"Point de Galle, Ceylon" Size:medium Down the river - Tight

Down the river - Tight navigation'

RANGITATA (1929) was built by John Brown & Co Ltd

AOTEA (1970) operated a container service between New Zealand and Japan

As noted here INDIA (1896) held the record for delivering the London Mails at Fremantle

"Point de Galle, Ceylon" Size:medium Down the river - Tight"A more beautiful and picturesque scene cannot be offered to the eye of the traveller wearied with the continued expanse of azure and ultramarine". At Point de Galle P&O established another agency and coal depots for onward journeys. Re fuelling meant passengers had time enough to explore the cinnamon gardens of the interior.