The Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Screw Steam Ship Madras

Hand-coloured. The'Madras' is shown prominently in the left-centre of the painting, cruising off Eddystone Light under steam and sail. She proved to be fast and steady and had a long career with Peninsular & Oriental before being finally sold to the Japanese, who converted her to sail and re-named 'Kanagawa Maru'. She was placed under the management of Mitsibushi Mail Steamship Company. In 1896 she was laid up in Nagasaki, but soon after was sent to sea and wrecked.

Object Details

ID: PAH8969
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Jeffreson, W; Ogle, John Connell George Rowney & Co Ltd
Vessels: Madras (1852)
Date made: 1852
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Caird Collection, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 528 x 708 mm