Royal Mail Steam Packet Co &
Royal Mail Lines, Ltd Fleet List

 

 

Name Gross
Tons
Builder Years in RMSP/RML Fleet Hull Material Propulsion

  Clyde (I) 1,841   Robert Duncan, Greenock 1841-1865 Wood Paddle steamer

  Tweed (I) 1,800   Thompson & Spears, Clyde 1841-1847 Wood Paddle steamer

  Thames (I) 1,889   Wm Pitcher, Northfleet 1841-1865 Wood Paddle steamer

  Forth 1,900   R Menzies, Leith 1841-1849 Wood Paddle steamer

  Solway 1,700   Jas. McMillan, Greenock 1841-1843 Wood Paddle steamer

  Tay 1,858   Chas. Wood, Dumbarton 1841-1856 Wood Paddle steamer

  Medina 1,800   T & J White, Cowes, I of W 1841-1842 Wood Paddle steamer

  Medway (I) 1,895   Wm Pitcher, Northfleet 1841-1861 Wood Paddle steamer

  Dee (I) 1,849   John Scott & Sons, Greenock 1841-1862 Wood Paddle steamer

  Trent (I) 1,856   Wm Pitcher, Northfleet 1841-1865 Wood Paddle steamer

  Teviot (I) 1,744   Robert Duncan, Greenock 1841-1864 Wood Paddle steamer

  Isis 1,900   Wm Pitcher, Northfleet 1841-1842 Wood Paddle steamer

  Actaeon 650   Clyde 1841-1844 Wood Paddle steamer

  City of Glasgow 1,700   Clyde 1841-1848 Wood Paddle steamer

  Larne (I) 300   G Taylor, Barking 1841-1851 Wood Schooner

  Lee 250   G Taylor, Barking 1841-1848 Wood Schooner

  Liffey (I) 350   H Wimshurst, Limehouse 1841-1847 Wood Schooner

  Avon (I) 1,880   Wm Patterson, Bristol 1842-1862 Wood Paddle steamer

  Severn (I) 1,886   Wm Patterson, Bristol 1842-1856 Wood Paddle steamer

  Reindeer 600   Liverpool 1845-1849 Wood Paddle steamer

  Eagle 630   ? 1846-1861 Wood Paddle steamer

  Conway (I) 895   Wm Pitcher, Northfleet 1846-1870 Wood Paddle steamer

  Great Western 1,775   Wm Patterson, Bristol 1847-1856 Wood Paddle steamer

  Esk(I) 231   R Menzies, Leith 1849-1854 Wood Screw schooner

  Derwent (I) 794   Wm Pitcher, Northfleet 1850-1867 Wood Paddle steamer

  Amazon (I) 2,256*   R & H Green, Blackwall 1851-1852 Wood Paddle steamer

  Orinoco (I) 2,901   Wm Pitcher, Northfleet 1851-1859 Wood Paddle steamer

  Parana (I) 2,943   M Wigram, Southampton 1851-1876 Wood Paddle steamer

  Magdalena (I) 2,943   Wm Pitcher, Northfleet 1851-1865 Wood Paddle steamer

  Demerara (I) 2,318*   Wm Patterson, Bristol 1851-1851 Wood Paddle steamer

  Prince 398   Sunderland 1851-1862 Iron Paddle steamer

  La Plata (I) 2,404   Robert Steele, Greenock 1852-1871 Wood Paddle steamerr

  Camilla 539   Caird & Co, Greenock 1853-1859 Iron Paddle steamer

  Atrato (I) 3,467   Caird & Co, Greenock 1853-1870 Iron Paddle steamer

  Solent (I) 1,804   T & J White, Cowes, I of W 1853-1869 Composite Paddle steamer

  Wye 819   Caird & Co, Greenock 1853-1867 Iron Screw steamer

  Tamar (I) 1,850   Wm Pitcher, Northfleet 1854-1871 Wood Paddle Steamer

  Tyne (I) 1,603   Miller & Ravenhill, Newcastle 1854-1875 Iron Paddle steamer

  Oneida 2,285   Scott & Co, Greenock 1858-1874 Iron Screw steamer

  Parramatta 3,439   Thames Ironworks, Blackwall 1858-1859 Iron Paddle steamer

  Mersey 1,039   Thames Ironworks, Blackwall (?) 1859-1876 Iron Paddle steamer

  Shannon 3,609   R Napier, Glasgow 1859-1875 Iron Paddle steamer, later screw

  Tasmanian 2,956   Hill, Pt Glasgow 1859-1878 Iron Screw steamer

  Seine 3,440   Thames Ironworks, Blackwall 1860-1871 Iron Paddle steamer

  Eider (I) 1,569   Caird & Co, Greenock 1864-1883 Iron Paddle steamer

  Douro (I) 2,824   Caird & Co, Greenock 1864-1882 Iron Screw steamer

  Arno (I) 1,038   Caird & Co, Greenock 1865-1882 Iron Paddle steamer

  Rhone 2,738   Millwall Ironworks, London 1865-1867 Iron Screw steamer

  Danube (I) 2,000   Millwall Ironworks, London 1865-1871 Iron Paddle steamer

  Corsica 1,134   J & G Thomson, Glasgow 1867-1877 Iron Screw steamer

  Neva 3,025   Caird & Co, Greenock 1868-1890 Iron Screw steamer

  Nile (I) 3,039   Day, Summers, Southampton 1869-1890 Iron Screw steamer

  Elbe 3,108   J Elder & Co, Govan 1869-1902 Iron Screw steamer

  Tiber 1,591   Lungley, London 1871-1882 Iron Screw steamer

  Ebro (I) 1,509   Randolph & Elder, Glasgow 1871-1881 Iron Screw steamer

  Liffey (II) 1,504   Dudgeon, London 1871-1874 Iron Screw steamer

  Moselle 3,298   J Elder & Co, Govan 1871-1891 Iron Screw steamer

  Belize (I) 1,038   J & G Thomson, Glasgow 1871-1888 Iron Screw steamer

  Tagus (I) 3,298   J Elder & Co, Govan 1871-1897 Iron Screw steamer

  Boyne 3,318   Denny Bros, Dumbarton 1871-1875 Iron Screw steamer

  Essequibo (I) 1,831   Richardson, Duck, Stockton 1873-1900 Iron Screw steamer

  Larne (II) 1,670   C Mitchell & Co, Newcastle 1873-1900 Iron Screw steamer

  Severn (II) 1,736   Oswald & Co, Sunderland 1873-1888 Iron Screw steamer

  Minho (I) 2,540   Barclay Curle, Glasgow 1874-1888 Iron Screw steamer

  Mondego 2,564   Tod & McGregor, Glasgow 1874-1888 Iron Screw steamer

  Dee (II) 1,864   T Wingate & Co, Glasgow 1875-1901 Iron Screw steamer

  Guadiana 2,504   London & Glasgow Co, Glasgow 1875-1885 Iron Screw steamer

  Para 4,028   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 1875-1903 Iron Screw steamer

  Don 4,028   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 1875-1901 Iron Screw steamer

  Medway (II) 3,687   J Elder & Co, Glasgow 1877-1899 Iron Screw steamer

  Solent (II) 1,915   Oswald Mordaunt, Southampton 1878-1909 Iron Screw steamer

  Tamar (II) 2,923   Henderson, Renfrew 1878-1897 Iron Screw steamer

  Trent (II) 2,912   Henderson, Renfrew 1878-1897 Iron Screw steamer

  Derwent (II) 2,466   R Thompson Jun, Sunderland 1879-1902 Iron Screw steamer

  Humber 2,371   London & Glasgow Co, Glasgow 1880-1885 Iron Screw steamer

  Avon (II) 2,162   J Laing, Sunderland 1880-1903 Iron Screw steamer

  La Plata (II) 3,240   R & H Green, London 1882-1893 Iron Screw steamer

  Eden (I) 2,145   Barrow SB Co, Barrow 1882-1909 Iron Screw steamer

  Esk (II) 2,145   Barrow SB Co, Barrow 1882-1910 Iron Screw steamer

  Dart (I) 2,641   R Dixon & Co, Middlesborough 1883-1884 Iron Screw steamer

  Exe 61   Willoughby Bros, Plymouth 1885-c1925 Iron Screw steamer

  Orinoco (II) 4,572   Caird & Co, Greenock 1886-1909 Steel Screw steamer

  Atrato (II) 5,347   R Napier, Glasgow 1888-1912 Steel Screw steamer

  Magdalena (II) 5,373   R Napier, Glasgow 1889-1921 Steel Screw steamer

  Waltham 87   Southampton 1889-1903 Wood Screw steamer

  Thames (II) 5,621   R Napier, Glasgow 1889-1914 Steel Screw steamer

  Clyde (II) 5,618   R Napier, Glasgow 1890-1913 Steel Screw steamer

  Tyne (II) 615   Ramage & Ferguson, Leith 1891-1897 Steel Screw steamer

  Taw 180   J McArthur & Co, Paisley 1892-1915 Steel Screw steamer sloop

  Tees 180   J McArthur & Co, Paisley 1892-1915 Steel Screw steamer sloop

  Wear 180   J McArthur & Co, Paisley 1892-1915 Steel Screw steamer sloop

  Spey 470   S McKnight & Co, Ayr 1893-1913 Steel Screw steamer

  Nile (II) 5,855   J & G Thomson, Glasgow 1893-1911 Steel Screw steamer

  Danube (II) 5,891   J & G Thomson, Glasgow 1893-1920 Steel Screw steamer

  La Plata (III) 3,445   R Napier, Glasgow 1896-1900 Steel Screw steamer

  Minho (II) 3,445   R Napier, Glasgow 1896-1903 Steel Screw steamer

  Ebro (II) 3,445   R Napier, Glasgow 1896-1903 Steel Screw steamer

  Severn (III) 3,760   R Dixon & Co, Middlesborough 1898-1913 Steel Screw steamer

  Tagus (II) 5,545   R Napier, Glasgow 1899-1920 Steel Screw steamer

  Trent (III) 5,525   R Napier, Glasgow 1899-1922 Steel Screw steamer

  Tyne (III) 2,902   R Napier, Glasgow 1900-1917 Steel Screw steamer

  Eider (II) 1,236   Campbelltown SB Co 1900-1927 Steel Screw steamer

  La Plata (IV) 4,464   J & G Thomson, Glasgow 1901-1908 Steel Screw steamer

  Kennet 827   J Laing, Sunderland 1901-1914 Steel Screw steamer

  Arno (II) 745   S McKnight & Co, Ayr 1901-1917 Steel Screw steamer

  Yare 299   S McKnight & Co, Ayr 1901-1915 Steel Screw steamer

  Dee (III) 1,871   Craig, Taylor & Co, Stockton 1902-1918 Steel Screw steamer

  Tamar (III) 3,207   Craig, Taylor & Co, Stockton 1902-1915 Steel Screw steamer

  Teviot (II) 3,271   Craig, Taylor & Co, Stockton 1902-1928 Steel Screw steamer

  Parana (II) 4,515   Workman Clark, Belfast 1904-1933 Steel Screw steamer

  Caroni 2,628   Armstrong, Whitworth, Ncstle 1904-1915 Steel Screw steamer

  Conway (II) 2,650   Armstrong, Whitworth, Ncstle 1904-1930 Steel Screw steamer

  Pardo (I) 4,538   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1904-1934 Steel Screw steamer

  Catalina 2,645   Armstrong, Whitworth, Ncstle 1904-1922 Steel Screw steamer

  Potaro (I) 4,378   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1904-1915 Steel Screw steamer

  Aragon (I) 9,588   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1905-1917 Steel Screw steamer

  Oruba (I) 5,737   Naval Const. & Arm. Co, Barrow 1906-1914 Steel Screw steamer

  Orotava 5,851   Naval Const. & Arm. Co, Barrow 1906-1915 Steel Screw steamer

  Oroya 6,297   Barrow SB Co, Barrow 1906-1909 Steel Screw steamer

  Ortona 7,945   Vickers & Maxim, Barrow 1906-1917 Steel Screw steamer

       Arcadian (I)  formerly Ortona

  Marima 2,742   R Dixon & Co, Middlesborough 1906-1911 Steel Screw steamer

  Manau 2,745   R Dixon & Co, Middlesborough 1906-1906 Steel Screw steamer

  Amazon (II) 10,037   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1906-1918 Steel Screw steamer

  Segura (I) 4,756   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1906-1927 Steel Screw steamer

       Pembrokenshire (I)  formerly Segura (I)

       Chignecto  formerly Segura (I)

  Sabor (I) 4,758   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1906-1927 Steel Screw steamer

       Carmarthenshire (I)  formerly Sabor (I)

       Chaleur  formerly Sabor (I)

  Araguaya 10,537   Workman Clark, Belfast 1906-1930 Steel Screw steamer

  Avon (III) 11,073   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1907-1930 Steel Screw steamer

       Avoca, HMS  formerly Avon (III)

  Monmouthshire 5,091   Sunderland SB Co, Sndlnd 1907-1922 Steel Screw steamer

       Tyne (IV)  formerly Monmouthshire

  Denbighshire 3,844   Sunderland SB Co, Sndlnd 1907-1922 Steel Screw steamer

       Tamar (IV)  formerly Denbighshire

  Flintshire 3,815   Sunderland SB Co, Sndlnd 1907-1913 Steel Screw steamer

  Asturias (I) 12,015   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1907-1933 Steel Screw steamer

       Arcadian (II)  formerly Asturias (I)

  Arzila 2,722   J Laing & Sons, Sunderland 1908-1922 Steel Screw steamer

  Agadir 2,722   J Laing & Sons, Sunderland 1908-1922 Steel Screw steamer

  Berbice (I) 2,379   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1909-1920 Steel Screw steamer

  Balantia (I) 2,379   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1909-1922 Steel Screw steamer

       Saint Margaret of Scotland   formerly Balantia (I)

  Deseado (I) 11,475   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1911-1934 Steel Screw steamer

  Arlanza (I) 15,044   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1911-1938 Steel Screw steamer

  Demerara (II) 11,484   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1911-1933 Steel Screw steamer

  Desna 11,466   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1912-1933 Steel Screw steamer

  Jamaica 1,138   W Harkess, Middlesborough 1912-1914 Steel Screw steamer

  Dart (II) 1,104   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 1912-1959 Steel Screw steamer

  Alcala 10,660   Workman Clark Belfast 1913-1913 Steel Screw steamer

  Andes (I) 15,620   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1913-1946 Steel Screw steamer

       Atlantis  formerly Andes (I)

  Doon 1,353   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 1913-1919 Steel Screw steamer

  Radnorshire (I) 4,302   Bartram & Sons, Sunderland 1913-1917 Steel Screw steamer

  Caribbean 5,824   Fairfield Co, Glasgow 1913-1915 Steel Screw steamer

  Merionethshire 4,308   Bartram & Sons, Sunderland 1913-1918 Steel Screw steamer

  Cardiganshire 9,426   Workman Clark, Belfast 1913-1929 Steel Screw steamer

  Cobequid 4,738   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1913-1914 Steel Screw steamer

  Caraquet 4,917   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1913-1923 Steel Screw steamer

  Alcantara (I) 15,831   Harland & Wolff, Govan 1913-1916 Steel Screw steamer

  Carnarvonshire 9,406   Workman Clark, Belfast 1913-1933 Steel Screw steamer

  Drina (I) 11,483   Harland & Wolff, Belfast c1914-1917 Steel Screw steamer

  Almanzora 15,551   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1914-1948 Steel Screw steamer

  Barima 1,498   Caledon SB Co, Dundee 1914-1923 Steel Screw steamer

  Towy 199   Day, Summers, Southampton 1914-1920 Steel Screw steamer

  Devon 1,367   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 1914-1959 Steel Screw steamer

  Belize (II) 1,498   Caledon SB Co, Dundee 1914-1923 Steel Screw steamer

  Chaudiere 3,986   R Dixon & Co, Middlesborough 1914-1926 Steel Screw steamer

  Taff 199   Day, Summers, Southampton 1914-1920 Steel Screw steamer

  Teign 199   Day, Summers, Southampton 1914-1920 Steel Screw steamer

  Essequibo (II) 8,489   Workman Clark, Belfast 1914-1922 Steel Screw steamer

  Ebro (III) 8,480   Workman Clark, Belfast 1914-1922 Steel Screw steamer

  Carmarthenshire (II) 7,823   Workman Clark, Belfast 1915-1929 Steel Screw steamer

  Pembrokeshire (II) 7,821   Workman Clark, Belfast 1915-1933 Steel Screw steamer

  Larne (III) 3,808   R Napier, Glasgow 1916-1918 Steel Screw steamer

  Brecknockshire 8,422   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1916-1917 Steel Screw steamer

  Darro (I) 11,493   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1916-1933 Steel Screw steamer

  Navasota 8,795   S H & Wghm R, Newcastle 1917-1939 Steel Screw steamer

  Sambre 5,260   Short Bros, Sunderland 1919-1940 Steel Screw steamer

  Glamorganshire 8,192   Asano SB Co, Tsurumi 1919-1933 Steel Screw steamer

  Nagara 8,803   S H & Wghm Rchdsn, Newcastle 1919-1943 Steel Screw steamer

  Segura (II) 5,295   Richardson, Duck, Newcastle 1919-1921 Steel Screw steamer

  Somme 5,265   Short Bros, Sunderland 1919-1942 Steel Screw steamer

  Severn (IV) 5,246   Short Bros, Sunderland 1919-1932 Steel Screw steamer

  Radnorshire (II) 6,723   J L Thompson, Sunderland 1919-1930 Steel Screw steamer

  Silarus 5,101   C Connell, Glasgow 1919-1931 Steel Screw steamer

  Siris 5,242   Harland & Wolff, Glasgow 1919-1942 Steel Screw steamer

  Narenta 8,266   Workman Clark, Belfast 1919-1939 Steel Screw steamer

  Arno (III) 344   Gebrs Bodewes, Martenshoek 1920-1933 Steel Screw motorship schooner

  Nictheroy 8,265   Workman Clark, Belast 1920-1937 Steel Screw steamer

  Orcana 7,814   A Stephen, Glasgow 1920-1922 Steel Screw steamer

  Oruba (II) 7,848   A Stephen, Glasgow 1920-1923 Steel Screw steamer

  Natia 8,723   A Stephen, Glasgow 1920-1940 Steel Screw steamer

  Nariva 8,723   A Stephen, Glasgow 1920-1943 Steel Screw steamer

  Nebraska 8,261   Workman Clark, Belfast 1920-1944 Steel Screw steamer

  Sarthe 5,271   Wm Gray, W Hartlepool 1920-1942 Steel Screw steamer

  Sabor (II) 5,212   Earles Co, Hull 1920-1943 Steel Screw steamer

  Montgomeryshire 6,650   Armstrong, Whitworth, Newcastle 1921-1931 Steel Screw steamer

  Lochkatrine 9,419   John Brown & Co, Clydebank 1921-1942 Steel Screw motorship

  Lochgoil 9,462   Harland & Wolff, Govan 1922-1939 Steel Screw motorship

  Culebra 3,044   Irvine's SB & DD Co, W Hartpl 1923-1942 Steel Screw steamer

  Orca 16,063   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1923-1927 Steel Screw steamer

  Orduña (I) 15,499   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1923-1926 Steel Screw steamer

  Orbita (I) 15,486   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1923-1926 Steel Screw steamer

  Ohio 18,940   A G Weser, Bremen 1923-1927 Steel Screw steamer

  Lochmonar 9,412   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1923-1949 Steel Screw motorship

  Asturias (II) 22,048   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1925-1945 Steel Screw motorship, later steamer

  Alcantara (II) 22,209   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1926-1958 Steel Screw motorship, later steamer

  Arun 384   Svendborg Skibsvaerft, Svendborg 1928-1952 Steel Screw motorship

  Nasina 7,206   Russell & Co, Pt Glasgow 1932-1935 Steel Screw steamer

  Nela 7,206   Russell & Co, Pt Glasgow 1932-1945 Steel Screw steamer

  Nalon 7,206   Russell & Co, Pt Glasgow 1932-1940 Steel Screw steamer

  Nogoya 8,442   Barclay, Curle, Glasgow 1932-1936 Steel Screw steamer

  Sicily 3,457   Richardson, Duck, Stockton 1932-1933 Steel Screw steamer

  Thessaly (I) 3,135   Richardson, Duck, Stockton 1932-1933 Steel Screw steamer

  Lombardy (I) 3,379   Richardson, Duck, Stockton 1932-1956 Steel Screw steamer

  Brittany (I) 4,772   A McMillan & Son, Dmbrtn 1932-1942 Steel Screw motorship

  Gascony 4,716   A McMillan & Son, Dmbrtn 1932-1958 Steel Screw motorship

  Araby (I) 4,936   A McMillan & Son, Dmbrtn 1932-1940 Steel Screw motorship

  Highland Brigade 14,135   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1932-1959 Steel Screw motorship

  Highland Chieftain 14,135   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1932-1959 Steel Screw motorship

  Highland Monarch 14,139   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1932-1960 Steel Screw motorship

  Highland Patriot 14,172   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1932-1940 Steel Screw motorship

  Highland Princess 14,100   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1932-1959 Steel Screw motorship

  Highland Rover 7,490   Russell & Co, Pt Glasgow 1932-1932 Steel Screw steamer

  Lochavon 9,205   Harland & Wolff, Govan 1938-1939 Steel Screw motorship

  Andes (II) 25,895   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1939-1971 Steel Screw steamer

  Pampas (I) 5,415   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1940-1942 Steel Screw motorship

  Pardo (II) 5,400