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P&O Line Fleet

This fleet list covers all ocean-going vessels that at one time belonged in the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company fleet, commencing in 1837 and ending with Canberra in 1961.
Diveable wrecks are marked with an A-flag ().

Ship Built Tonnage Fate Notes
Achilles 1839 820 Scrapped
Aden (1) 1856 812 Hulk Launched as Delta (2).
Aden (2) 1892 3925 Wrecked
Adria 1873 1225 Wrecked Sold 1881.
Alhambra 1855 642 Wrecked Sold 1862.
Alipore 1920 5273 Torpedoed (U-516)
Alma  A 1855 2165 Wrecked Launched as Pera (1).
Ancona 1879 3081 Wrecked Sold 1899.
Arabia 1898 7903 Torpedoed (UB 43)
Arcadia (1) 1888 6603 Scrapped
Arcadia (2) 1954 29734 Scrapped
Ariel 1846 709 Wrecked
Assam 1873 3033 Scrapped
Assaye 1899 7396 Scrapped
Australia (1) 1870 3648 Scrapped Sold 1889.
Australia (2)  A 1892 6901 Wrecked
Ava 1855 1613 Wrecked
Avoca 1866 1482 Scrapped Sold 1882.
Azof 1855 700 Wrecked Sold 1871.
Ballaarat 1882 4764 Scrapped
Ballarat (1)  A 1911 11120 Torpedoed (UB 32)
Ballarat (2) 1921 13033 Scrapped
Ballarat (3) 1954 8792 Scrapped Renamed Pando Cape in 1968. Sold 1972.
Balranald (1) 1922 13039 Scrapped
Banca 1900 5995 Scrapped Sold 1923.
Bangalore 1867 2063 Wrecked Sold 1886.
Baradine (1) 1921 13144 Scrapped
Baroda 1864 1874 Scrapped
Barrabool 1922 13148 Scrapped
Behar 1855 1603 Scrapped Sold 1874.
Beltana 1912 11120 Scrapped Sold 1930.
Benalla 1913 11118 Scrapped
Benares 1858 1491 Wrecked
Bendigo (1) 1922 13039 Scrapped
Bendigo (2) 1954 8782 Scrapped Renamed Pando Sound in 1968.
Bengal (1) 1853 2185 Wrecked Sold 1870.
Bengal (2) 1885 4499 Scrapped Sold 1906.
Bentinck 1843 1975 Unknown Sold 1860.
Berrima 1913 11137 Scrapped
Bokhara 1873 2932 Wrecked
Bombay (1) 1849 1194 Unknown Sold 1851.
Bombay (2) 1852 1186 Fire/Hulked Sold 1878.
Bombay (3) 1889 3168 Scrapped Sold 1903.
Borda 1914 11136 Scrapped
Borneo 1895 4573 Scrapped Sold 1914.
Braganza 1836 688 Scrapped
Brindisi 1880 3553 Scrapped Sold 1899.
Britannia 1887 6525 Scrapped
Bulan 1924 1048 Wrecked Sold 1952.
Cadiz 1853 816 Scrapped Sold 1870.
Caledonia 1894 7558 Scrapped
Canberra 1961 45733 Scrapped
Candia (1) 1854 1961 Scrapped
Candia (2)  A 1896 6482 Torpedoed (UC 65)
Cannanore 1949 7065 Scrapped
Canton (1) 1848 348 Wrecked
Canton (2) 1889 3171 Scrapped Sold 1903.
Canton (3) 1938 15784 Scrapped
Carnatic  A 1863 2014 Wrecked
Carthage (1) 1881 5013 Scrapped
Carthage (2) 1931 14304 Scrapped
Cathay (1) 1872 2983 Scrapped Sold 1895.
Cathay (2) 1925 15104 Bombed
Cathay (3) 1957 13809 Scrapped Sold 1976.
Ceylon (1) 1858 2110 Scrapped Sold 1881.
Ceylon (2) 1894 4094 Torpedoed (U 103) Sold 1913.
China (1) 1856 2009 Scrapped Sold 1882.
China (2) 1896 7899 Scrapped
Chitral (1) 1925 15248 Scrapped
Chitral (2) 1956 13821 Scrapped
Chusan (1) 1852 700 Hulk Sold 1861.
Chusan (2) 1884 4636 Scrapped Sold 1906.
Chusan (3) 1950 24215 Scrapped
City of Londonderry 1827 319 Scrapped
Clyde 1881 4136 Scrapped Sold 1901.
Colombo 1853 1865 Wrecked
Columbian 1855 2180 Scrapped Sold 1877.
Commonwealth 1902 6616 Scrapped
Comorin (1) 1925 15116 Fire
Comorin (2) See Singapore (2).
Corea 1864 610 Wrecked
Corfu 1931 14293 Scrapped
Coromandel (1) 1885 4499 Scrapped Sold 1906.
Coromandel (2) 1949 7065 Scrapped Sold 1969.
Deccan 1868 3128 Wrecked Sold 1889.
Delhi (1) See Nemesis.
Delhi (2) 1864 2178 Scrapped Sold 1881.
Delhi (3) 1905 8090 Wrecked
Delta (2) See Aden (1). Delta (1) was a River Steamer.
Delta (3) 1859 1618 Wrecked Sold 1874.
Delta (4) 1905 8089 Scrapped
Devanha (1) 1906 8092 Scrapped
Devanha (2) 1947 7367 Scrapped Sold 1961.
Don Juan  A 1837 932 Wrecked First P&O shipwreck.
Dongola (1) 1905 8038 Scrapped
Dongola (2) 1946 7371 Scrapped Sold 1961.
Douro 1853 810 Wrecked
Egypt  A 1897 7912 Wrecked
Ellora 1855 1574 Hulked Sold 1876.
Emeu 1854 1538 Wrecked Sold 1873.
Erin 1846 798 Wrecked
Essex (1) 1936 11063 Scrapped Renamed Paringa in 1946.
Eston  A 1919 1487 Mined (U-22)
Ettrick 1938 11279 Torpedoed (U-155)
Euxine 1847 1165 Wrecked Sold 1868.
Faid Rabany 1852 274 Unknown Sold 1853.
Formosa (1) 1852 637 Unknown Sold 1870.
Formosa (2) 1892 4045 Scrapped
Frederick VI 1785 755 Wrecked
Frodingham 1914 1081 Wrecked Sold 1923.
Ganges (1) 1849 1285 Unknown Sold before completion.
Ganges (2) 1850 1189 Hulked Sold 1871.
Ganges (3) 1882 4196 Wrecked/Scrapped
Garonne 1959 24513 Scrapped ex-Orient Line.
Geelong (1) 1866 1584 Wrecked Sold 1887.
Geelong (2) 1904 7951 Wrecked
Golconda 1863 1909 Scrapped
Granada 1857 561 Wrecked Sold 1866.
Great Liverpool  A 1838 1382 Wrecked
Gwalior 1873 2733 Wrecked Sold 1894.
Haddington 1846 1648 Wrecked Sold 1870.
Harlington (1) 1895 1032 Wrecked
Harlington (2) 1913 1089 Mined (UC 11)
Himalaya (1) 1854 3438 Bombed Sold 1854.
Himalaya (2) 1892 6898 Scrapped Sold 1922.
Himalaya (3) 1949 27955 Scrapped
Hindostan (1) 1842 2019 Wrecked
Hindostan (2) 1869 3113 Wrecked
Hong Kong 1889 3174 Wrecked
Hydaspes 1872 2984 Scrapped
Iberia (1) 1836 516 Scrapped
Iberia (2) 1954 29614 Scrapped
India (1) 1839 871 Scrapped Sold 1849.
India (2) 1896 7911 Torpedoed (U 22)
Indus (1) 1847 1386 Hulked/Scuttled Sold 1869.
Indus (2) 1871 3462 Wrecked
Indus (3) 1954 7049 Scrapped Sold 1957.
Isis 1898 1728 Scrapped HMS Isonzo 1915-1920. Sold 1920.
Japan 1893 4319 Scrapped Sold 1910.
Java 1892 4093 Scrapped Sold 1910.
Jeddo 1859 1631 Wrecked
Jeypore 1920 5318 Torpedoed (U-89)
Jupiter 1835 610 Scrapped
Kaisar-I-Hind (1) 1878 4023 Scrapped
Kaisar-I-Hind (2) 1914 11430 Scrapped
Kallada 1946 6607 Scrapped Sold 1957.
Kalyan 1915 8987 Scrapped
Karmala (1) 1914 8983 Scrapped
Karmala (2) 1945 7673 Scrapped
Kashgar (1) 1874 2621 Scrapped Sold 1889.
Kashgar (2) 1914 8840 Scrapped
Kashmir 1915 8841 Scrapped
Khedive 1871 3742 Wrecked Sold 1896.
Khiva (1) 1874 2609 Wrecked (Fire) Sold 1890.
Khiva (2) 1914 8947 Scrapped
Khyber (1) 1914 8946 Scrapped
Khyber (2) 1945 7675 Scrapped Sold 1964.
Kidderpore 1920 5334 Scrapped
Lady Mary Wood 1842 553 Scrapped Sold 1858.
Lahore 1920 5252 Torpedoed (U-124)
Liverpool 1830 330 Scrapped
Lombardy 1873 2723 Scrapped Sold 1893.
Macedonia 1904 10512 Scrapped
Madras 1852 1185 Hulked Sold 1874.
Madrid 1845 479 Wrecked
Malabar 1858 917 Wrecked
Malacca (1) 1866 1584 Scrapped Sold 1882.
Malacca (2) 1892 4045 Scrapped
Maloja (1)  A 1911 12431 Mined (UC 6)
Maloja (2) 1923 20837 Scrapped
Malta (1) 1848 1217 Scrapped
Malta (2) 1895 6064 Scrapped
Malwa (1) 1873 2933 Scrapped Sold 1894.
Malwa (2) 1908 10883 Scrapped
Manila 1892 4210 Scrapped Sold 1910.
Manilla 1853 646 Unknown Sold 1861.
Mantua (1) 1909 10885 Scrapped
Marmora 1903 10509 Torpedoed (UB 64)
Massilia (1) 1860 1640 Unknown Sold 1877.
Massilia (2) 1884 4908 Scrapped
Mata Hari 1915 1020 Bombed Captured 1942.
Mazagon (3) 1894 4997 Wrecked Mazagon (1) was a tug, Mazagon (2) was a launch. Sold 1907.
Medina  A 1911 12350 Torpedoed (UB 31)
Mirzapore (1) 1871 3763 Scrapped Sold 1897.
Mirzapore (2) 1921 6715 Scrapped
Moldavia (1)  A 1903 9500 Torpedoed (UB 57)
Moldavia (2) 1922 16449 Scrapped
Mongolia (1) 1865 2799 Scrapped
Mongolia (2) 1903 9505 Mined (Wolf)
Mongolia (3) 1923 16504 Scrapped Renamed Rimutaka in 1938. Sold 1950.
Montrose 1837 603 Unknown Sold 1852.
Mooltan (1) 1861 2257 Missing Sold 1880.
Mooltan (2) 1905 9621 Torpedoed (UC 27)
Mooltan (3) 1923 20847 Scrapped
Morea 1908 10890 Scrapped
Mutlah 1947 6652 Wrecked Transferred to James Nourse 1957 and sold 1963.
Nagoya 1913 6854 Scrapped
Nagpore 1920 5283 Torpedoed (U-509)
Naldera 1918 15825 Scrapped
Namur 1906 6694 Torpedoed (U 35)
Nankin (1) 1888 3960 Wrecked Sold 1904.
Nankin (2) 1912 6853 Fire Sold 1931.
Narkunda  A 1920 16227 Bombed
Narrung 1896 5078 Torpedoed (U 101) Sold 1913.
Nellore 1913 6853 Torpedoed (I8) Sold 1929.
Nemesis 1857 2018 Scrapped Launched as Delta (1). Sold 1867.
Nepaul (1) 1858 796 Unknown Sold 1867.
Nepaul (2)  A 1876 3536 Wrecked
Nile 1906 6694 Wrecked
Niphon 1865 695 Wrecked
Nizam 1873 2725 Scrapped
Nore 1907 6696 Scrapped
Norna 1853 970 Scrapped Sold 1871.
Northam 1858 1330 Fire Sold 1868.
Novara 1912 6850 Scrapped
Nubia (1) 1854 2096 Scrapped Sold 1877.
Nubia (2) 1895 5914 Wrecked
Nyanza (1) 1864 2982 Scrapped Sold 1873.
Nyanza (2) 1906 6695 Scrapped
Oceana  A 1888 6610 Wrecked
Orcades 1948 28396 Scrapped ex-Orient Line.
Oriana 1960 41915 Scrapped ex-Orient Line. Sold 1986.
Oriental (1) 1840 1673 Scrapped
Oriental (2) 1889 4971 Scrapped Sold 1915.
Orion 1935 23696 Scrapped ex-Orient Line.
Orissa (1) 1856 1647 Scrapped Sold 1878.
Oronsay 1951 27632 Scrapped ex-Orient Line.
Orontes 1929 20186 Scrapped ex-Orient Line.
Orsova 1954 28790 Scrapped ex-Orient Line.
Osiris 1898 1728 Scrapped Renamed Osiris II in 1916.
Osiris II See Osiris.
Ottawa (1) 1854 1275 Scuttled Sold 1872.
Pacha 1842 548 Wrecked
Padua 1912 5907 Scrapped
Palana See Sussex (1).
Palawan 1895 4686 Scrapped Sold 1914.
Palermo 1903 7597 Scrapped
Palma 1903 7632 Scrapped
Pando Cape See Ballarat (3).
Pando Cove See Singapore (2).
Pando Head See Surat (3).
Pando Sound See Bendigo (2).
Pando Strait See Sunda (3).
Paringa See Essex (1).
Parramatta 1882 4771 Scrapped
Patonga 1953 10071 Scrapped Renamed Strathlauder in 1975.
Pekin (1) 1847 1182 Scrapped Launched as Sultan (1).
Pekin (2) 1871 3777 Beached Sold 1897.
Pekin (3) 1888 3957 Scrapped Sold 1906.
Peninsula 1836 113 Unknown Sold 1837.
Peninsular 1888 5294 Scrapped
Pera (1) See Alma.
Pera (2) 1855 2014 Wrecked Sold 1880.
Pera (3) 1903 7635 Torpedoed (UB 48)
Perim (1) 1916 7648 Scrapped
Perim (2) 1945 9550 Scrapped
Persia 1900 7951 Torpedoed (U 38)
Peshawur (1) 1871 3782 Wrecked Sold 1900.
Peshawur (2)  A 1905 7634 Torpedoed (U 96)
Peshawur (3) 1919 7934 Torpedoed (RO-111)
Pinjarra 1944 9892 Scrapped Sold 1962.
Plassy 1900 7405 Scrapped
Poona 1905 7626 Scrapped
Poonah 1863 2596 Scrapped
Pottinger 1846 1350 Scrapped
Precursor 1841 1751 Scrapped
Rajah (1) 1853 537 Wrecked Sold 1861.
Rajputana 1925 16568 Torpedoed (U-108)
Ranchi 1925 16650 Scrapped
Rangoon  A 1863 1776 Wrecked
Ranpura 1925 16601 Scrapped Sold 1944.
Ravenna 1880 3340 Wrecked Sold 1898.
Rawalpindi 1925 16619 Sunk by battlecruisers
Razmak 1925 10602 Scrapped Transferred to Union SS Co of New Zealand in 1930.
Redcar 1920 1475 Scrapped Sold 1946.
Rimutaka See Mongolia (3).
Ripon 1846 1508 Scuttled Sold 1870.
Rohilla 1880 3511 Wrecked Sold 1900.
Rome 1881 5010 Scrapped Renamed Vectis (3) in 1904.
Rosetta 1880 3502 Scrapped Sold 1900.
Royal Tar 1832 681 Unknown
Salmara 1956 8202 Scrapped Renamed Strathloyal in 1975.
Salsette (1) 1858 1491 Scrapped Sold 1871.
Salsette (2)  A 1908 5842 Torpedoed (UB 40)
Salsette (3) 1956 8202 Scrapped Renamed Strathlomond in 1975. Sold 1977.
Sardinia 1902 6574 Scrapped
Shanghai (1) 1851 546 Wrecked Sold 1862.
Shanghai (2) 1889 3171 Scrapped Sold 1904.
Shannon 1881 4189 Scrapped
Shillong (1) 1939 5529 Torpedoed (U-630)
Shillong (2) 1949 8934 Wrecked Last P&O shipwreck.
Siam 1873 3026 Scrapped Sold 1895.
Sicilia 1901 6696 Scrapped
Simla (1) 1854 2441 Wrecked Sold 1875.
Simla (2) 1894 5884 Torpedoed (U 39)
Singapore (1) 1850 1189 Wrecked
Singapore (2) 1951 9236 Scrapped Renamed Comorin (2) in 1964, Pando Cove in 1968.
Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy 1848 136 Scrapped Sold 1859.
Sobraon  A 1900 7382 Wrecked
Socotra (1)  A 1897 6044 Wrecked
Socotra (2) 1943 7840 Scrapped
Somali (1) 1901 6708 Scrapped
Somali (2)  A 1930 6809 Bombed
Somali (3) 1948 9080 Scrapped Sold 1969.
Soudan (1) 1901 6680 Scrapped
Soudan (2) 1931 6677 Mined
Soudan (3) 1948 9080 Scrapped
Strathaird (1) 1932 22544 Scrapped
Strathallan 1938 23722 Torpedoed (U-562)
Stratheden (1) 1937 23722 Scrapped Sold 1964.
Strathlauder See Patonga.
Strathlomond See Salsette (3).
Strathloyal See Salmara.
Strathmore (1) 1935 23428 Scrapped Sold 1963.
Strathnaver (1) 1931 22547 Scrapped
Sultan (1) See Pekin (1).
Sultan (2) 1847 1091 Hulked Sold 1870.
Sumatra (1) 1867 2202 Fire Sold 1886.
Sumatra (2) 1895 4607 Wrecked Sold 1914.
Sunda (1) 1866 1682 Hulked Sold 1882.
Sunda (2) 1895 4674 Missing Sold 1914.
Sunda (3) 1952 9235 Scrapped Renamed Pando Strait in 1968.
Surat (1) 1866 2578 Scrapped Sold 1894.
Surat (2) 1938 5529 Torpedoed (U-103)
Surat (3) 1948 8925 Scrapped Renamed Pando Head in 1968.
Sussex (1) 1937 11063 Scrapped Renamed Palana in 1946.
Sutlej 1882 4205 Scrapped
Syria (1) 1863 1932 Wrecked Sold 1870.
Syria (2) 1901 6660 Scrapped
Tagus 1837 743 Scrapped
Tanjore 1865 2245 Scrapped Sold 1888.
Tartar 1853 293 Scrapped
Tasmania  A 1884 4488 Wrecked
Teheran 1874 2589 Wrecked Sold 1894.
Thames 1882 4113 Scrapped
Thibet 1874 2593 Scrapped Sold 1895.
Tiber  A 1846 764 Wrecked
Tientsin 1888 3950 Wrecked Sold 1906.
Travancore  A 1868 1900 Wrecked
Tresillian 1944 7373 Wrecked
Trevean 1945 7308 Wrecked Transferred to Hain in 1958, sold 1963.
Trevelyan 1943 7289 Scrapped Sold 1958.
Trevethoe 1944 7635 Scrapped Sold 1958.
Trevose 1944 7365 Scrapped Sold 1958.
Trewellard 1942 7264 Scrapped Sold 1958.
Treworlas 1942 7262 Scrapped Sold 1958.
Union 1854 336 Hulked Sold 1863.
Valetta (1) 1853 833 Unknown Sold 1865.
Valetta (2) 1884 4911 Scrapped Sold 1903.
Vectis (1) 1849 794 Unknown Sold before completion.
Vectis (2) 1853 751 Unknown Sold 1865.
Vectis (3) 1881 Scrapped See Rome.
Venetia 1873 2726 Scrapped
Verona 1879 3069 Scrapped
Viceroy of India 1929 19648 Torpedoed (U-407)
Victoria 1887 6522 Scrapped
Wakool 1898 5004 Scrapped Sold 1913.
Wilcannia 1899 4953 Scrapped Sold 1914.
William Fawcett 1828 206 Scrapped First recognized 'P&O' ship.
Zambesi 1873 2431 Scrapped Sold 1888.