Peninsular and Oriental Fleet List
Fleet List of the Peninsular and Oriental Showing Ownership, Nationality, Name of Ship, Year Placed in Service, and Gross Tonnage. Gross tonnage equals cubic feet of all enclosed space divided by 100. Notations Regarding the Ship (if any), Such as Previous Name or Renaming, are shown after the Gross Tonnage.
P. & O. LINE
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
(British)
The P. & O. Line was founded in 1837. P&O first introduced passenger services in 1844, with a leisure cruise departing from Southampton to the Mediterranean. Regular service to Australia was inaugurated by the Chusan in 1852. However, the trade to India was opened in 1842 by the Hindostán.
- Ancona (1879) 3,142
- Arcadia (1954) 29,734
- Arabia (1898) 7,933
- Assayc (1899) 7,376
- Arcadia (1888) 6,603
- Australia (1870) 3,666
- Australia (1892) 6,901
- Ballaarat (1882) 4,890
- Ballarat (1911) 11,120
- Ballarat (1921) 13,033
- Balranald (1922) 13,039
- Baradine (1921) 13,144
- Barrabool (1922) 13,148
- Beltana (1913)11,120
- Benalla (1913) 11,118
- Bendigo (1922) 13,039
- Bengal (1885) 4,344
- Berrima (1913) 11,137
- Borda (1914) 11,136
- Borneo (1895) 4,573
- Brindisi (1880) 3,688
- Britannia (1887) 6,525
- Caledonia (1894) 7,558
- Canberra (1961) 45,000
- Canton (1939) 15,784
- Carnatic (1862) 1,776
- Carthage (1881) 5,013
- Carthage (1931) 14,182
- Cathay (1925) 15,121
- Ceylon (1858) 2,021
- Ceylon (1894) 4,094
- China (1889) 5,060
- China (1896) 7,912
- Chitral (1925) 15,248
- Chusan (1852) 700
- Chusan (1884) 4,636
- Chusan (1950) 24,570
- Clyde (1881) 4,099
- Commonwealth (1902) 6,616
- Comorin (1925) 15,132
- Corfu (1931) 14,170
- Coromandel (1885) 4,359
- Delhi (1905) 8,090
- Delta (1859) 1,618
- Devanha (1906) 8,092
- Dongola (1905) 8,056
- Egypt (1897) 7,941
- Ettrick (1938) 11,279
- Formosa (1892) 4,045
- Ganges (1881) 4,168
- Himalaya (1853) 3,438
- Himalaya (1892) 6,898
- Himalaya (1949) 27,955
- Hindostán (1842) 2,018
- Iberia (1835) 516
- Iberia (1954) 29,614
- India (1896) 7,940
- Isis (1898) 1,728
- Japan (1893) 4,319
- Java (1892) 4,093
- Kaiser-i-Hind (1878) 4,008
- Kaiser-i-Hind (1914) 11,430
- Kalyan (1915) 9,144
- Karmala (1914) 8,947
- Kashgar (1914) 8,840
- Kashmir (1915) 8,985
- Khiva (1914) 9,135
- Khyber (1914) 9,114
- Macedonia (1904) 10,512
- Madras (1852) 1,185
- Malacca (1892) 4,045
- Maloja (1911) 12,431
- Maloja (1923) 20,837
- Malta (1895) 6,064
- Malwa (1908) 10,986
- Manila (1892) 4,210
- Mantua (1909) 10,946
- Marmora (1903) 10,509
- Massilia (1860) 1,640
- Massilia (1884) 4,908
- Medina (1911) 12,358
- Moldavia (1903) 9,500
- Moldavia (1922) 16,543
- Mongolia (1903) 9,505
- Mongolia (1923) 16,576
- Mooltan (1905) 9,621
- Mooltan (1923) 20,952
- Morea (1908) 10,890
- Nagoya (1913) 6,874
- N aidera (1918) 16,088
- Namur (1907) 6,694
- Nankin (1912) 6,853
- Narkuna (1920) 16,572
- Nellore (1913) 6,942
- Nemesis (1857) 2,717
- Nile (1906) 6,702
- Novara (1912) 6,850
- Nubia (1895) 5,914
- Nyanza (1907) 6,695
- Oceana (1888) 6,188
- Oriental (1889) 4,972
- Osiris (1898) 1,728
- Palawan (1895) 4,686
- Palma (1903) 7,632
- Palermo (1903) 7,597
- Parramatta (1882) 4,886
- Peninsular (1888) 4,972
- Pera (1903) 7,635
- Persia (1900) 7,951
- Peshawur (1871) 3,782
- Peshawur (1905) 7,634
- Plassy (1901) 7,405
- Poona (1905) 7,626
- Precursor (1841) 1,817
- Rajputana (1926) 16,568
- Ranchi (1925) 16,650
- Ranpura (1925) 16,601
- Rawalpindi (1925) 16,619
- Razmak (1925) 10,602
- Ripon (1846) 1,508
- Rohilla (1880) 3,387
- Rome (1881) 5,013
- Rosetta (1880) 3,502
- Salsette (1909) 5,842
- Shannon (1881) 4,189
- Shanghai (1889) 3,315
- Sicilia (1901) 6,696
- Simla (1894) 5,884
- Socotra (1897) 6,009
- Somali (1901) 6,708
- Soudan (1901) 6,680
- Strathaird (1931) 22,284
- Strathallan (1938) 23,722
- Stratheden (1938) 23,722
- Strathmore (1935) 23,428
- Strathnaver (1932) 22,547
- Sumatra (1895) 4,607
- Sund a (1895) 4,674
- Sutlej (1881) 4,164
- Syria (1901) 6,660
- Thames (1881) 4,101
- Valetta (1883) 4,911
- Vectis (1881) 5,628
- Verona (1879) 3,069
- Viceroy of India (1929) 19,648
- Victoria (1887) 6,091
Smith, Eugene W., Passenger Ships of the World: Past and Present, Boston: George H. Dean Company, 1963.