Historical information

The SS Maloja was a passenger liner operated by The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation between 1923 and 1954.
The ship was requisitioned by the Admiralty for service as an Armed Merchant Cruiser upon her arrival at Aden

Physical description

B & W landscape photograph with view from the dock of nearside port bow and superstructure of a moored ship. Men at dockside level are loading or unloading with net in foreground. railway vehicles are lined alongside under a shed. A faint series of letters can be made out near the portholes towards top of bow. This could be name of the vessel.

Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten in black ink beneath lower edge of image on album page as "P O Maloja" (this may be misnamed) see notes below