Union Co.'s Fleet.

Progress, Volume II, Issue I, 1 November 1906, Page 28

Union Co.'s Fleet.

To the Ed? toy. Sir — In your very interesting account of the Union Steam Ship Company's fleet, its origin, etc., I notice you do not mention the S.S. Alhambra (McMeckan, Blackwood, I think), a very interesting boat which was at one time in the P. & O. service, and one of the last ocean-going steamers with Mortice spur gear in connection with trunk engines which drove the propeller. An account of the above boat and what became of it will be of great interest. Apologising for troubling you — I am, etc . Wellington, 1/10/06. JOHN WELSBY. [Mr. Welsby's information is welcome, but no doubt he will readily understand that it is impossible, within the confines of a newspaper article such as that to which he alludes to treat of every ship or every steamer that has played a part in the history of our mercantile marine — Ed.]