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From Wedge's "Brown's Flags and Funnels" 1940

       (PO2) PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM
NAVIGATION CO. 1879 - 1914

            (Photos of all except one (the ‘Peninsular’) of the vessels listed below are in
“P&O A Fleet History”, by Stephen Rabson and Kevin O’Donoghue, published
by the World Ship Society 1988.)

            Regular Steamer Services: London to Melbourne and Sydney via Suez from 1879

            LISTED ALPHABETICALLY

            Arcadia (I) – stscs 2f4bk 6,603gt        slv photo uw Image No. bs001355
                1888 Belfast             nmm photos:
No. G.182 (no yards)
                                  No. G237 (no yards)
                                     No. G.659 (yards on fore
`                                       and main)
   No. G.1886 (yard on fore
and main)
                                   am No. P.17698 (yards on
fore and main)
                                     uw No. P.17699 (no yards)
                       Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.116

            Australia (I) – iscs 1f3bk 3,664gt        sln photo am
                1870 Greenock                        Digital Order No. a636317
slv photo am Image No.b37995
(same photo)
                       nmm photos:
No. G.1879 (1882)
No. P.17707 (yards on fore
and main)
                       Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.86
                       Illustrated Sydney News engraving
   am (‘Flagship of NSW National
Regatta’) 19 Feb. 1881, P.21

            Australia (II) – stscs 2f4m            sln photos uw
                6,901gt 1892 Greenock               Digital Order No. a636318
Digital Order No. a636319
(same photo)
                       slsa photo uw No. B 26947
                       slq photo uw Image No. 128509
                       nmm photos:
No. G.269
                               No. G.312
                               No. G.694
                               No. G.1105
                               No. G1106
                                  uw No. G.1115 (1898)
                               No.G.1166
                                  am No. P. 17709 (Suez Canal)
                                  uw No. P.17710
No. P.17712 ( June 1904, aground
   in Port Phillip Bay)
No. P.17713 (July 1904 after
a fire on board)
                       Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.122
Photo, P.171, 'Australian
Steamships Past and Present'
by Dickson Gregory (The
Richards Press Ltd, London
1928)

            Ballaarat – stscs 2f2bg 4,752gt 1882        sln photo uw
                Greenock               Digital Order No. a636382
slv photo uv   Image No. a26205
                   nmm photos:
No. G503 (1889, brig rig)
                                  uw No. P.17720 (Suez Canal,
brig rig)
                                  uw No, P.1772 (no yards)
                       Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.107

            Ballarat (I) – sttwscs 1f2m 11,120gt 1911    Photo in ‘Fleet History’. P.161
                Greenock

            Beltana – sttwscs 1f2m 11,167gt 1912       sln photos uw
                Greenock                         Digital Order No. a636472
Digital Order No, a636473
                           sln postcard print uw
                                   Digital Order No. 636474
                          nmm photos:
   uw No. P.17736
                                      am No. P.17737
                                    uw No. N.22695 (1917,
`                                   Thames estuary –slightly
        fuzzy)
                           Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.162

            Benalla – sttwscs 1f2m 11,118gt 1913      sln photos uw:
                Greenock                                    Digital Order No. a636480
    Digital Order No. a636481
slv photo uw Image No.pc002115
(as WW I transport)
  nmm painting (guache, grey) by
   A.J.W. Burgess   PA10726
                       Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.163

            Bengal (II) – stscs 1f3bkn 4,344gt        slv photo uw Image No. b41849
                1885 Greenock           nmm photo No. G1442 (yards on
    fore - copy of Gould negative)
                       Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.112

            Berrima – sttwscs 1f1m 11,137gt 1913   sln photos
               Greenock                                 am Digital Order No. a636493
       uw Digital Order No. a636494
                                    am Digital Order No. a636495
                          slv photos
       uw Image No. b41107
                                      uw Image No. pc002123 (1919.
   Sydney, as transport)
                          nmm photos:
No. P.17746 (1915, Aden, as
   transport, submarine AE2
   astern)
                                 uw  No. P.17747
                       Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.165

            Bokhara – iscs 1f3bkn 2,944gt 1873         sln photo am
                Greenock               Digital Order No. a636519
   nmm photo No. G.1871 (1884)
                          Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.91

            Borda – sttwscs 1f2m 11,136gt 1914       sln photos uw:
Greenock     Digital Order No. a636537
            Digital Order No. a636538
                           Digital Order No. a636420
   (1916, as transport)
                             sln coloured postcard uw
                               Digital Order No. a636536
                            slv photos uw:
  Image No. b38173
                                                                                            Image No. b38175 (WWI,
   ‘dazzle’ painted)
                                     Image No. b38176
                          nmm photos
   No. P.17754 (Cape Town)
                                     am No. P.17756
                          Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.166

            Brindisi – iscs 1f3bkn 3,542gt 1880       sln photo am
                Sunderland                       Digital Order No. a636573
   nmm photo am No. P.17759
   (Gravesend)
                          Photo in ‘Fleet History’. P.101

            Britannia – stscs 2f4bk 6,525gt           sln photo uw
                1887 Greenock                 (leaving Circular Quay, Sydney)
    At Work and Play-02025
                           slv photo uw Image No. bs001356
                           nmm watercolour uw by
   A. Burroughs PAD6797
                           nmm photos:
   No. G.196 (1893)
                                  No. G.280 (1893)
                                  No. G.1208 (yards on fore
   and main)
                                   ut No. 17761 (no yards)
                                   aq No. 17762 (1895,
Southampton, as a transport
painted white)
                       Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.115

            Carthage (I) – iscs 2f4bkn 5,013gt 1881   nmm photos
                Greenock                                 No. G.265 (post 1891, with
two masts)
No. G.1885 (four masts, yards
   on fore, main and mizzen)
                                 am No. P.17776 (four masts,
   yards on fore and main)
                                    am No. P.17777 (Suez Canal,
`                                  two masts)
                       Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.103

            Cathay (I) – iscs 1f3bkn 2,983gt 1872         nmm photos:
                Dumbarton                       No. G.278 (1892)
   No. G.373
                              No. G.1161 (1892)
                              No. G.1881 (1885)
                        Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.89

            China (II) – stscs 2f2m 7,912gt 1896        sln photos uw:
                Belfast                                               Digital Order No. a636806
       Digital Order No. a636808
                             Digital Order No. a636809
                                Digital Order No. a636810`
                             sln coloured photograph print uw                                             Digital Order No. a636805
                              slv photo uw Image No. b37963
                              Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.132

            Chusan (II) – stscs 1f3bkn 4,490gt              nmm photos:
                1884 Greenock                No. G.1108 (1891)
    am No. P.17801 (Thames)
                            Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.111

            Clyde – stscs 2f3bkn 4,124gt 1881              nmm photos
                Dumbarton                           am No. G.23 (1893)
    No. G..2117 (yards on fore)
                           Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.103
Photo of painting by
R.H. Neville-Cumming, P.165,
Dickson Gregory, op. cit.
            Coromandel (I) – stscs 1f3bkn 4,359gt      nmm photos:
                1885 Greenock                               uw No. G.40 (yards on fore)
    No. G 246 (no yards)
                                       No. G.1725 (yards on fore)
                          Photo in’Fleet History’, P.113

            Deccan – iscs 1f3bk 3,128gt 1868           nmm photos:
Dumbarton            No. G1866 (1882)
                                     No. G.2141 (1886)
                                    aq No. P.17813 (drying sails)
                          Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.73

            Ganges (III) – stscs 2f3bkn 4,196gt            sln photo am
                1882 Barrow-in-Furness       Digital Order No. a637522
     nmm photos:
   am No.G.57
                                       No. G.640
                                  No. G1178 (1889)
                      Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.105

            Himalaya (II) – stscs 2f4m             slv photo uw Image No. b43770
                6,898gt 1892 Greenock          nmm photos:
No. G.238 (1892)
   No. G.815
                              No. G1113
                                                                         uw No. P.17848
                      Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.121

            Hydaspes – iscs 1f3bkn 2,984gt 1872         nmm photo am No. P. 17855
    1        Dumbarton             (Gravesend - a Gould photo)
                           Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.89

            India (II) – stscs 2f2m 7,911gt 1896       sln photo uw
                Greenock                   Digital Order No. a637792
   naa photo uw
      Image No. J2879, OTH484
                     nmm photos:
    No. G.180 (1897)
                                  No. G.282 (1897)
                                  No. G.305
                                  No. G.314 (1897)
                                    uw No. P.17858
                       Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.131
Photo, P.172, Dickson Gregory,
op. cit.

            Indus (I) – iscs 1f3bk 3,462gt 1871          nmm photos
                Dumbarton                       No. G2127
No. G.2128 (1882)
                                   No. G.2143 (1882)
                          Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.87

            Kaisar-I-Hind (I) – iscs 1f3bk 4,023gt       nmm photos
                 1878 Greenock        No. G.1441
   (copy Gould negative)
                                  aq No. P.17867 (yards on
   fore and main)
                          Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.98

            Kashgar (I) – iscs 1f2bg 2,621gt 1874   Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.96
              Sunderland

            Khedive – iscs 1f3bk 3,742gt 1871          naa photo am
                Greenock                  Image No. J2879 QTH483
slq copy print uw
                                  Image No.132530
                          nmm photos:
     No. G.51 (1890)
                                  No. G.1862 (1885, yards
    on fore and main)
                                  No. P.17873 (yards on
   fore and main –
   copy Gould negative)
                          Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.86
Photo, P.165, Dickson Gregory,
op. cit.

            Macedonia – sttwscs 2f2m 10,512gt          nmm watercolour by
                1904 Belfast                          W.L.Wylie PAE2149
                      nmm photos:
   No. G.192
                              No. G.272 (1904)
                              No. G.298
                              No. G.311 (1904)
                                am No. P.17882
                       Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.148

            Maloja (I) – sttwscs 2f2m 12,431gt 1911          sln photo uw
                Belfast                      Digital Order No. a638313
      nmm photos:
    No. G.284 (1911)
                              No. G1006
                              No. G.1034
                          Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.160
Photo, P.174, Dickson Gregory,
op. cit.

            Malwa (I) – iscs 1f3bkn 2,933gt 1873          nmm photos
                Greenock                          No. G.1869 (1885)
   No. P.17894 (a Gould photo)
                               Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.90

            Malwa (II) – sttwscs 2f2m 10,883gt    sln photos:
                1908 Greenock                     aq Digital Order No. a638325
   am Digital Order No. a638326
                             uw Digital Order No. a638327
                       nmm photos:
      uw No. P.17895
                                    am No. P.17896
                          Photo in ‘Fleet History’. P.155
Photo, P.173, Dickson Gregory,
op. cit.

           Mantua (I) – sttwscs 2f2m 10,946gt             slv photos uw:
                 1909 Greenock                             Image No. b37959
    Image No. b37960
                                  Image No. b37961
                          sln photo am:
    Digital Order No. a638365
                          nmm photos:
   No. G.171 (1911)
                                           No. G.177
                                    uw No. P.17898
                                  am  No. P.17902
                          uw No. P.17903
                          am No. P.29631
    (Thames, 1924)
                             Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.157

            Marmora – sttwscs 2f2m 10,509gt          nmm photos:
                1903 Belfast                          No. G.183
      No. G.187
                                  No. G.944
                                uw No. P.17904
                                       No.P.17906 (Port Said)
                                  No. P.17907 (WW I, as
   armed merchant cruiser)
                             Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.14

            Massilia (II) – stscs 2f3bkn 4,908gt 1884    slq photo am
                Greenock                    Image No. 133805
nmm photos:
No. G.29 (1892, yards on fore)
                                            No. G.1460 (yards on fore
and main)
                                  am No. P.17911 (no yards)
                                      uw No. P.17912 (no yards)
                               nmm copy of painting
                               No. G.1451
                             nmm copy of painting
                                   No. G.2108
                                 Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.109
Photo, P.167, Dickson Gregory,
op. cit.

            Medina – sttwscs 2f2m 12,368gt 1911         nmm watercolour by
                Greenock                           W.L. Wyllie uw PAE2097
                           nmm watercour by
                               W.L. Wyllie uw PAE2105
                               nmm photos:
am No. P.17913 (1911,
   as Royal Yacht)
              uw No. N4361 FDW/1
   (leaving Portsmouth flying
Royal Standard)
                                                uw No. G.4512 (no flags)
                             naa photo No. J2879 QTH485
                       slv photo uw Image No. b41331
      Photo in ‘Fleet History’. P.163
Photo, P.174, Dickson Gregory,
op. cit.

            Mirzapore (II) – iscs 1f3bkn 3,763gt 1871          nmm watercolour by
                Greenock                          W. Baddeley uw PAD6782
                         nmm photos:
      No. G.713
                           No. G.1148 (1891)
                           No. G.2133
                                  aq No. P.17916
                             Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.87

            Moldavia (I) – sttwscs 2f2m 9,505gt       slv postcard print uw (c.1905)
                1903 Greenock                   Image No. pc002099
                      nmm photos:
   No.G.200 (1903)
                                  No. G.227 (1903)
                                  No. P.17917 (1903)
                             Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.146

            Mongolia (II) – sttwscs 2f2m 9505gt          sln photos:
                1903 Greenock                      am Digital Order No. a638577
   uw Digital Order No. a638578
                         sln postcard print uw (leaving
   Sydney in gale 1904)
     Digital Order No. a638579
      slt photo uw
      AUTAS001126071299
   nmm photos:
No. G.188
            ut No. P.17925
    Photo in ‘Fleet History”, P.147
Photo, P.173, Dickson Gregory,
op. cit.

            Mooltan (II) – sttwscs 2f2m 9,621gt       sln photo ut:
                1905 Greenock                    Digital Order No. a638617
   slv photo uw
Image No. b37957
                         nmm photos:
   No. G.234
                              No. G.239
                                  ut No. G.240
                                  No. G.244
                                  No. G259
   No. G.290
                             Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.151

            Morea – sttwscs 2f2m 10,895gt           slv photos uw:
                1908 Glasgow                       Image No. b37967
    Image No. b37968
                          sln coloured postcard uw
                              Digital Order No.a638632
                         slq photo aq
Image No.133697
                      nmm photos
No. G.264 (1908)
                              No. G.1032
                                 aq No. P.17947
                                 uw No. P. 17948
                                 No. P.17949 (WW I
   hospital ship)
                                   aq No. P.29729
(1923, Tilbury)
                       Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.156

            Nizam – iscs 1f3bk 2,726gt 1873        nmm photo
    Dumbarton   No. G.2129 (1882)
                             Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.94

            Oceana – stscs 2f4bk 6,610gt            slv photos uw:
                1888 Belfast                         Image No. bs001357
      Image No.b37779
                         nmm photos:
   No. G.203 (no yards)
                              No. G.308 (1893, no yards)
                                  No. G.2112 (yards on fore
   and main – a Gould original)
    No. P.17980 (Suez Canal,
    no yards)
                                  uw No.P.17981 (no yards)
                              Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.115
Photo, P.170, Dickson Gregory,
  op. cit.

            Oriental (II)– stscs 1f3bkn 5284gt       sln photo uw
                1888 Greenock           Digital Order No.a638888
nmm photos:
    No. G.62 (yards on fore)
                              No. G.68 (yards on fore, ship
dressed overall, crew
manning ship and yards)
   No. G.262 (1893, yards on
                     fore)
No. G.1042 (1893, yards on
            fore)
                                    uw No. G.1459 (ship dressed
   overall, yards on fore –copy
   of a Gould )
                          Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.117

            Parramatta – stscs 2f2bg 4,759gt 1882    sln photo uw (in Suez Canal)
  Greenock   Digital Order No. a639076
                                              slv photo am
   Image No. b37953
                       nmm watercolour by
                                  S.G.D. uw PAD6793
                       nmm photos:
   No. G.230 (1891, yards on
fore and main)
                      No. G.1452 (yards on fore
                                                                                                and main – copy of Gould                                                                                                        negative)
            Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.107
                            Photo of painting by
R.H. Neville-Cumming, P.166,
Dickson Gregory, op. cit.

            Pekin (II) – iscs 1f3bkn 3,777gt 1871     nmm photos:
                Greenock                       No. G.1870 (1883, with tug)
   No. G. 1930 (1883 with tug)
                       Photo in ’Fleet History’, P.88

            Peninsular – stscs 1f3bkn 5,294gt       slv photo uw
                1888 Greenock           Image No. b37954
   nmm photos:
No. G.178 (1893, yards
on fore)
                                 am No. P.17993
    (in Suez Canal)

            Persia – stscs 2f2m 7,951gt 1900           nmm photos
                Greenock                          No. G.258
    No. G.303
                          Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.141

            Peshawur (I) – icsc 1f3bkn 3,740gt 1871   slv photo aq
                Greenock                 Image No. b39915
   nmm photos:
No. G.1466 (1883)
                              No. G.1876 (1883)
                              No. G.2123 (1883)
                                 aq   No. P.18000
                                    uw No. P.18001 (in
    Suez Canal)
       Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.88

            Ravenna – stscs 1f3bkn 3,372gt 1880       nmm photos:
                Dumbarton                          No.G1882 (1886)
   No. G.1895
                                  No. G.2136 (1886)
                          Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.100

            Rohilla – iscs 1f3bkn 3,500gt 1880       nmm photos
                Greenock                       No. G.1137 (1892)
No. G.1883 (1882)
                               No. G.1137 (1892)
slv photo aq (Williamstown
Pier, 1882)
Image No. b08128
   Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.100

            Rome - iscs 2f4bkn 5,013gt 1881   slv wood engraving from
                Greenock               Australian Sketcher,
3 Dec. 1881
Image No.mp009308
                       slq photo uw
Image No. 68848
   nmm photos:
No.20 (1892, after
  lengthening, no yards)
                               No. G.653 (1887, yards
  on fore and main)
                               No. G.1888 (1885, yards
on fore and main)
                               No. G2111 (1882, yards
on fore, main and mizzen)
      am No. P.18051
(1881-1892, before
   lengthening, yards on
            fore and main)
   Photo in ‘Fleet History’. P.102
Photo, P.166, Dickson Gregory,
op. cit.

            Rosetta – iscs 1f3bkn 3,502gt 1880        nmm photos:
                    Belfast                           No. G.174 (1889)
No. G.1046 (1889)
                                   aq No. P18049
(taken across quay)
                       Photo in’Fleet History’, P.101

            Shannon – iscs 2f3bg 4,198gt 1881           nmm photos:
                Belfast (P & O’s last iron                                 No. G.58 (1889, yards on
                built ship)                          fore and main – distant)
No. G.261 (1894, yards
on fore)
                               No. G.1446 (yards on fore
and main – copy of Gould
original)
         am No. P.18058 (yards on
fore and main)
                       Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.104
Photo, P.167, Dickson Gregory,
op. cit.

            Siam (exc-Minister Roon)– iscs 1f2bg   Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.97
                3,926gt 1873 Greenock (acquired
from Norddeutscher Lloyd 1875)

            Surat (I) – iscs 1f2bg 2,578gt 1866       nmm photos
                Northam                                                    No. G.1867 (1882, three masts)
       aq No. P.18109 (two masts)
                           No. P.1810 (1874, three
masts after being lengthened
-      obscured by vessels in
    foreground)
   Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.70

            Sutlej – stscs 2f3bkn 4,194gt 1882       nmm photos
                Barrow-in-Furness                   No. G.1887 (1882)
No. P.18112 (copy of Gould
original)
                       Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.106

            Tasmania – stscs 1f3bkn 4,488gt          nmm photos:
                1884 Greenock                          am No. P.18117 (with tug in
      foreground – copy of Gould
          original)
                                        am No. P.18118 (Gravesend –
         copy of Gould original)
                          Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.111

            Thames – stscs 2f3bkn 4,101gt1882          nmm photos:
                Glasgow                          No. G.281 (1888)
      No. G.1884 (1883)
                      Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.105

            Valetta (II) – stscs 2f3bk 4,911gt 1883      nla watercolour by H.J. Graham uw
                Greenock (first P&O ship               nla.pic-an.6438972
with electric light –in 1st class   slv photo aq  (c.1884-1887)
saloon)                                       Image No. pi000394
                   nmm photos:
No. G.274 (1892, yards on
fore)
                               No. G.1462 (1887, yards on
        fore and main)
                               No. G.2118 (1885, yards on
       fore and main)
                       Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.109

            Venetia – iscs 1f3bk 2,726gt 1873           nmm photos:
                Dumbarton                          No. G.1880 (1885)
      No. P.18127 (1885)
                     Photo in ‘Fleet History’. P.90

            Verona – iscs 1f3bkn 3,116gt 1879        nmm tinted lithograph
                Greenock                       by T.G. Dutton PAH5289
                   nmm photos:
No. G.1878
                                    am No. P.18129 (Gravesend,
yards on fore)
                       Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.99

            Victoria – stscs 2f4bk 6,522gt        slwa photo am (c.1905)
                1887 Greenock       Call No.012929D
slv photo uw
(1889, leaving Colombo)
                   Image No. b47752
naa photo uw (1890, Sydney)
Image No. J2879, QTH486
nmm photos:
No. G.28 (yards on fore and
main)
                               No. G.64 (1892, yards on
fore)
                               No. G277 (no yards)
                               No. P.18136 (as transport
painted white, no yards)
No. P.18137 (Gravesend, late
photo)
                       Photo in ‘Fleet History’, P.114


   List of P&O vessels in the Australian service from John M.Maber's "North Star to
Southern Cross" (T. Stephenson & Sons Ltd, Prescott, Lancs.1967) and ship details
from Duncan Haws' "Merchant Fleets in Profile. 1. The Ships of the P&O, Orient and
BlueAnchor Lines" (Patrick Stephens Ltd, Cambridge 1978)

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