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The Fleets
Eastern & Australasian
Mail Steamship Co.
In 1873 Bright Bros. & Co., Melbourne joined with James
Guthrie of Singapore
and McTaggart, Tidman & Co. to form the Eastern & Australasian Mail Steamship
Co. to operate a four weekly mail and passenger service from Sydney to Brisbane,
Batavia, Singapore and Hong Kong. Before long the Australian terminal was transferred
to Melbourne. Bookings to and from London and European ports were possible by
a connection at Singapore to P & O Line and Messageries
Maritimes ships. The
mail contract passed to British
India S.N. Co. in 1881 and Eastern & Australasian SS Co. then concentrated on
the Australia - China - Japan service.
The company later became associated with
Australasian
United S.N. Co. and in 1919 came under the control of British India S.N. Co.
BISN
Co. in turn became part of the P & O Group.
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.
| Vessel |
Built |
Years in Service |
Tons |
| Airlie |
1884 |
1904 sold to Burns,
Philp & Co., Sydney. |
2,337 |
| Aldenham |
1894 |
ex- Nineveh, 1907 purchased from Aberdeen
Line renamed Aldenham, 1916 sold to Royal
Mail S.P. Co. renamed Larne. |
3,808 |
| Aradina |
1956 |
ex- Salsette, 1966 transferred from P & O renamed
Aradina, 1970 transferred to British
India S.N. Co. renamed Tairea. |
8,199 |
| Arafura (1) |
1903 |
ex- Swakopmund (Hapag),
1921 purchased from the Shipping Controller, London renamed Arafura,
1929 scrapped. |
5,597 |
| Arafura (2) |
1954 |
1970 renamed Tanda, 1971 transferred
to British India S.N. Co. |
8,775 |
| Arakawa |
1956 |
ex- Salmara, 1966 transferred from P & O renamed
Arakawa, 1970 to British India S.N.
Co. renamed Teesta. |
8,199 |
| Aramac |
1948 |
ex- Remuera, 1964 purchased from New
Zealand Shipping Co. renamed Aramac, 1969 scrapped. |
13,619 |
| Arawatta |
1958 |
ex- Charlotte, 1963 purchased from A/B Bonnierforetagen,
Sweden renamed Arawatta, 1971 aols to I/S Sea Transport, Norway renamed
Concordia Fana. |
5,566 |
| Australian |
1896 |
1906 wrecked Vashon Head, Northern Australia. |
2,838 |
| Bowen |
1874 |
1883 sold to R. Singlehurst. |
1,509 |
| Brisbane |
1874 |
1881 wrecked near Port Darwin. |
1,503 |
| Cathay |
1957 |
1969 transferred from P & O. 1976
sold to Nan Yang Shipping Co., Shanghai renamed Kenghsin. |
13,809 |
| Catterthun |
1881 |
1895 wrecked on Seal Rocks, NSW. |
1,179 |
| Chitral |
1955 |
1970 transferred from P & O. 1975
scrapped at Taiwan. |
13,821 |
| Eastern (1) |
1899 |
1924 sold to Harada Kisen K.K., Kobe renamed Terukuni
Maru. |
3,586 |
| Eastern (2) |
1944 |
ex- Empire Dynasty, 1946 purchased from MOT renamed
Eastern, 1965 sold to Eddie SS Co., Taiwan renamed Dori. |
9,896 |
| Empire |
1902 |
1916 sold to R. L. Connell, London. |
4,496 |
| Flintshire |
1872 |
1874 chartered from D. J. Jenkins & Co., 1889 sold
to Ocean SS Co. |
1,558 |
| Guthrie |
1884 |
1904 sold to Burns,
Philp & Co., Sydney. |
2,338 |
| Jeddah |
1872 |
1874 chartered from J. Guthrie & Co., 1875 returned
to owners. |
1,541 |
| Legislator |
1872 |
1874 chartered from T & J.
Harrison, Liverpool, 1875 returned to owners. |
2,126 |
| Menmuir |
1878 |
1900 sold to China & Manila SS Co., 1901 renamed
Perla. |
1,940 |
| Nankin (1) |
1912 |
1931 purchased from P & O,
1942 captured by German surface raider THOR in Indian Ocean renamed
Leuthen, destroyed in explosion of tanker UCKERMARK at Yokohama. |
6,069 |
| Nankin (2) |
1945 |
ex- Mount Holyoke Victory, 1947 purchased from U.S.
Maritime Commission renamed Nankin 1967 sold to Universal Mariners
S.A, Panama renamed Bolina. |
7,746 |
| Nellore (1) |
1913 |
1929 purchased from P & O,
1944 torpedoed and sunk in Indian Ocean; loss of 77 lives. |
6,856 |
| Nellore (2) |
1945 |
ex- Empire Joy, 1946 purchased from MOT renamed Nellore,
1966 sold to Austin Nav. Corp, Panama renamed Oriana. |
6,895 |
| Normanby |
1874 |
1880 sold to Catts Bros, Singapore. |
976 |
| Queensland |
1875 |
1876 sank in Bass Strait after collision with s/s
BARRABOOL. |
2,263 |
| Singapore |
1874 |
1877 wrecked near Port Mackay, Qld. |
1,540 |
| Somerset |
1874 |
fate unknown. |
962 |
| St. Albans |
1910 |
1931 scrapped in Japan. |
4,119 |
| Sunfoo |
1871 |
1873 purchased, 1874 wrecked near Hong Kong. |
1,450 |
| Tanda (1) |
1914 |
1924 transferred from British
India S.N. Co., 1944 torpedoed and sunk by U.181 near Mangalore. |
6,956 |
| Tanda (2) |
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see Arafura (2) |
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| Tannadice |
1881 |
1891 sold to India Merchants S.N. Co., Bombay. |
2,183 |
| Tom Moreton |
1872 |
1874 chartered from H. Moreton, 1876 sold to G. V.
Turnbull. |
1,400 |
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