Maharaja
Ship Number
124
Vessel Type
Cargo Ship
Built
Belfast
Launch Date
26 March 1879
Delivered
3 May 1879
Owner
Asiatic Steam Navigation Co
Weight
1666 grt
BP Length
306 feet
Breadth
31-6 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
Propulsion
Engine constructed by D Rowan
Official No.
81268
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Wrecked
Maharaja

The chosen nomenclature of Asiatic was that of Indian nobility and the first four ships built for the company were Shahjehan and Shahzada built in 1878 and Maharaja and Maharani built in 1879. Principally the ships design was for the carriage of cargo and coolies with little accommodation for first class passengers provided, its service at the outset was from its home port of Calcutta south around various smaller Indian ports and then north up to Bombay, again calling at ports en route, later Chittagong, Rangoon and Moulmain were added to its itinerary. 1904/5 the company sold on for further trading four of its oldest vessels, Shahzada, Maharaja, Shahjehan and Kohinur, they were replaced by ships carrying the same name.
 
1904 sold to Un Lai Chen, Hong Kong, wrecked same year.