From Wedge's "Brown's Flags and
Funnels" 1940
(PO1) PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM
NAVIGATION CO.
(P&O)
Sail Auxiliaries/ Steamers 1852 -1878
(Photos of
most of the vessels listed below are in “P&O A Fleet
History” by
Stephen Rabson and Kevin O’Donoghue, World
Ship Society, 1988)
A. Sydney-Melbourne-Singapore Service 1852-1854
Chusan
(I)– iscs if3bk 699gt 1852
nla watercolour
by
Newcastle
F. Garling am (Sydney)
nla.pic-an5418349-1
slv watercolour by
Dickson Gregory uw
Image No. b28450
nmm graphite sketches
by W.L. Wyllie
PAE0957
slsa
photo uw No. B 54374
Photo of painting uw, P. 41,
in'Fleet History',
Formosa (I)–
iscs 1f3bk 672gt 1852
Photo of painting uw, P. 42,
Glasgow
ibid.
Shanghai (I)
– iscs 1f3bk 546gt 1851
Photo of painting/lithograph am,
London
ibid, P. 41
Bombay (II)
– iscs 1f3bk 1186gt 1852
sln watercolour
Glasgow
by F. Garling uw
Digital Order No.a128218
Madras
– iscs 1f3bk 1185gt 1852
nmm coloured
lithograph
Glasgow
by W. Jefferson
PAH8969
Photo of painting/lithograph uw,
P. 42, in 'Fleet
History'
B. Sydney-Melbourne-Mauritius-Suez 1859
Salsette
(I) – iscs 1f3bkn 1491gt
nmm
photo aq No. P.18052
1858 Glasgow
slq copy print (b&w)
Image No. 178874
Photo of
painting/lithograph aq ,
P. 55, in
'Fleet History'
Photo of painting by Dickson Gregory, P.163,
'Australian Steam ships Past
and Present' by Dickson
Gregory (The Richards
Press ltd., London 1928)
Emeu –
1scs if3bk 1538gt 1854
Photo of painting uw, P.
59,
Glasgow
in 'Fleet history'
Columbian
– iscs 2112gt 1855
See European &
Australian
Glasgow
(acquired 1866)
Royal Mail Co. Ltd (EU)
Benares (I)
– iscs if3bkn 1491gt
Photo aq (Calcutta), P. 54,
1858 Glasgow
ibid.
Malta (I)
– ips 1218gt 1848
sln
watercolour by F. Garling
Greenock (1858 lengthened,
Digital Order No.
a128219
re-rigged and converted screw
nmm photo aq No. P.17891
propulsion, 2f3bk 1943 gt –
Photo of painting/lithograph aq,
1859, opened Suez-Sydney
P.38, in 'Fleet History'
service via
Mauritius)
Northam
– iscs 1f3bk 1330gt 1858
nmm photo
aq No. P.17973
Northam
slv
print wood engraving
(Governor departing on
Northam)
Image No. b48743
Photo of painting/lithograph aq,
P. 55, in 'Fleet
History'
C. Sydney-Melbourne-Point de Galle 1860-1873
Jeddo
– iscs 2f3bk 1632gt 1859
nmm copy
of woodcut from
Birkenhead
Illustrated London News 1866
of Jeddo aground near
Bombay
No. P.17863
Photo of painting/lithograph am,
P.59 in 'Fleet History'
Ottawa
(I) – iscs 1f3bk 1275gt
1853
Photoof painting uw, P.52.
Birkenhead
ibid.
Ellora (I) (ex-Cadiz) – iscs 1f2bg 1607gt nmm photo aq No. P17829
1855 Birkenhead (acquired 1856)
slv
photo am
Image No. b41108
Photoof painting/lithograph aq,
P.58 in 'Fleet History'
Geelong –
iscs if2bg 1835gt 1866
nmm photo aq No.
P.17836
Dumbarton
Photo of painting/lithograph am
P.68, in 'Fleet
History'
Avoca
– iscs 1f2bg 1480gt 1866
nmm
photo aq No. P.17718
Dumbarton
Photo aq, P. 69, in 'Fleet
History'
Photo, P. 164, Dickson
Gregory, op. cit.
Rangoon
–iscs 1f3bk 1776gt 1862
slv print wood
engraving
London
(wreck of Rangoon off
Pt.de Galle)
Image No.mp001604
Nubia
– iscs 1f3bk 2096gt 1854
Photo of painting/lithograph aq,
Birkenhead
P.50, in
'Fleet History'
Baroda
– iscs 1f2bg 1874gt 1864
nmm photo
aq No. P.17732
London
Photo of painting /lithograph aq
P. 65, in 'Fleet History'
Photo, P.164, Dickson Gregory,
op. cit.
Bangalore
– iscs 1f2bg 2342gt 1867
slq photo uw Image No.
108808
Dumbarton
Photo aq , P. 71, in 'Fleet
History'
Tanjore –
iscs 1f2bg 1971gt 1865
nmm photo aq No.
P.18116
London
Photo of painting/lithograph aq
P.67, in 'Fleet History'
Sumatra (I)–
iscs 1f2bg 2488 1867
nmm photo aq No. P.18104
Dumbarton
Photo of painting/lithograph am
P.72, in 'Fleet
History'
D.
Melbourne-Point de Galle 1874-1878 (with feeder service
Sydney-Melbourne)
Pera (I)
(ex-Alma) – iscs 1f3bk 1014gt
nmm coloured lithograph
1855 London
by J. Taylor
(1856)
PAI5546
nmm
coloured lithograph
by J. Taylor
(1868)
PAH9005
nmm photo aq No. P17994
Ceylon
(I) – iscs 1f3bk 2921gt 1858
nmm coloured
lithogaph
London
by T.G. Dutton PAH9043
nmm copy of painting
No. P.17786
slv print wood engraving
(Ceylon aground in
Port Phillip)
Image No. mp002331
slv print wood engraving
(towing Ceylon
off sand bank)
Image No. b50073
Photo of painting uw, P. 56,
in
'Fleet History'
Golconda –
iscs 1f2bg 1909gt 1863
nmm coloured
lithograph
London
by J. Taylor (1863) PAH9087
Photo of painting/lithograph uw
P. 65, in
'Fleet History'
Assam (ex-Feldmarschall
Moltke) –
nmm photo aq No. P.17702
iscs 1f3bkn 2033gt 1873 Greenock
nmm photo am No. P.17703
China
(ex-Habana, ex-Alma) – iscs
nmm pen & wash (grey)
1f2bg 2016gt 1856 Birkenhead
by S.G.D. PAI7573
Photo of painting/lithograph aq,
P.61, in 'Fleet
History'
Mongolia (I) – iscs 1f3bkn 2999gt 1865 nmm photo aq No. P.17924
Greenock
Photo am, P.67, in
'Fleet History'
Travancore –
iscs if2bg 1889gt 1868
nmm watercolour
Kirkcaldy, Fife
by W.F. Mitchell
PAI6964
Photo aq, P.73, in 'Fleet History'
Siam (ex-Minister
Roon) –iscs 1f2bg
nmm photo No.
G.1891 (1884)
3926gt 1873 Greenock
Photo aq, P.97, in 'Fleet History '
(acquired 1875)
List of
P&O vessels that traded with Australian ports from John M.
Maber's
"North Star to Southern Cross" (T.Stephenson &
Sons Ltd, Prescot, Lancashire
1967) and ship details from
Duncan Haws' "Mercahant fleets in profile. 1. The ships
of the P&O, Orient
and Blue Anchor Lines."(Patrick Stephens Limited, Cambridge
1978).
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