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SS Cathay (1957)
SS ''Cathay'' was the name of a number of ships, including: * served with P & O until sold in 1890. * SS ''Cathay'', launched in 1924, served with P&O until bombed and sunk in 1942. * SS ''Cathay'', launched in 1942 as ''Empire Archer'', renamed ''Cathay'' in 1959 and operated by the Cathay Shipping Corporation, Panama and scrapped in 1963. *, completed for Compagnie Maritime Belge in 1957 as ''Baudouinville'', withdrawn 1960, renamed ''Cathay'' in 1961 and operated by P&O. Transferred in 1969 to P&O subsidiary Eastern & Australian Steamship Company, (E&A). Withdrawn December 1975. Eventually passed to People's Republic of China as ''Kengshin'', later ''Shanghai''. Fate uncertain. Sister ship was built as CMB's ''Jadotville'' in 1956, also transferred 1961 to P&O then to E&A (1970). Withdrawn 1975, later scrapped Taiwan.''The Last Blue Water Liners'' by William H. Miller, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1986 (pages 44-45,203) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cathay Ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peninsular And Oriental Steam Navigation Company
P&O (in full, The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company) is a British shipping and logistics company dating from the early 19th century. Formerly a public company, it was sold to DP World in March 2006 for £3.9 billion. DP World currently operate several P&O branded businesses, P&O Ferries, Istithmar World, Istithmar P&O Estates, and P&O Maritime Logistics. It also operates P&O Heritage, which is the official historic archive and collection of P&O. P&O Cruises was sold in 2000, and is now owned and operated by Carnival Corporation & plc. The former shipping business, P&O Nedlloyd, was bought by and is now part of Maersk Line. History Early years and expansion: 1822–1900 In 1822, Brodie McGhie Willcox, a London ship broker, and Arthur Anderson (businessman), Arthur Anderson, a sailor from the Shetland Isles, went into partnership to operate a shipping line, primarily operating routes between England and Spain and Portugal. In 1835, Dublin shipowner Captain Ric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Cathay (1924)
SS ''Cathay'' was a P&O passenger steamship that was built in Scotland in 1925 and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea in 1942. In the Second World War she was first an armed merchant cruiser and then a troop ship. In 1942 she took part in Operation Torch, and was sunk in a German air raid off Bougie, Algeria. ''Cathay'' was the first of a class of three ocean liners for P&O, all built at the same time. Her sister ships were ''Comorin'' and ''Chitral''. This was the second of three P&O liners called ''Cathay''. The first was a compound steamship that was built in Scotland in 1872 and scrapped in Japan in 1903. The third was a steam turbine ship that P&O owned between 1961 and 1976. She was built in Belgium in 1957 as ''Baudouinville''. In 1976 P&O sold her to China, where she was renamed first ''Kengshin'' and then ''Shanghai''. Building Until 1914, P&O maintained a regular fortnightly liner service between Britain and Australia. But the company lost several ships in First World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Empire Archer
''Empire Archer'' was a 7,031 ton cargo ship which was built in 1942. She was renamed ''Baron Murray'' in 1946. In 1959 she was renamed ''Cathay'', serving until 1963 when she was scrapped. History Wartime ''Empire Archer'' was built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee as yard number 395. She was launched on 29 June 1942 and completed in August 1942. ''Empire Archer'' was built for the Ministry of War Transport and managed by Raeburn & Verel Ltd. ''Empire Archer'' served in a number of convoys during the Second World War. ;JW51B Convoy JW 51B sailed from Liverpool on 22 December 1942 and arrived at the Kola Inlet on 4 January 1943. ''Empire Archer'' was carrying the convoy's Commodore, Captain R A Melhuish. Her cargo consisted of 21 fighter aircraft, 4,376 tons of general cargo, 18 tanks and 141 vehicles. This convoy was unsuccessfully attacked on 31 December by German heavy warships in the Battle of the Barents Sea ;RA 53 Convoy RA 53 sailed from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compagnie Maritime Belge
The Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) is one of the oldest Antwerp ship-owners. It is controlled by the Saverys family who also own major stakes in the Exmar and Euronav groups. History CMB was founded in 1895 under the name Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo (CBMC). At the request of Leopold II of Belgium and with support from British investors, a maritime connection was opened with Congo Free State. On 6 February 1895 the CMBC ship ''Léopoldville'' was the first to leave port of Antwerp for Congo Free State. For sixty years the Congo boats (''Kongoboten'') were a constant presence in the port of Antwerp. In 1930 CBMC acquired ', another Belgian shipowner. The name of the new company became Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB), and new lines were opened towards America and the Far East. In the Second World War, on the December 24th, 1944, CMB's 1928 Leopoldville while transporting the 66th Infantry Division, Leopoldville was torpedoed and sank in under 3 hours, losing 763 American s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
P&O (in full, The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company) is a British shipping and logistics company dating from the early 19th century. Formerly a public company, it was sold to DP World in March 2006 for £3.9 billion. DP World currently operate several P&O branded businesses, P&O Ferries, Istithmar P&O Estates, and P&O Maritime Logistics. It also operates P&O Heritage, which is the official historic archive and collection of P&O. P&O Cruises was sold in 2000, and is now owned and operated by Carnival Corporation & plc. The former shipping business, P&O Nedlloyd, was bought by and is now part of Maersk Line. History Early years and expansion: 1822–1900 In 1822, Brodie McGhie Willcox, a London ship broker, and Arthur Anderson, a sailor from the Shetland Isles, went into partnership to operate a shipping line, primarily operating routes between England and Spain and Portugal. In 1835, Dublin shipowner Captain Richard Bourne joined the business, and the thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern & Australian Steamship Company
Eastern may refer to: Transportation * China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai *Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways *Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991 * Eastern Air Lines (2015), an American airline that began operations in 2015 * Eastern Airlines, LLC, previously Dynamic International Airways, a U.S. airline founded in 2010 * Eastern Airways, an English/British regional airline * Eastern Provincial Airways, a defunct Canadian airline that operated from 1949 to 1986 * Eastern Railway (other), various railroads *Eastern Avenue (other), various roads * Eastern Parkway (other), various parkways * Eastern Freeway, Melbourne, Australia *Eastern Freeway Mumbai, Mumbai, India *, a cargo liner in service 1946-65 Education * Eastern University (other) *Eastern College (other) Other uses * Eastern Broadcasting Limited, former name of Maritime Broadcasting System ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Republic Of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaoshiung
Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsiung City has a population of approximately 2.72 million people as of May 2022 and is Taiwan's third most populous city and largest city in southern Taiwan. Since founding in the 17th century, Kaohsiung has grown from a small trading village into the political and economic centre of southern Taiwan, with key industries such as manufacturing, steel-making, oil refining, freight transport and shipbuilding. It is classified as a "Gamma −" level global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, with some of the most prominent infrastructures in Taiwan. The Port of Kaohsiung is the largest and busiest harbor in Taiwan while Kaohsiung International Airport is the second busiest airport in number of passengers. The city is wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
