RASMARA with tender alongside Type:unstretched canvas PESHAWUR (1905) was the first

PESHAWUR (1905) was the first P&O ship to sail on the former Blue Anchor Line service to Australia via the Cape

Dating from the year of the company's foundation

ULSTER QUEEN (1967) is seen here on sea trials

ORONTES (1902) was the first Orient Line ship fitted with quadruple-expansion engines

She was regularly laid up at Southampton between trooping contracts

RASMARA with tender alongside Type:unstretched canvas PESHAWUR (1905) was the firstRASMARA (1890) entered the Rangoon Moulmein service au pair with her sister RAMAPOORA (1887). These are the vessels referred to in Rudyard Kiplings 'Barrack Room Ballads': Can't you 'ear their paddles chunkin' from Rangoon to Mandalay?'.