MARCO POLO
MARCO POLO WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO THE BEEJAPORE. SHE WAS OPERATED IN 1852 BY THE NEW LIVERPOOL LINE OF AUSTRALIAN PACKETS ( PILKINGTON,WILSON & BAINES ) PILKINGTON AND WILSON BEING THE CO-FOUNDERS OF THE ORIGINAL WHITE STAR LINE, THEY LATER MERGED WITH THE BLACKBALL AND EAGLES LINE WHICH IS WHERE THE BAINES BIT OF THE NAME COMES FROM, BAINES OWNED THE BLACKBALL LINE ) THOU I THINK THE LINE WAS FIRST CALLED THE LIVERPOOL MELBOURNE AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.