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                      (EA2) EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN
MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.

                Australia-China-Japan Service 1918 - 1970. Moved
to container shipping from 1970.

                From the "Old Ship Picture Galleries"
Arafura (I) (ex-Swakopmund 1908, slv 4 photos
Professor Woermann 1904,    No. b41731 uw
Florida 1903) - scs 5597gt 1903    No. b38690 uw
                    Vegesak       No. b38691 uw
                    (Hapag were the last German owners    No. b42549 ut
when the vessel was ceded to the U.K. sln photo aq
  at the end of World War I)    Digital Order
            1921, purchased from UK Shipping No.a636204
  Controller view of stern)
                   1929, scrapped



                From Dickson Gregory's "Australian Steamships Past and Present"
                St Albans - 4119gt 1910 sln album 3 photos
1931-scrapped 1aq, 1am, 1uw
            Digital Order
No.a639659
slv photo uw
Image No. b38689
nla photo uw (1912)
nla.pic-an24331068
(view from astern)
slq 2 photos
Image No. 178864
  (in harbour)
Image No. 98414 uw
    (photo of art postcard)

                From the "Old Ship Picture Galleries"
Nankin (I) -twscs 6846gt 1912 Greenock sln photo Digital Order
                    1931 purchased from P&O No. a638668 uw
                    1942 captured by German raider Thor   (photo of art postcard,
                   in Indian Ocean r/n Leuthen   moving among small
                     destroyed in tanker explosion in    craft in evening)
                    Yokohama slv 3 photos
    Image No. b38673
       (uw black hull)
    Image No. b38675
    (ut white hull)
Image No. 38675 aq
   (aq white hull)

                From the "Old Ship Picture Galleries"
Nellore (I) -twscs 6856gt 1913 slv photo Image
Greenock No. b38679 uw
                    1929 purchased from P&O
                    1944 torpedoed and sunk in
                    Indian Ocean with loss of 77 lives

                  From the "Old Ship Picture Galleries"
Tanda (I) - twscs 6956t 1914 Glasgow slv 3 photos Image:
                    1914 taken over as a hospital ship, and    No. b38684 uw
. her costs were met by the MadrasWar             No. b38688 uw
   Fund r/n Madras                                            No. b38685
   1918 used as ambulance transport (in harbour)
            1919 used as Expeditionary Force awm photo aq
  transport. Made one voyage to ID No.304016
   Australia with returning Australian    (Fremantle 1941)
  servicemen. November, 1919, slq photo uw
                    returned to owners and to its Image No. 179483
previous name Tanda
                    1924 purchased from British India
                    S.N. Co. by E & A
                    1944 torpedoed and sunk by U-181
                    near Mangalore - 18 crew and 1
passenger were killed


               From the "Old Ship Picture Galleries"
Eastern (II) (ex-Empire Dynasty) -              slv photo Image
                    scs 9896gt 1944 Sunderland No. b42276 uw
                    1946 purchased from MOT    nmm 2 photos
                    1965 sold toEddie S.S. Co., Taiwan    No. 53870 ut
                    r/n Dori    (1946-1960
                  Swansea)
    No. P22670 aq
   (1944 as Empire
   Dynasty)

From the "Old Ship Picture Galleries"
                Nankin (II) (ex-Mount Holyoke Victory)       slv photo Image
                    scs 7746t 1945 Richmond, Cal.    No. 38732 ut
                    1947 purchased from US Maritime sln photo Australian
                    Commission    Photographic Agency
                    1967 sold toUniveral Mariners S.A., No. 24563.
                    Panama r/n Bolina (distant, passing under
Sydney harbour bridge
            with Aramac at wharf
    in froreground)

From the "Old Ship Picture Galleries"
   Nellore (II) (ex-Empire Joy) -                        slv 3 photos Image:
                    scs 9895gt 1946 Sunderland No. b42254 uw
                    1946 purchased from MOT No. b40490 uw
                    1966 sold to Austin Nav. Corp.,    No. b42253 aq
                    scm 8199gt 1956 Glasgow
                    (Built for P&O)
                    1966 transferred from P&O
                    1970 transferred to British India
                    S.N. Co. r/n Teesta
                    1975 transferred to P&O General
  Cargo r/n Strathloyal
                    1977 scrapped



Photo in the author's collection
Arafura (II) - scs 8774gt 1954 Glasgow sln photo Dital Order
                    (Only the second ship E&A ordered   No. hood_28177
                   to be built)           (1955, uw departing)
                    1970 r/n Tanda (II)    nmm photo ut
                    1971 transferred to British India    No. N50948
                    S.N. Co. (1955-1970 Swansea)
                    1972 scrapped    nmm photo uw
   No. P45217 (1970,
   Strait of Malacca
   r/n Tanda)

                   As Salsette (III). From the "Old Ship Picture Galleries"
Aradina (ex- Salsette (III)) - scm sln photo Australian
8199gt 1956 Glasgow                                      Photographic Agency
                    (Built for P&O) No. 29709
                    1966 transferred from P&O r/n    (1968, aq Darling
           1970 transferred to British India Harbour, Sydney-
                    S.N. Co. r/n Tairea (II)    blurred)
                    1971 returned to P&O management sln photo Australian
1975 r/n Strathlomand Photographic Agency
1977 arrived in Karachi for No 26642.
scrapping. Became United Viscount    (1967, aq Sydney with
1979 scrapped       Arakawa)

As Salmara. From the "Old Ship Picture Galleries"
Arakawa (ex-Salmara) - scm 8199gt
1956 Glasgow (Built for P&O)
1966 transferred from P&O r/n
1970 transferred to British India
S.N. Co. r/n Teesta (III)
1977 scrapped

From the "Old Ship Picture Galleries"
                Chitral (II) - scs 13821gt 1956                     Photo in "P&O a Fleet History", p. 251
St Nazaire (Built for Compagnie
  Maritime Belge as Jadoville)
1961 acquired by P&O r/n Chitral (II)
for Far East service
1970 following the closure of the
Suez Canal transferred with sister
  ship Cathay (III) from P&O for
Australia-Japan service
1975 withdrawn from service
with Cathay, and scrapped

From the "Old Ship Picture Galleries"
                 Cathay (III) - scs 13,809t 1957                 Photo in "P&O a Fleet History" p.251
Antwerp (Built for Compagnie
Maritime Belge as Bauduoinville)
1961 acquired by P&O r/n Cathay
                    1970 transferred from P&O
1975 withdrawn from service
1976 sold to Nan Yang Shipping Co.,
                    Shanghai r/n Kenghsin.

As Remuera. Photo from the author's collection.
                Aramac (ex-Remuera) - 13,619t 1958 sln photo Australian
                    1964 purchased from New Zealand Photographic Agency
                  Shipping Co. Call No. 24563
                    1969 scrapped (1966 aq Circular Quay,
Sydney)
  slsa 3 photos
No. PRG 1324/1582
(aq 1947)
No. PRG 1324/1583
(uw aerial view 1953)
No. PRG 1324/1585
(uw view from astern
1948)
                                                                                          See also New Zealand
Shipping Co (NZ3)

   Photo from the author's collection
                Arawatta (ex-Charlotte 1963,    nmm photo (Fanafjell -
ex- Ann-Marie Thorden 1959) - ex-Concordia Fana,
scm 5510t 1958 Abo, Finland ex-Arawatta)
                1963 No. N54314 (aq
1970 purchased from (1971-1973, Swansea)
   A/B Bonnierforetagen, Sweden Photo in " Lion of the
r/n Arawatta South China Sea", p.71
1971 sold to Norwegian buyers
r/n Concordia Fana
1973 r/n Fanafjell
Subsequently r/n Concordia Gleam

Sources:
1.-Lloyd's Register of Ships
- Duncan Haws' "Merchant Fleets in Profile, 1:
   The ships of the P&O, Orient and Blue Anchor Lines",
   (Patrick Stephens, Cambridge 1978)
2. Website: "Old Ship Picture Galleries"
http://www.photoship.co.uk
3. Website: www.theshipslist.com/lines/eastern&australian.htm
4. William Olson's "Lion of the South China Sea"
(P&O Australia, Sydney 1976)
5. Steven Rabson and Kevin O'Donoghue's "P&O a Fleet History"
(World Ship Society, Kendal 1988)
6. Dickson Gregory's "Australian Steamships Past and Present"
(The Richardson Press Ltd, London 1928)

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