SS Kashmir, troopship

[Ian Underwood]

Some of the Pals know that one of my ongoing research projects is the HMS Otranto disaster, when it was rammed in a storm in 1918 by the SS Kashmir while both were trooping off the coast of Scotland. I have quite a deal of info on the event and the Otranto in general, but can't find a pic of the Kashmir anywhere.

Finding pics of ocean liners on the net is usually a cinch, but the Kashmir has eluded me. Online searches of various National Maritime museum collections, and even ebay for old postcards, have resulted in nowt.

Anyone help out? Ian.

[michaeldr]

Ian

The Kashmir was a P & O ship and I hope to att a pic below

I have taken it from here

It's a stern view and if this is no good, then perhaps one of her sisters might do? They were all built within the same two years, are all +/- the same tonnage and over-all size and all carried the same number of passengers. Also all were scrapped at about the same time. The sister ships were; Kalyan, Karmala, Kashgar, Khiva and the Khyber

Regards

Michael D.R.

[Muerrisch]

The National Maritime Museum has an excellent and searchable data base, from which prints of photos can be ordered.

[Ian Underwood]

Thanks both of you, very pleased with the pic of the ship and the link to pics of her sister ships.

Seems I'm not as clever as I thought, as I had searched the NMM database for the kashmir about 6 months ago, but could'nt find it - but there is a single pic listed there now. Also, whilst I did'nt know of the website you pointed me to Michael, most of those pics are available via the Picture Australia searchable database, which I had visted before to find a pic of the Otranto.

Thanks again.