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Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Royal Mail - Page 3: 1923-1939
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:-
Alcantara
(1926-1958 - 16,034gt)
Andes (2)
(1939-1971 - 15,620gt)
Asturias
(1925-1957 - 16,034gt)
Highland Brigade
(1932-1959 - 14,131gt)
Highland Chieftain
(1932-1959 - 14,131gt)
Highland Monarch
(1932-1960 - 14,139gt)
Highland Patriot
(1932-1940 - 14,157gt)
Highland Princess
(1932-1959 - 14,128gt)
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RMSP - Page 1
- up to 1899
RMSP - Page 2
- 1900-1923
RMSP - Page 3
- 1923-1939
- this page!
RMSP - Page 4
- 1940-1970
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Royal Mail Fleet List - Page 3
Asturias (2)
(1925-1957 - 16,034gt)
Asturias (2)
was built in 1925, her sistership was
Alcantara
. She served as an Armed Merchant Cruiser and a troopship in the war, and became a government-owned emigrant ship in 1945.
Asturias (2)
was scrapped in 1957.
Royal Mail art postcard of
Asturias (2)
, off the Brazilian coast.
Royal Mail art postcard of
Asturias (2)
.
Royal Mail art postcard of
Asturias (2)
.
Royal Mail postcard of
Asturias (2)
.
Royal Mail postcard of
Asturias (2)
- blue version.
Photographic postcard of
Asturias (2)
.
Photographic postcard (Real Photographs?) of
Asturias (2)
.
Photographic postcard of
Asturias (2)
.
Modern M.N.W.Edwards postcard of
Asturias (2)
.
Royal Mail art postcard (K.Shoesmith) of
Asturias (2),
as a steamship with hightened funnels.
Photographic postcard of
Asturias (2)
as a steamship with hightened funnels.
Photographic postcard of
Asturias (2)
as a steamship with hightened funnels.
Photographic postcard of
Asturias (2)
, as a troopship with single funnel.
Photographic postcard of
Asturias (2)
, with single funnel in post-war years.
Photographic postcard of
Asturias (2)
, with single funnel.
Photographic postcard of
Asturias (2)
, with single funnel.
Royal Mail postcard of the Reading and Writing Room on
Alcantara
and
Asturias
.
Alcantara
(1926-1958 - 16,034gt)
Alcantara
was built in 1926, her sistership was
Asturias
. She served as an Armed Merchant Cruiser and a troopship in the war, and was returned to Royal mail in 1948.
Alcantara
was scrapped in 1958.
Photographic postcard of
Alcantara.
C.R.Hoffman photographic postcard of
Alcantara
as a steamship with hightened funnels.
Photographic postcard of
Alcantara
as a steamship with hightened funnels.
Photographic postcard of
Alcantara
at Vigo as a steamship with single funnel.
Photographic postcard of
Alcantara
at Vigo -very obviously a steamship.
Photographic postcard of
Alcantara
as a steamship with single funnel.
Royal Mail postcard of the Reading and Writing Room on
Alcantara
and
Asturias
.
Highland Chieftain
(Royal Mail: 1932-1958 - 14,131gt)
Highland Chieftain
was built for Nelson Line in 1928, the first of the five "
Highland"
Class. Her sisters were
Highland Brigade
,
Highland Monarch
and
Highland Princess
. She passed to Royal Mail in 1932, with the take over of Nelson Line. In 1959
Highland Chieftain
was sold to Calpe Shipping Co, Gibraltar, and renamed
Calpean Star
.
Generic Royal Mail postcard of the five "
Highland"
Class
.
Royal Mail postcard of
Highland Chieftain.
Royal Mail postcard of
Highland Chieftain.
Photographic postcard of
Highland Chieftain.
Highland Monarch
(Royal Mail: 1932-1958 - 14,139gt)
Highland Monarch
was built for Nelson Line in 1928. She passed to Royal Mail in 1932, with the take over of Nelson Line.
Highland Monarch
was scrapped in 1960.
Generic Royal Mail postcard of the five "
Highland"
Class
.
Royal Mail art postcard by K.Shoesmith of
Highland Monarch.
Royal Mail postcard of
Highland Monarch.
Photographic postcard of
Highland Monarch.
Highland Brigade
(Royal Mail: 1932-1958 - 14,131gt)
Highland Brigade
was built for Nelson Line in 1929. She passed to Royal Mail in 1932, with the take over of Nelson Line. In 1959
Highland Brigade
was sold to John Latsis, Piraeus, and renamed
Henrietta
.
Generic Royal Mail postcard of the five "
Highland"
Class
.
Photographic postcard of
Highland Brigade.
Photographic postcard of
Highland Brigade.
Highland Princess
(Royal Mail: 1932-1959 - 14,128gt)
Highland Princess
was built for Nelson Line in 1929. She passed to Royal Mail in 1932, with the take over of Nelson Line. In 1959
Highland Princess
was sold to John Latsis, Piraeus, and renamed
Marianna
.
Generic Royal Mail postcard of the five "
Highland"
Class
.
Royal Mail art postcard by K.Shoesmith of
Highland Princess.
Photographic postcard of
Highland Princess.
Photographic postcard of
Highland Princess.
Photographic postcard of
Highland Princess.
Highland Patriot
(Royal Mail: 1932-1940 - 14,157gt)
Highland Patriot
was built for Nelson Line in 1932. She passed to Royal Mail in the same year with the take over of Nelson Line. In 1940
Highland Patriot
was torpedoed and sunk in Atlantic, the only one of the five sisters to be lost.
Generic Royal Mail postcard of the five "
Highland"
Class
.
Royal Mail postcard of
Highland Patriot.
Andes (2)
(1939-1971 - 15,620gt)
Andes
was built in 1939, and was used as a troopship throughout the war. She was conveted to a cruise ship in 1959, and received a white hull. She was scrapped in 1971.
Sepia postcard of
Andes (2)
.
Art postcard of
Andes (2)
.
Photographic postcard of
Andes (2)
.