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Asiatic Steam Navigation Company
This company was formed in 1878 the Liverpool Merchants,
Turner & Co. and
their Calcutta associates, Turner, Morrison & Co. to operate cargo and passenger
services in the Bay of Bengal. Although owned and registered in the U.K, the
company's ships were based in Calcutta and rarely returned to Britain.
Trade
was initially coastal between Calcutta, Ceylon, Bombay and numerous smaller ports,
but this was soon extended to Chittagong, Rangoon and Moulmein. Further expansion
took place in 1892 when a route between Calcutta and Java via Malayan ports was
opened. The Indian Government mail contract to the Andaman Islands was won which
also entailed the transportation of convicts to the penal settlement at Port
Blair.
Five ships were lost during the Great War and eight during World War II.
In 1935 a controlling interest in A.S.N.Co. was acquired by British
India S.N.
Co. After the independence of India, the Java - India sugar and Burma - India
rice trades were lost and in 1961 the remaining shares in the company were bought
by the P & O group and the company was later fully absorbed into P & O.
Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data.
The following list was extracted from various sources. This is not an
all inclusive list but should only be used as a guide. If you would like
to know more about a vessel, visit the Ship
Descriptions (onsite) or Immigrant
Ship web site.
Funnel:
Buff.
Fleet:
|
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| Vessel |
Built |
Years in Service |
Tons |
| Bahadur (1) |
1907 |
1928 sold to Kassos S.N.Co., Syria renamed Ioannis
E. Yannaghas. |
4,646 |
| Bahadur (2) |
1929 |
7th Apr.1942 torpedoed, shelled and sunk by submarine
170 miles NW from Bombay. |
5,424 |
| Bahadur (3) |
1948 |
1970 sold to Alvin Maritime S.A, Panama renamed Alvin. |
5,497 |
| Begum (1) |
1907 |
29th May 1918 torpedoed and sunk 270 miles SW from
Bishop Rock. |
4,646 |
| Begum (2) |
1922 |
1953 scrapped Blyth. |
5,843 |
| Dogra |
1914 |
1935 scrapped Japan. |
5,138 |
| Havildar (1) |
1911 |
1936 scrapped Japan. |
4,911 |
| Havildar (2) |
1940 |
1960 sold to China Pacific Nav. Co., Hong Kong renamed
Amoy. |
5,407 |
| Kohinur (1) |
1884 |
1904 sold to T. Yamagata, Kobe renamed Kohina Maru. |
2,967 |
| Kohinur (2) |
1905 |
25th May 1917 torpedoed and sunk 150 miles North from
Alexandria. |
2,265 |
| Kohinur (3) |
1922 |
15th Nov.1940 torpedoed and sunk 250 miles South from
Freetown. |
5,168 |
| Mahadevi |
1943 |
1962 sold to Shipping Corp. of India, Bombay renamed
Nalanda. |
5,459 |
| Maharaja (1) |
1879 |
1904 sold to Un Lai Chen, Hong Kong, wrecked same
year. |
1,666 |
| Maharaja (2) |
1904 |
1926 renamed Maharani, 1927
sold to Machida Shokai KK, Kobe renamed Zuisho Maru. |
2,264 |
| Maharaja (3) |
1927 |
1956 sold to Ebony SS Co. (Wheelock Marden & Co.),
Hong Kong renamed Jennifer. |
2,895 |
| Maharani (1) |
1879 |
1908 scrapped Bombay. |
1,667 |
| Maharani (2) |
|
see Maharaja (2) |
|
| Malika |
1943 |
1962 sold to Shipping Corp. of India, Bombay renamed
Ajanta. |
5,469 |
| Nadir (1) |
1889 |
1912 sold to T. Uda, Hamadera renamed Temmei Maru. |
3,142 |
| Nadir (2) |
1944 |
1961 sold to China Pacific Nav. Co., Hong Kong renamed
Kulangsu. |
5,497 |
| Nairung (1) |
1892 |
1914 sold to Bombay & Persia S.N. Co., Bombay. |
4,425 |
| Nairung (2) |
1942 |
18th Aug.1944 torpedoed and sunk by U.862 off Madagascar. |
5,414 |
| Nawab (1) |
1889 |
1912 sold to A. M. Jeevanjee & Co., Bombay renamed
Taiyabi. |
3,142 |
| Nawab (2) |
1915 |
1949 scrapped India. |
5,430 |
| Nizam (1) |
1890 |
1911 sold to Y. Hachiuma, Nishinomiya renamed Tamon
Maru No.12. |
3,142 |
| Nizam (2) |
1914 |
1949 scrapped India. |
5,322 |
| Nurani (1) |
1892 |
1914 sold to Bombay & Persia S.N. Co., Bombay. |
4,432 |
| Nurani (2) |
1941 |
1960 sold to Hai An Shipping Co., Hong Kong renamed
Hui An. |
5,414 |
| Nurjahan (1) |
1884 |
21st Nov.1890 wrecked near Cape Comorin on voyage
Bombay - Calcutta. |
2,967 |
| Nurjahan (2) |
1923 |
1953 scrapped Bo'ness. |
5,424 |
| Nurmahal (1) |
1923 |
11th Nov.1942 torpedoed and sunk 200 miles NE from
Barbados on voyage Table Bay - New York. |
5,419 |
| Nurmahal (2) |
1959 |
1965 transferred to British
India S.N.Co., 1972 owned by P & O
Lines, 1975 renamed Strathnewton, 1977 scrapped. |
8,628 |
| Pasha (1) |
1902 |
15th Jun.1917 torpedoed and sunk in Straits of Messina. |
5,930 |
| Pasha (2) |
1919 |
laid down as War Chamois but completed as Pasha,
1950 scrapped Bombay. |
5,307 |
| Peshwa |
1880 |
24th Jun.1890 wrecked on Pilot's Ridge on voyage
Calcutta - Rangoon. |
2,159 |
| Pundit (1) |
1902 |
9th Jun.1918 torpedoed and sunk 85 miles NW from
Alexandria. |
5,917 |
| Pundit (2) |
1919 |
laid down as War Moose but completed as Pundit, 1949
scrapped Bombay. |
5,305 |
| Rajah (1) |
1899 |
1923 sold to Katsura Kisen KK, Dairen renamed Katsura
Maru. |
5,622 |
| Rajah (2) |
1949 |
1971 sold to Pac-Trade Navigation Co., Panama renamed
Amanda. |
5,791 |
| Rajput (1) |
1900 |
1923 sold to Nakamurs Kisen Goshi Kaisha, Dairen renamed
Unkai Maru No.12. |
5,628 |
| Rajput (2) |
1925 |
1952 sold to Hokkaido Gyogyo Kosha KK, Hakodaye renamed
Terutama Maru. |
5,521 |
| Ranee (1) |
1899 |
1924 sold to A. Th. Callinicos, Ithaca renamed Theodorus. |
5,660 |
| Ranee (2) |
1928 |
5th Feb.1941 mined and sunk in Suez Canal. |
5,060 |
| Ranee (3) |
1950 |
1971 sold to Madrigal Shipping Co., Manila renamed
Santa Susana. |
5,791 |
| Risaldar (1) |
1912 |
1937 scrapped Rosyth. |
4,919 |
| Risaldar (2) |
1940 |
1958 sold to Muhammadi SS Co., Karachi renamed Al
Ahmadi. |
5,407 |
| Shahjehan (1) |
1878 |
1905 sold to Lik Shek Pang, Calcutta, 1906 renamed
Pheumpenh. |
1,650 |
| Shahjehan (2) |
1905 |
1934 scrapped Calcutta. |
2,261 |
| Shahjehan (3) |
1942 |
6th Jul.1943 torpedoed and sunk 150 miles NE from
Benghazi. |
5,454 |
| Shahjehan (4) |
1946 |
1962 sold to Hai An Shipping Co., Hong Kong renamed
Nan An. |
5,460 |
| Shahzada (1) |
1879 |
1904 sold to Un Lai Chen, Hong Kong. |
1,666 |
| Shahzada (2) |
1904 |
14th Jul.1927 sank 40 miles off Sandheads on voyage
Calcutta - Akyab. |
2,246 |
| Shahzada (3) |
1942 |
9th Jul.1944 torpedoed and sunk 500 miles West from
Goa. |
5,454 |
| Shahzada (4) |
1946 |
1962 sold to Shipping Corp. of India, Bombay renamed
Sanchi. |
5,460 |
| Sikh |
1914 |
1934 scrapped Japan. |
5,150 |
| Subadar (1) |
1912 |
27th Jul.1918 torpedoed and sunk 112 miles NW Cabo
Roca. |
4,911 |
| Subadar (2) |
1929 |
13th Feb.1942 bombed and sunk by Japanese in Banka
Strait. |
5,424 |
| Subadar (3) |
1949 |
1964 sold to Bacong Shipping Co., Panama renamed Southern
Express. |
5,497 |
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