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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. This shows ships built before 1900, but only ships which survived into the poscard age are shown. There are other websites that you can search for which list earlier vesels from the pre-paostcard period. 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:-
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
P&O Princess Cruises Photographs
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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..
Postcard of
Himalaya (2)
as a troopship
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Borneo
(1895-1914 - 4573gt)
Borneo
was sold to Japan in 1914, and renamed the
Harima Maru
.
P&O official postcard of
Borneo
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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
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Sunda (2)
(1895-1914 - 4674gt)
Sunda
was sold to Japan in 1914, and renamed
Hokokuo Maru
.
P&O official postcard of
Sunda
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Sumatra (2)