographic postcard of Naldera.
 
 
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.
 
 
Colour art postcard of Narkunda.
 
 
 
 
 
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).
 
 
Photographic postcard of Baradine (1).
 
 
P&O official postcard of Baldranald (1).
 
 
Photographic postcard of Baldranald (1).
 
 
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).
 
 
Photographic postcard of Mongolia (3).
 
 
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).
 
 
Photographic postcard of Majola (2).
 
 
 
 
 
Cathay (2) (1925)
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
 
 
 
Comorin (1) (1925)
 
P&O official postcard
Scan: Clive Haddock
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Chitral (1) (1925)
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
P&O official postcard
Scan: Bob Renshaw.
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Rajputana (1925)
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
 
 
 
Ranchi (1925)
 
P&O official postcard of Ranchi.
 
 
Photograph of Ranchi at Dubrovnik
Neven Jerkovic writes:- Finally I found in Dubrovnik Archive that P&O liner Ranchi visited Dubrovnik three
times:- first visit on May 12th 1926 (492 pax + 352 crew), again May 16th 1927 (410 pax + 363 crew) and on
September 25th 1929 (282 pax + 335 crew). The P&O liner in Dubrovnik is definitely Ranchi. Her other
sisterships never visited Dubrovnik.
Scan: Ivo Batricevic
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Photograph of Ranchi at Dubrovnik
Neven Jerkovic writes:- Finally I found in Dubrovnik Archive that P&O liner Ranchi visited
Dubrovnik three times: first visit on May 12th 1926 (492 pax + 352 crew), again May 16th
1927 (410 pax + 363 crew) and on September 25th 1929 (282 pax + 335 crew). The P&O
liner in Dubrovnik is definitely Ranchi. Her other sisterships never visited Dubrovnik.
Scan: Ivo Batricevic
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Photographic postcard of Ranchi.
 
 
 
 
 
Ranpura (1925)
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
 
 
 
Rawalpindi (1925)
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
 
 
 
Razmak
(1925-1960 - 10602gt)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Viceroy of India
(1929-1942 - 19,648gt)
 
P&O official postcard of Viceroy of India.
 
 
P&O official postcard of Viceroy of India.
 
 
Pamlin Prints postcard of Viceroy of India.
 
 
 
 
 
Corfu (1930)
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
 
 
 
Strathnaver (1) (1931)
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Strathaird (1) (1932)
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
 
 
 
Carthage (1932)
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
 
 
 
Strathmore (1) (1935-63)
 
In 1963, Strathmore (1) was sold to John Latsis (Piraeus) for use as a pilgrim ship.
 
Complete history of Strathmore (1)
 
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
 
 
Stratheden (1) (1937)
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
P&O official postcard - same image but title at the bottom.
 
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
 
 
 
Strathallan (1) (1938)
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
 
 
 
Ettrick (1938)
 
 
 
 
 
Canton (4) (1938)
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
P&O official postcard
 
 
 
 
 
 
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