c. 1910
14.00x
8.95cm
(10,000 Tons, 14,000 Horse-Power)
Founded as early as 1834, what became the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company still survives and P. & O. Cruises today, it is the oldest continuously operating cruise line in the world. The Macedonia was built in 1904, among a large set of 10 passenger ships put into service before World War I, when it was used by the navy. It survived until 1931.