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.

1. Ancona (1879) 3,142
2. Arcadia (1954) 29,734
3. Arabia (1898) 7,933
4. Assayc (1899) 7,376
5. Arcadia (1888) 6,603
6. Australia (1870) 3,666
7. Australia (1892) 6,901
8. Ballaarat (1882) 4,890
9. Ballarat (1911) 11,120
10. Ballarat (1921) 13,033
11. Balranald (1922) 13,039
12. Baradine (1921) 13,144
13. Barrabool (1922) 13,148
14. Beltana (1913)11,120
15. Benalla (1913) 11,118
16. Bendigo (1922) 13,039
17. Bengal (1885) 4,344
18. Berrima (1913) 11,137
19. Borda (1914) 11,136
20. Borneo (1895) 4,573
21. Brindisi (1880) 3,688
22. Britannia (1887) 6,525
23. Caledonia (1894) 7,558
24. Canberra (1961) 45,000
25. Canton (1939) 15,784
26. Carnatic (1862) 1,776
27. Carthage (1881) 5,013
28. Carthage (1931) 14,182
29. Cathay (1925) 15,121
30. Ceylon (1858) 2,021
31. Ceylon (1894) 4,094
32. China (1889) 5,060
33. China (1896) 7,912
34. Chitral (1925) 15,248
35. Chusan (1852) 700
36. Chusan (1884) 4,636
37. Chusan (1950) 24,570
38. Clyde (1881) 4,099
39. Commonwealth (1902) 6,616
40. Comorin (1925) 15,132
41. Corfu (1931) 14,170
42. Coromandel (1885) 4,359
43. Delhi (1905) 8,090
44. Delta (1859) 1,618
45. Devanha (1906) 8,092
46. Dongola (1905) 8,056
47. Egypt (1897) 7,941
48. Ettrick (1938) 11,279
49. Formosa (1892) 4,045
50. Ganges (1881) 4,168
51. Himalaya (1853) 3,438
52. Himalaya (1892) 6,898
53. Himalaya (1949) 27,955
54. Hindostán (1842) 2,018
55. Iberia (1835) 516
56. Iberia (1954) 29,614
57. India (1896) 7,940
58. Isis (1898) 1,728
59. Japan (1893) 4,319
60. Java (1892) 4,093
61. Kaiser-i-Hind (1878) 4,008
62. Kaiser-i-Hind (1914) 11,430
63. Kalyan (1915) 9,144
64. Karmala (1914) 8,947
65. Kashgar (1914) 8,840
66. Kashmir (1915) 8,985
67. Khiva (1914) 9,135
68. Khyber (1914) 9,114
69. Macedonia (1904) 10,512
70. Madras (1852) 1,185
71. Malacca (1892) 4,045
72. Maloja (1911) 12,431
73. Maloja (1923) 20,837
74. Malta (1895) 6,064
75. Malwa (1908) 10,986
76. Manila (1892) 4,210
77. Mantua (1909) 10,946
78. Marmora (1903) 10,509
79. Massilia (1860) 1,640
80. Massilia (1884) 4,908
81. Medina (1911) 12,358
82. Moldavia (1903) 9,500
83. Moldavia (1922) 16,543
84. Mongolia (1903) 9,505
85. Mongolia (1923) 16,576
86. Mooltan (1905) 9,621
87. Mooltan (1923) 20,952
88. Morea (1908) 10,890
89. Nagoya (1913) 6,874
90. N aidera (1918) 16,088
91. Namur (1907) 6,694
92. Nankin (1912) 6,853
93. Narkuna (1920) 16,572
94. Nellore (1913) 6,942
95. Nemesis (1857) 2,717
96. Nile (1906) 6,702
97. Novara (1912) 6,850
98. Nubia (1895) 5,914
99. Nyanza (1907) 6,695
100. Oceana (1888) 6,188
101. Oriental (1889) 4,972
102. Osiris (1898) 1,728
103. Palawan (1895) 4,686
104. Palma (1903) 7,632
105. Palermo (1903) 7,597
106. Parramatta (1882) 4,886
107. Peninsular (1888) 4,972
108. Pera (1903) 7,635
109. Persia (1900) 7,951
110. Peshawur (1871) 3,782
111. Peshawur (1905) 7,634
112. Plassy (1901) 7,405
113. Poona (1905) 7,626
114. Precursor (1841) 1,817
115. Rajputana (1926) 16,568
116. Ranchi (1925) 16,650
117. Ranpura (1925) 16,601
118. Rawalpindi (1925) 16,619
119. Razmak (1925) 10,602
120. Ripon (1846) 1,508
121. Rohilla (1880) 3,387
122. Rome (1881) 5,013
123. Rosetta (1880) 3,502
124. Salsette (1909) 5,842
125. Shannon (1881) 4,189
126. Shanghai (1889) 3,315
127. Sicilia (1901) 6,696
128. Simla (1894) 5,884
129. Socotra (1897) 6,009
130. Somali (1901) 6,708
131. Soudan (1901) 6,680
132. Strathaird (1931) 22,284
133. Strathallan (1938) 23,722
134. Stratheden (1938) 23,722
135. Strathmore (1935) 23,428
136. Strathnaver (1932) 22,547
137. Sumatra (1895) 4,607
138. Sund a (1895) 4,674
139. Sutlej (1881) 4,164
140. Syria (1901) 6,660
141. Thames (1881) 4,101
142. Valetta (1883) 4,911
143. Vectis (1881) 5,628
144. Verona (1879) 3,069
145. Viceroy of India (1929) 19,648
146. Victoria (1887) 6,091

Smith, Eugene W., Passenger Ships of the World: Past and Present, Boston: George H. Dean Company, 1963.