[Doug Rogers]

MALOJA (59/12763) photographed at a refinery on the River Thames in the late 1960’s

Hi,

I did dock staff/dry docking in Falmouth on both the Maloja/Mantua in my time with P&O.
They were nice little ships, very comfortable and well equipped for their day. I guess you would say they were product tankers in the parlance used these days. I think that they were x British India (also Ellora I think) - to the best of my knowledge they were still going in the early 70's although the Trident empire didnt last too many more years after I departed P&O in 1974.

Best Regards,
Doug

 

[Doug Rogers]

Glad to hear you enjoyed your time on the Maloja, I always thought that she was a nice little ship, but that was based only on a couple of dry docks on her, never had the chance to go deep sea.