Himalaya Ship P&O S N co¹

• (Child) Birth*: Himalaya Ship P&O S N co was born in 1853; HIMALAYA 1853
  She was a 3,438 gross ron ship, length 113,39m x beam 13,51m, one funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), iron hull, single screw and a speed of 12 knots. Built with accommodation for 200-1st class passengers. Built by C.J.Mare, Blackwall, London, she was launched for the P&O Line on 24th May 1853 and was the world's largest ship at the time. Her maiden voyage from Southampton to Alexandria started on 20th Jan.1854 and she only made the one round voyage before the start of the Crimean War increased coal prices to such an extent that it was uneconomical to run her (she used 17 tons per day). In July she was sold to the British Government for use as a Crimea War troopship, and was retained after the war for trooping duties to India. In 1894 she was converted into a coal hulk and renamed HM HULK C.60. In 1910 she was based at Chatham, River Medway and in 1920 was sold to private owners at Portland Harbour. Bombed and sunk by German air attack on Portland Harbour in June 1940. [Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws, vol.1, P&O Line]²
• (Deceased) Death*: Himalaya Ship P&O S N co died in June 1940.²
• (Child) Birth: Himalaya Ship P&O S N co was born in 1949; HIMALAYA 1949
  The HIMALAYA, 27,955 tons, 709ft x 90.5ft, twin screw, speed 22 knots, accommodation for 760-1st and 410-tourist class passengers. Built 1949 by Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow in Furness for P & O Steam Nav. Co. she started her maiden voyage on 6th Oct.1949 from Tilbury and made Bombay in 15 days, Melbourne (28 days) and Sydney (30 days). 1958 transferred to Sydney - Auckland - Vancouver - San Francisco route. 1959 London - Sydney - transPacific serrvice. 1963 converted to single class ship. Made her last voyage UK - Hong Kong in Oct.1974 and was then sold to Mitsui for scrapping at Taiwan. [Merchant Fleets vol.1 by Duncan Haws]²
• (Deceased) Death: Himalaya Ship P&O S N co died in 1974.²

• (Ship) Passenger List: Himalaya Ship P&O S N co passenger list included Archibald Hall Ford of Messrs Mackinnon, Mackenzie Co., Colombo when she sailed on 12 January 1950 at from London, Bombay, India, . Ford, Mr Archibald Hare (sic), 9 Easter Belmont Road, Edinburgh; travelling 1st class to Bombay; merchant, aged 49, country of last permanent residence Scotland, country of intended future residence India.¹