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Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
 
Royal Mail - Page 4
 
 
This page is one of a series devoted to postcards and photographs of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSP). An alphabetical list of ships shown on this page is shown below. Below this is a Fleet List in chronological order. There is a table of individual ship histories on the RMSP Header Page.
 
 
Ships on This Page:-
Amazon (3) (1959-1968 - 20,348gt)
Aragon (2) (1960-1969 - 20,348gt)
Arlanza (2) (1960-1969 - 20,348gt)
Magdalena (1949 - 17547gt)
 
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RMSP - Page 2 - 1900-1923
RMSP - Page 3 - 1923-1939
RMSP - Page 4 - 1940-1970 - this page!
 
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Magdalena
(1949 - 17547gt)
 
Magdalena was built by Harland & Wolff on 1949. She ran onto rocks off Rio de Janeiro on her first return voyage from Buenos Aires on April 25th 1949. The ship was refloated but the bow section broke off and sank under tow. The rest was broken up.
 
Photographic postcard of Magdalena
 
 
 
 
 
Amazon (3)
(1959-1968 - 20,348gt)
 
Amazon (3) was transferred to Shaw Savill in 1968, and was renamed Akaroa. In 1971, Akaroa was sold to Norway for conversion to a car carrier, and renamed Akarita.
 
 
Royla Mail Lines postcard of Amazon (3).
 
 
 
 
 
Aragon (2)
(1960-1968 - 20,348gt)
 
Aragon (2) was transferred to Shaw Savill in 1969, and was renamed Aranda. In 1971, Aranda was sold to Norway for conversion to a car carrier, and renamed Hoegh Traveller.
 
 
Royla Mail Lines postcard of Aragon (2).
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Royla Mail Lines postcard of Aragon (2).
 
 
Arlanza (2)
(1960-1968 - 20,348gt)
 
Arlanza (2) was transferred to Shaw Savill in 1969, and was renamed Arawa. In 1971, Arawa was sold to Norway for conversion to a car carrier, and renamed Hoegh Transit.
 
 
Royla Mail Lines postcard of Arlanza (2).
 
 
Photographic postcard of Arlanza (2).
 
 
 
 
 
 
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