S.S.  V I C E R O Y  O F  I N D I A 1929
       
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Welcome to our website paying tribute to the famous S/S Viceroy of India. This ship was P&O's crowning achievement of the 1920s. While she was stately and traditionally styled externally, her engines were a radical departure from contemporary practice. She was fitted with turbo-electric machinery, making her only the third passenger ship in the world to have such an installation. The Viceroy of India went a long way towards elevating the quality of service on the India route to the standard by now established for the service to Australia.

The Viceroy of India was a revolutionary ship and aboard her, for the first time, all first class passengers had cabins to themselves.  She also was used as a cruise liner in the off-peak period and soon became very popular in this role. Sadly after being requisitioned as a troopship during the Second World War the Viceroy of India was sunk off Oran in North Africa in 1942 during "Operation Torch" landing troops in Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria to drive out the Axis forces from North Africa.

This website aims to record the history of this famous British ocean liner and act as a virtual home to honour and commemorate this fine ship. We hope you enjoy this website and when you leave we hope you will visit again soon


   

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Her Regular Service Route: England to India

 London (Tilbury Docks) to Gibraltar, Marseille (UK bound only), Naples, Port Said, Suez Canal, Aden and Bombay "India Mail" service.

"THE INDIA MAIL SERVICE"

THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LONDON

(P&O LINE)



This Website is based on content from the SS Maritime website (www.ssmaritime.com) with the kind permission of Reuben Goossens

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