ANTENOR
(1) was built in 1872 by Andrew Leslie & Co. at Hebburn-on-Tyne
with a tonnage of 2162grt a length of 328ft 7in, a beam of 32ft
7in and a service speed of 10 knots. Sister of the Patroclus
she was transferred to N. S. M. 'Oceaan' in 1891 and two years
later was sold to Baba Dokiu of Toykyo and renamed Tateyama
Maru. She was later owned by Baba Michihisa, Hgashi, Iwase in
Japan where she remained until 1921 when she was sold to Inukami
Keigoro of Nishinomaya without a change of name. After 57 years
of service she was broken up in Japan during 1929. (Photo: National
Maritime Museum)
STENTOR
(1) was built in 1875 by Scott & Co. at Greenock with a
tonnage of 2025grt a length of 314ft 1in, a beam of 35ft 2in
and a service speed of 10 knots. One of five similar vessels
she was completed in 1875 and transferred to N. S. M. 'Oceaan'
in 1891. In 1896 she was sold to E. Nathan of Singapore and
renamed Charterhouse. She remained there until 1900 when she
was sold to Lin Ho Puah of Singapore with out a change of name.
On 30th September 1906 during a passage from Haihow to Hong
Kong she foundered during a typhoon off Hai-Nan with the loss
of all hands. (Photo: Ian J Farquhar Collection)
ANCHISES
(1) was built in 1875 by Scott & Co. at Greenock with a
tonnage of 2021grt a length of 314ft 1in, a beam of 35ft 2in
and a service speed of 10 knots. Completed in 1875 she entered
service with a single square rigged sail on the foremast. Transferred
to N. S. M. 'Oceaan' in 1891 she reverted to the British flag
in July 1895. In 1896 she was sold to Ung Lee Koo of Penang
without a change of name under under the British flag but was
wrecked in the same year near Rangoon during a voyage bound
for Singapore.
(Photo: Ian J Farquhar Collection)
ORESTES (1) was built in 1875
by Scott & Co. at Greenock with a tonnage of 2057grt a length
of 316ft 6in, a beam of 35ft 2in and a service speed of 10 knots.
Delivered in 1875 she was lost off Galle in Ceylon on 7th March
1876 during a voyage from Liverpool to Penang.
ORESTES (2) was built in 1877
by Scott & Co. at Greenock with a tonnage of 2057grt a length
of 316ft 6in, a beam of 35ft 2in and a service speed of 10 knots.
Built as a replacement for Orestes (1) she was sold to Japanese
owners in 1894 and wrecked in May of the same year during her
delivery voyage.
TEUCER
(1) was built in 1877 by Scott & Co. at Greenock with a
tonnage of 2057grt a length of 316ft 6in, a beam of 35ft 2in
and a service speed of 10 knots. When completed she was the
first ship to have a steel hull. On 30th May 1885 she was wrecked
off Ushant during a voyage from Singapore to Amsterdam. (Photo:
National Maritime Museum)
SARPEDON (2) was built in 1877 by Andrew Leslie & Co. at
Hebburn-on-Tyne with a tonnage of 2036grt a length of 310ft,
a beam of 34ft 2in and a service speed of 10 knots. She was
transferred to N. S. M.'Oceaan' in 1893 where she remained until
the following year when she was sold to Gomei Kwaisha Umenura
Tasaka Kwaisoten of Tokyo and renamed Tamahine Maru. On 4th
October 1896 she was wrecked on the coast of Japan.
HECTOR (2) was built in 1877
by Andrew Leslie & Co. at Hebburn-on-Tyne with a tonnage
of 2111grt a length of 316ft 10in, a beam of 33ft 6in and a
service speed of 10 knots. Sister of the Sarpedon she was transferred
to N. S. M. 'Oceaan' in 1891 and, in 1894, was sold to Nippon
Yusen KK and renamed Moji Maru. In 1910 she was acquired by
Kamiya Dembei of Yokohama without a change of name. By 1918
she was owned by Gomei Kaisha ida Shoten of Yokohama in in 1924
ownership had changed to Mojimaru Goshi Kaisya of Kobe. She
was finally broken up in 1930 at Fuchu in Japan.
GANYMEDE was built in 1879 by
Scott & Co. at Greenock with a tonnage of 405grt a length
of 166ft 6in, a beam of 28ft and a service speed of 8 knots.
Costing £11,000 she was built after Holt's decided to
enter the Sumatra - Singapore tobacco trade and operated between
Belawan Deli and Singapore. In 1894 she was transferred to N.
S. M 'Oceaan' without a change of name and stayed with them
until she was sold in 1900. She became a hulk at Belawan Deli
in 1907.
SARAH NICHOLSON was a sailing
ship built in 1865 by Nicholson & Co. at Annan, Scotland
with a tonnage of 934grt, a length of 194ft 8in, and a beam
of 32ft 8in. She was built as a sailing barque for Nicholson
& Co. of Dumfries and not acquired by Alfred Holt until
1880. Converted into a tobacco storage hulk at Singapore she
was towed to Deli where she remained at anchor in the harbour
until Holts built their own wharf and tobacco warehouses in
1881.
LAERTES
(1) was built in 1879 by Scott & Co. at Greenock with a
tonnage of 2097grt a length of 320ft 6in, a beam of 34ft 4in
and a service speed of 10 knots. When completed in 1879 she
was the first of a class of ten ships which still retained the
characteristics of the earlier Holt vessels. Built with a better
designed hull and powered by a smaller engine the cargo spaces
were larger. She was transferred to N. S. M. 'Oceaan' in 1894
but returned to the Ocean Steam Ship Co. fleet in 1901. In 1903
she was sold to Li Shek Pang of Hong Kong under the ownership
of Hung Hing Steam Ship Co., retaining her name. On 15th December
1917 she was lost after a collision in the Malacca Strait during
a voyage in ballast from Rangoon to Singapore. (Photo: Ian J
Farquhar Collection)
CYCLOPS
(1) was built in 1880 by Scott & Co. at Greenock with a
tonnage of 2064grt a length of 321ft 5in, a beam of 34ft 4in
and a service speed of 10 knots. Sister of the Laertes she was
transferred to N. S. M. 'Oceaan' in 1894 where she remained
until 1902 when she was sold to R. Rup and Giulfo of Montevideo,
Uruguay and renamed Iberia. She was scrapped at Montevideo during
May 1904. (Photo: John Clarkson Collection)
BELLEROPHON (1) was built in
1880 by Scott & Co. at Greenock with a tonnage of 2154grt
a length of 320ft, a beam of 34ft 4in and a service speed of
10 knots. Sister of the Laertes she was transferred to N. S.
M. 'Oceaan' in 1893 where she remained until 1898 when she was
sold to Manakani Toshiro of Uraga and retained her name contrary
to the Japanese tradition of naming ships with the 'Maru' suffix.
In 1900 she was sold to T. Okasaki of Kobe and renamed Nitto
Maru. On 4th April 1915, during a voyage from Otaru to Nagoya,
she was wrecked at Tamagawa on the north coast of Honshu.
TELEMACHUS (1) was built in 1880
by Andrew Leslie & Co. at Hebburn with a tonnage of 2186grt
a length of 320ft 10in, a beam of 34ft 4in and a service speed
of 10 knots. Sister of the Laertes she was transferred to N.
S. M. 'Oceaan' in 1894 but reverted to Ocean Steam Ship Co.
in 1899. In 1902 she was sold to Li Shek Pang of Hong Kong,
retaining her name. She was sold to Lai Hing Steamship Co in
1936 for further trading but proved to be unsuitable and was
broken up at Hong Kong.
JASON
(1) was built in 1880 by Andrew Leslie & Co. at Newcastle
with a tonnage of 2187grt a length of 320ft 10in, a beam of
34ft 7in and a service speed of 10 knots. She was transferred
to N. S. M. 'Oceaan' in 1894 where she remained until 1903 when
she was sold to Akita Kisen K. K. of Hakodate and renamed Ugo
Maru. In 1913 she was sold to Okazaki K. K. K. of Kobe without
a change of name and in 1920 was sold on to Mitsubayashi Naosuke
of Amagasaki and renamed Nichiun Maru. She ended her career
in 1922 when she was broken up in Japan.
(Photo: John Clarkson Collection)
PALAMED (1) was built in 1885
by Andrew Leslie & Co. at Newcastle with a tonnage of 2479grt
a length of 320ft 2in, a beam of 36ft 6in and a service speed
of 10 knots. Entering service in 1885 she remained with Ocean
Steam Ship Co. until 1897 when she was sold to Oakai Kikusaburo
of Kobe and renamed Kwan-On Maru No. 15. In 1913 she was sold
to Busai K. K. Kobe and renamed Nichinan Maru. On 5th January
1928 she was wrecked on the coast of Korea.
PALINURUS was built in 1886 by
Hawthorn Leslie & Co. at Newcastle with a tonnage of 2523grt
a length of 326ft 8in, a beam of 36ft 1in and a service speed
of 10 knots. She was transferred to N. S. M. 'Oceaan' in 1896
but reverted to Ocean Steam Ship Co. and the British flag in
the following year. After completing one voyage to Japan she
was sold to Oakai Kikusaburo of Kobe and renamed Kwan-On Maru
No. 20. In 1913 she was sold to Okazaki K. K. K. of Kobe and
renamed Nippoku Maru. Ownership changed again in 1920 when she
was acquired by Goho Shokai K. K. of Susami and in 1923 was
purchased by Seito Kaiun K. K. of Nishinomiya and broken up
in Japan.
PROMETHEUS (1) was built in 1886
by Scott & Co. at Greenock with a tonnage of 2376grt a length
of 320ft 2in, a beam of 36ft 4in and a service speed of 10 knots.
Delivered in 1886 she was transferred to N. S. M. 'Oceaan' in
1894 without a change of name. She was sold to Nippon Yusen
Kaisha of Tokio in 1894 and renamed Ushina Maru, later adjusted
to Ujina Maru, and was taken over by the Japanese Government
for troopship duties during the Russo-Japanese war. On 10th
May 1895 she was wrecked in the Gulf of Tai Lin Wau on the east
coast of Japan.
DARDANUS (1) was built in 1886
by Hawthorn Leslie & Co. at Newcastle with a tonnage of
2502grt a length of 326ft 10in, a beam of 36ft 1in and a service
speed of 10 knots. Delivered in 1886 she was sold to Nippon
Yusen Kabusiki Kaisya of Tokio in 1894 and renamed Otaru Maru.
On 3rd May 1903 she was sunk as a block ship at Port Arthur.
ULYSSES (2) was built in 1886
by Scott & Co. at Greenock with a tonnage of 2140grt a length
of 320ft 10in, a beam of 36ft 4in and a service speed of 10
knots. She was the first triple expansion engined ship in the
fleet but as Holt's were not happy with the performance was
switched to compound tandem. On 21st April 1890 she was wrecked
near to Tanabe in Japan during a voyage from Shanghai to Yokohama.
ANTENOR
(1) was built in 1872 by Andrew Leslie & Co. at Hebburn-on-Tyne
with a tonnage of 2162grt a length of 328ft 7in, a beam of 32ft
7in and a service speed of 10 knots. Sister of the Patroclus
she was transferred to N. S. M. 'Oceaan' in 1891 and two years
later was sold to Baba Dokiu of Toykyo and renamed Tateyama
Maru. She was later owned by Baba Michihisa, Hgashi, Iwase in
Japan where she remained until 1921 when she was sold to Inukami
Keigoro of Nishinomaya without a change of name. After 57 years
of service she was broken up in Japan during 1929. (Photo: National
Maritime Museum) 
STENTOR
(1) was built in 1875 by Scott & Co. at Greenock with a
tonnage of 2025grt a length of 314ft 1in, a beam of 35ft 2in
and a service speed of 10 knots. One of five similar vessels
she was completed in 1875 and transferred to N. S. M. 'Oceaan'
in 1891. In 1896 she was sold to E. Nathan of Singapore and
renamed Charterhouse. She remained there until 1900 when she
was sold to Lin Ho Puah of Singapore with out a change of name.
On 30th September 1906 during a passage from Haihow to Hong
Kong she foundered during a typhoon off Hai-Nan with the loss
of all hands. (Photo: Ian J Farquhar Collection) 
ANCHISES
(1) was built in 1875 by Scott & Co. at Greenock with a
tonnage of 2021grt a length of 314ft 1in, a beam of 35ft 2in
and a service speed of 10 knots. Completed in 1875 she entered
service with a single square rigged sail on the foremast. Transferred
to N. S. M. 'Oceaan' in 1891 she reverted to the British flag
in July 1895. In 1896 she was sold to Ung Lee Koo of Penang
without a change of name under under the British flag but was
wrecked in the same year near Rangoon during a voyage bound
for Singapore.
TEUCER
(1) was built in 1877 by Scott & Co. at Greenock with a
tonnage of 2057grt a length of 316ft 6in, a beam of 35ft 2in
and a service speed of 10 knots. When completed she was the
first ship to have a steel hull. On 30th May 1885 she was wrecked
off Ushant during a voyage from Singapore to Amsterdam. (Photo:
National Maritime Museum) 
LAERTES
(1) was built in 1879 by Scott & Co. at Greenock with a
tonnage of 2097grt a length of 320ft 6in, a beam of 34ft 4in
and a service speed of 10 knots. When completed in 1879 she
was the first of a class of ten ships which still retained the
characteristics of the earlier Holt vessels. Built with a better
designed hull and powered by a smaller engine the cargo spaces
were larger. She was transferred to N. S. M. 'Oceaan' in 1894
but returned to the Ocean Steam Ship Co. fleet in 1901. In 1903
she was sold to Li Shek Pang of Hong Kong under the ownership
of Hung Hing Steam Ship Co., retaining her name. On 15th December
1917 she was lost after a collision in the Malacca Strait during
a voyage in ballast from Rangoon to Singapore. (Photo: Ian J
Farquhar Collection) 
CYCLOPS
(1) was built in 1880 by Scott & Co. at Greenock with a
tonnage of 2064grt a length of 321ft 5in, a beam of 34ft 4in
and a service speed of 10 knots. Sister of the Laertes she was
transferred to N. S. M. 'Oceaan' in 1894 where she remained
until 1902 when she was sold to R. Rup and Giulfo of Montevideo,
Uruguay and renamed Iberia. She was scrapped at Montevideo during
May 1904. (Photo: John Clarkson Collection) 
JASON
(1) was built in 1880 by Andrew Leslie & Co. at Newcastle
with a tonnage of 2187grt a length of 320ft 10in, a beam of
34ft 7in and a service speed of 10 knots. She was transferred
to N. S. M. 'Oceaan' in 1894 where she remained until 1903 when
she was sold to Akita Kisen K. K. of Hakodate and renamed Ugo
Maru. In 1913 she was sold to Okazaki K. K. K. of Kobe without
a change of name and in 1920 was sold on to Mitsubayashi Naosuke
of Amagasaki and renamed Nichiun Maru. She ended her career
in 1922 when she was broken up in Japan.
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