| Imagen |
Nombre |
Año |
Compañía |
Comentarios |
 |
Madagascar |
1857 |
Rennie |
Carried mail and
passengers between Natal and the Cape, 1857/1858 |
 |
Marathon |
1904 |
Aberdeen Line |
Before lengthening,
sister to Miltiades |
 |
Marathon |
|
Aberdeen Line |
After lengthening |
 |
Marc
Anthony |
1871 |
Cape and Natal Steam Navigation Co. |
One of their chartered
vessels |
 |
Matabele |
1885 |
Rennie |
Second Steamer of
Rennies´Aberdeen Direct" line |
 |
Medic |
1899 |
|
Pioneer of the
"Colonial" service of the White Star Line. Sister to Afric and
Persic |
 |
Melrose |
1877 |
Donald Currie |
Coaster |
 |
Memnon |
1842 |
East India Co, |
In Table Bay, 1842, one
of several steamships sent out to India via the Cape for the
services of the Hon. East India Company. |
 |
Mendi |
1917 |
|
Lost in collision in the
english chanel, 1917, taking down with her hundreds of South African
natives. |
 |
Mexican |
1883 |
Union Line |
Showing the sombre
uniform black at one time adopted by the Union Line |
 |
Mexican |
1883 |
Union Line |
Sunk in collision near
Capetown, 1900 |
 |
Mitiades |
1904 |
Aberdeen |
After lengthening |
 |
Miyazaki Maru |
1916 |
N:Y:K: |
Japanese mail steamers
diverted to the Cape Route 1916-1918. Sister to Hirano Maru, both
ships were torpedoed and sunk |
 |
Moor |
1883 |
Union Line |
A Cape "Flyer" of the
´eighties, a photo taken after she was lengthened. |
 |
Moor |
1882 |
Union Line |
before lengthening.
Sister to Athenian |
 |
Moor |
|
|
After lengthening, as a
Union-Castle Liner. |
 |
Namacqua |
|
Berry |
Coaster which ran
between Capetown and Port Nolloth during the ´eighties. |
 |
Natal |
1866 |
Union Line |
Employed on the South
African Coast. |
 |
Natalian |
1866 |
Diamond Line |
SS Natalian in Algoa
Bay. Belonging to the Dimond Line,the first rival to the Union Line- |
 |
Nautilus |
1890 |
Smith Webster |
Coaster at Hoetjes Bay,
Cape fo Good Hope, 1890 |
 |
Nemesis |
1840 |
|
The Nemesis, first iron
steamship to round the Cape of Good Hope, 1840, a contemprary
artist´s conception of the Cape of Storms. |
 |
Nestor |
1913 |
Blue Funnel Line |
|
 |
Newark Castle |
1902 |
Castle Line |
"Extra" steamer, wrecked
off the coast of Zululand in 1908 |
 |
Nieukerk |
1929 |
Holland Afrika Line |
|
 |
Nineveh |
1894 |
Aberdeen |
In Capetown docks. |
 |
S.S.
Norfolk |
|
|
To Australia via the
Cape in the ´seventies. Belonging to Money Wigram´s line of
auxiliary steamers, by which "the best people" traveleed to
Australia before teh days of the Orient Steam Navigation Co. |
 |
Norham Castle |
1885 |
Donald Currie Steamer |
At Dartmouth, embarking
mails and passengers for the Cape, 1885. |
 |
Norman (II) |
1894 |
Union Line |
|
 |
Norman II |
1894 |
Union Line |
|
 |
Norseman I |
1866 |
Union Line |
|
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Nubian |
1876 |
Union Line |
before lengthening |
 |
Nubian |
|
Union Line |
After being lengthened |
 |
Nyanza |
1877 |
Union Line |
Deck view |
 |
Nyassa |
|
Companhia Naçional de Navegaçao |
Portuguese
liner,originally Norddeutscher Lloyd SS Bülow. |
 |
Orca |
1926 |
American Cruising Line |
The first of the
American Cruising Liners, at Capetown 1926 |
 |
orient |
1880 |
|
A famous "Via Cape"
liner of the last century, S:S: Oriente, 5.100 tons, which broke the
Cape record in 1880. |
 |
H.M. Transport Orontes |
1870 |
|
A frequent visit to the
Cape during the ´seventies. The body of the Prince Iperial was taken
to England in this ship. |
 |
Orsova |
1916 |
Orient Line |
Diverted from Suez to
the Cape route, Orient Liner at Capetown, 1916 |
 |
Oswesty Grange |
1906 |
Houlder Line |
A typical unit in the
Federal.Houlder-Shire joint service to Australia via the Cape,
1906-1912 |
 |
Paparoa |
1899 |
New Zealand Shipping Company |
|
 |
Pembroke Castle |
1883 |
Castle line |
On board which ir Donald
Currie entertained Royalty on a lavish scale |
 |
Pericles |
1908 |
Aberdeen Line |
A new type of liner,
wrecked off the coast of Australia in 1910 |
 |
R.M.S.
Phoebe |
1858 |
Union Line |
The fourth Union Liner
to come to the Cape |
 |
Pongolla |
1882 |
Bullard King |
The first steamers of
Bullard King´s "Natal Direct" line: Congella and Pongola at Durban,
1882. |
 |
Portugal |
1906 |
Empreza Naçional de Navegaçao |
Portugal. Which in 1906
inaugurated te regular E.N.N. service between Lisbon and portuguese
East Africa via Capetown. |
 |
Praesident |
1914 |
D.O.A.L. |
Acted as auxiliary to
the german cruiser Königsberg in East Africa in 1914.She is now a
hulk in Saldanha Bay. |
 |
Pretoria |
1878 |
Union Line |
after alteration |
 |
Prinz
Regent |
1904 |
D.O.A.L. |
|
 |
Porfessor Woermann |
|
|
The prize steamer
Professor Woermann (Renamed Professor) a well known transport
employed during the "German West" campaign 1914-1915 |
 |
R.M.S.
Propontis |
|
General Screw Company |
The second mail steamer
to reach te Cape |
