Mongolia Ship P&OSN Co¹

• (Child) Birth*: Mongolia Ship P&OSN Co was born in 1903; MONGOLIA 1903 / PRESIDENT FILLMORE 1929 / PANAMANIAN 1940
  13,639 gross tons, length 600ft x beam 65.3ft, one funnel, four masts, twin screw, speed 16 knots, accommodation for 300-cabin and 1,450-3rd class passengers. Laid down as the MINNELORA, she was launched on 24th Jul.1903 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ as the MONGOLIA for Pacific Mail SS Co. and used on the trans-Pacific service. In Aug.1915 she was sold to Atlantic Transport Co. of West Virginia, and sailed from San Francisco to New York via Cape Horn. Her first New York - London voyage started 5th Jan.1916 and her ninth and last on this route started 18th Mar.1917. She then became a U.S. Transport until 1921 when she was chartered to the American Line and in Jan.1920 commenced her first voyage from New York to Hamburg, Antwerp, Southampton and New York. Her last Hamburg - New York crossing started 31st Dec.1924 and on 26th Feb.1925 she sailed on her first New York - Panama - San Francisco voyage for Panama Pacific Line. In 1929 she went to the Dollar Line, was rebuilt to 15,575 gross tons, fitted with accommodation for 300-1st class passengers and renamed PRESIDENT FILLMORE. Used on the New York - Panama - California - Japan - China - Mediterranean - New York "round the world" service until Nov.1931 when she was laid up at New York. While laid up, she came under the ownership of American President Line in 1938 and in 1940 was sold by them to Panama and renamed PANAMANIAN. Badly damaged by fire at Fremantle in 1945, she was repaired but was scrapped at Hong Kong in 1947-48. [North Atlantic Seaway, vol.3,p.1095 by N.R.P.Bonsor]²
• (Deceased) Death*: Mongolia Ship P&OSN Co died between 1947 and 1948.²

• (Ship) Passenger List: Mongolia Ship P&OSN Co passenger list included Robert Rollo Matthew and Margaret Somebody when she sailed on 9 September 1932 at to India, London, England, . Matthew Robert, 27 South Road, Lochee, Dundee, travelling tourist class to Bombay, occupation weaving aged 44, last permanent residence Scotland, intended future permanent residence India; Mrs Margaret Matthew, aged 44, residence Scotland, intended residence India.¹