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CANTON (1889)

Service dates: 1889-1903

Official number: 93223

Shipping lines: P&O STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY

Ship type:


Passenger/Cargo Ship.


Career

26.09.1889
Launched. The first P&O ship to repeat the name of a vessel lost in the Company’s service.
31.10.1889
Registered as Canton for The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
13.11.1889
Left builder’s yard and ran trials. Caird’s built four sisters of which Canton was the last, after Bombay, Hong Kong and Shanghai, reputedly excellent value, being ordered when shipbuilding prices were low and giving a good return on the investment. Canton cost £46,146.
1890
Towed P&O’s Siam from Aden to Bombay after her shaft had broken.
1900
Transport during the Boxer Rising operation in China.
28.10.1903
Sold to Messageries Maritimes for £13,163 and renamed Bosphere. In the next three months Messangeries Maritimes also bought Bombay and Shanghai, all three being in excellent condition and only sold because they were no longer adequate for P&O’s needs.
1922
Sold to Italian shipbreakers.


Ship technical details (PDF)