ARCADIA
Built 1954

ARCADIA
Built
Tonnage 63,500grt
Passengers 1475
Crew 650

AURORA
Built 2000

Maiden voyage 1st May,2000

BALLARAT
Built 1882

CANBERRA
Built 1961
Length 818 ft 6 in.
Beam 102 ft
Tonnage 45,733grt
Service Speed 27.5 knots
Passengers 2264
Crew 960

Built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast she was the last passenger ship built for line voyages. (P&O Lines)

CANTON
Built 1848
Tonnage 349grt

Depicted here in an oil painting by Norman Wilkinson c.1938 (P&O Lines) she was built for the Hong Kong/Canton river trade and is seen here towing the sailing frigate H.M.S.Columbine.

CARTHAGE
Built 1931
Tonnage 14,500grt
Service Speed 20 knots

CATHAY
Built 1931
Tonnage 15,000grt

CATHAY
Built 1957
Length 557 ft 9 in. Beam 70 ft
Tonnage 13,809grt
Service Speed 17.5 knots
Passengers 226

Built by S.A.Cockerill-Ougree at Antwerp for Cie.Maritime Belge as the s.s. Baudouinville. Purchase by P&O in 1961 for the UK-Japanese service via Suez, Singapore and Hong Kong.

CHITRAL
Built 1925
Tonnage 15,000grt

CHUSAN
Built c.1852
Tonnage 699grt

Inaugurated the Australia mail service via Singapore in 1852. (P&O Lines)

CHUSAN
Built 1949
Length 672 ft 6 in. Beam 85 ft
Tonnage 24.261grt
Service Speed 22 knots
Passengers 996
Crew 556

Built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness she was the first ocean liner to be fitted with Denny-Brown stabilisers.

CROWN PRINCESS
Built 1990
Length 811 ft
Tonnage 70,000grt
Service Speed 19.5 knots
Passengers 1590

DAWN PRINCESS
Built
Length 856 ft
Tonnage 77,000grt
Service Speed 21 knots
Passengers 1950

GRAND PRINCESS
Built
Length 935 ft
Tonnage 109,000grt
Service Speed 22.5 knots
Passengers 2600

HIMALAYA
Built 1853
Tonnage 3,438grt

Shown here in an unsigned oil c1949 after a lithograph by T.G.Dutton (P&O Lines) Proved too expensive to run and was sold to the Government for use as a troopship.

HIMALAYA
Built 1892
Tonnage 6,868grt

Water colour by W.W. Lloyd, 1892 (P&O Lines) Requisition and later purchased by the Government for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser, seaplane carrier and troopship during WW1.

HIMALAYA
Built 1949
Length 710 ft. Beam 90 ft 6 ins.
Tonnage 27,989grt
Service Speed 22 knots
Passengers 1134
Crew 634

Built by Vickers-Armstrong Ltd at Barrow-in-Furness for the Australia and west coast of North America via Suez.

MOOLTAN
Built 1861
Tonnage 2257grt

Lithograph by T.G.Dutton (P&O Lines) Was the first P&O vessel to be fitted with compound engines.

NYANZA
Built 1864
Tonnage 2082grt

Was the last paddle steamer built for P&O.

ORIANA
Built 1960
Length 804 ft. Beam 97 ft.
Tonnage 42,000grt
Service Speed 27.5 knots
Passengers 2180
Crew 900

Built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness for Australia, west coast of North America service via the Suez Canal with occasional voyages through the Panama Canal.

ORIANA
Built
Tonnage 69,000grt
Passengers 1810
Crew 794