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A LARGE SIZE SAILING BARGE SHIPS WHEEL

This particular item is a great find and a talking piece whenever it is shown to people. It is a large size Ships Wheel dating from the 1890's and is in a great condition with the size being 3'9" (1 metre) wide.

This type of item is rare to find for sale and is a genuine as used onboard piece being an old Sailing Barge Wheel. It can be used as a decorative item in many houses or establishments.

Due to its size this item is a colection only or can be delievered halfway by prior arrangment. Please contact us by email if interested to discuss options. A P&P can be arranged and a cost would need to be confirmed with the Royal Mail Parcel Service.

This is a great item of quality and worth owning for the sheer beauty alone. Also in stock are a smaller size and larger size Ships Wheel should anyone be interested (POA).
Item: TT1343 BA150

TABLE MADE FROM ORIGINAL TIMBERS OF THE VESSEL'THE OTRANTO'

This particular item is a table made from the original timbers of the vessel 'Otranto' of the Orient Line shipping company. It shows a nameplate on the side authenticating the construction (click on the picture to see a close up of the nameplate). The table is in great condition and is 27" high, 32" wide and 20" deep. Listed below are a few facts of the vessel:

1926 Maiden Voyage
1939 Converted to a troop ship
1942 Fitted out as an assault ship
1948 Refit by camel laird, Birkenhead
1949 Resumed service to Australia
1957 Final sailing to Cape Town
1957 Broken up same year

The table price is £185 and would need to be collected or possibly delivered to a halfway point for you. This can be arranged if you contact us via email. A P&P price would need to be obtained if required. This is a great item of interesting proportion and well made.
Item: TT1342 BA150

COMMEMORATIVE ASHTRAY AND BOOK FROM THE SS GREAT BRITAIN

This is a fantastic pair of items connected to one of the most famous ships to be launched in English waters. It is a souvenir ashtray and commemorative book from the grand old vessel The SS Great Britain. The size of the ashtray is 5" x 3½" (13cm x 9cm) and both items are in a great condition £2

SS Great Britain was an advanced passenger steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between Bristol and New York. While other ships had previously been built of iron or equipped with a screw propeller, Great Britain was the first to combine these features in a large ocean-going ship.

When launched in 1843, Great Britain was by far the largest vessel afloat. However, her protracted construction and high cost had left her owners in a difficult financial position, and they were forced out of business in 1846 after the ship was stranded by a navigational error.

Sold for salvage and repaired, Great Britain carried thousands of immigrants to Australia until converted to sail in 1881. Three years later, the vessel was retired to the Falkland Islands where she was utilised as a warehouse, quarantine ship and coal hulk until scuttled in 1937.

In 1970, Great Britain was returned to the Bristol dry dock where she was first built. Now listed as part of the National Historic Fleet, Core Collection, the vessel is an award-winning visitor attraction and museum ship in Bristol Harbour, with between 150,000–170,000 visitors annually.
Item: TT1341 BA150

A CAPSTAN STYLE PEN HOLDER MADE FROM TIMBERS OF HMS VICTORY

The year 2005 celebrated the 200th anniversary of the great battle known as The Battle of Trafalgar. This particular item is directly linked to the Napoleonic period and to the famous flagship of Lord Horatio Nelson himself ‘HMS VICTORY’. It is a souvenir capstan style pen holder made from the timbers of the vessel itself. The size of the item is 3" (8cm) wide and it is in a fantastic condition. It is an old souvenir piece which is difficult to date.

HMS Victory is a first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, started in 1759 and launched in 1765, most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar. She is the oldest naval ship still in commission, and now sits in dry dock in Portsmouth, England as a museum ship.
Item: TT1340 BA150

A SOUP/DESSERT BOWL FROM THE P&O VESSEL THE SS CANBERRA

This item is a soup/dessert bowl from the famous old P&O vessel SS Canberra. It is in a great condition and original from the 1960’s. It is an as used on board item and made in the traditional blue mosaic pattern associated with the Canberra. The soup/dessert bowl is approx. 6" (15cm) wide and is one of the last remaining peices from our Canberra dining collection. Items like this from The Canberra are now very hard to locate.

SS Canberra was an ocean liner, which later operated on cruises, in the P&O fleet from 1961 to 1997. She was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland at a cost of UK £17 million, and was launched on 16 March 1960. The ship was named on 17 March 1958, after the federal capital of Australia, Canberra, and entered service in May 1961. During the 1982 Falklands War, it served as a troop ship.

P&O commissioned the Canberra to operate the combined P&O-Orient Line service between the United Kingdom and Australia. The arrival of the jet airliner had already caused a drop in demand for this service; a reduction in emigration to Australia and wars forcing the closure of the Suez Canal saw the route become unprofitable. However a refit in 1974 saw the Canberra adapted to cruising.

Unusually, this transition from an early life as a purpose built ocean liner to a long and successful career in cruising, occurred without any major external alterations, and with only minimal internal and mechanical changes over the years.
Item: TT1389 BA150

MEDIUM SIZE DINING PLATE FROM THE P&O VESSEL THE SS CANBERRA

This item is a medium size dining plate from the famous old P&O vessel SS Canberra. It is in a great condition and original from the 1960’s. It is an as used on board item and made in the traditional blue mosaic pattern associated with the Canberra. The medium size dining plate is approx. 7" (18cm) wide and is one of the last remaining peices from our Canberra dining collection. Items like this from The Canberra are now very hard to locate.

SS Canberra was an ocean liner, which later operated on cruises, in the P&O fleet from 1961 to 1997. She was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland at a cost of UK £17 million, and was launched on 16 March 1960. The ship was named on 17 March 1958, after the federal capital of Australia, Canberra, and entered service in May 1961. During the 1982 Falklands War, it served as a troop ship.

P&O commissioned the Canberra to operate the combined P&O-Orient Line service between the United Kingdom and Australia. The arrival of the jet airliner had already caused a drop in demand for this service; a reduction in emigration to Australia and wars forcing the closure of the Suez Canal saw the route become unprofitable. However a refit in 1974 saw the Canberra adapted to cruising.

Unusually, this transition from an early life as a purpose built ocean liner to a long and successful career in cruising, occurred without any major external alterations, and with only minimal internal and mechanical changes over the years.
Item: TT1388 BA150

LARGE SIZE DINING PLATE FROM THE P&O VESSEL THE SS CANBERRA

This item is a large size dining plate from the famous old P&O vessel SS Canberra. It is in a great condition and original from the 1960’s. It is an as used on board item and made in the traditional blue mosaic pattern associated with the Canberra. The large size dining plate is approx. 9½" (24cm) wide and is one of the last remaining peices from our Canberra dining collection. Items like this from The Canberra are now very hard to locate.

SS Canberra was an ocean liner, which later operated on cruises, in the P&O fleet from 1961 to 1997. She was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland at a cost of UK £17 million, and was launched on 16 March 1960. The ship was named on 17 March 1958, after the federal capital of Australia, Canberra, and entered service in May 1961. During the 1982 Falklands War, it served as a troop ship.

P&O commissioned the Canberra to operate the combined P&O-Orient Line service between the United Kingdom and Australia. The arrival of the jet airliner had already caused a drop in demand for this service; a reduction in emigration to Australia and wars forcing the closure of the Suez Canal saw the route become unprofitable. However a refit in 1974 saw the Canberra adapted to cruising.

Unusually, this transition from an early life as a purpose built ocean liner to a long and successful career in cruising, occurred without any major external alterations, and with only minimal internal and mechanical changes over the years.
Item: TT1387 BA150

SMALL SIZE WOODEN BARRELL MADE FROM TIMBERS OF THE VESSEL

This item is a memento from the famous old vessel H.M.S. Ajax. It is a wooden barrel made out of the timbers of the ship. It is in a great condition and has a plate fixed to the base with the wording on as follows: FROM THE TEAK OF HMS AJAX – BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE. The size of the item is 2" (5cm) high. £5

HMS Ajax was a Leander class light cruiser which served with the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom during World War II. She was made famous for her part in the Battle of the River Plate, the Battle of Crete, the Battle of Malta and as a supply escort in the Battle of Tobruk.

Built at Vickers shipyard, Barrow-in-Furness, England, she was laid down on 7 February 1933, launched on 1 March 1934, and completed on 12 April 1935. Ajax served on the America and West Indies Station from completion, then joined the South American Division on the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939. There she sank the German merchant Olinda and intercepted the German merchant Carl Fritzen and the passenger ship Ussukuma. Both ships scuttled themselves to avoid capture.
Item: TT1386 BA150

A SOUVENIR LIFERING FROM THE P&O VESSEL THE SS CANBERRA

This item is a souvenir life ring from the P&O vessel SS Canberra. It is in a great condition and original from the 1970’s being dated 1974. The size of the item is 5½" (14cm) wide.

SS Canberra was an ocean liner, which later operated on cruises, in the P&O fleet from 1961 to 1997. She was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland at a cost of UK £17 million, and was launched on 16 March 1960. The ship was named on 17 March 1958, after the federal capital of Australia, Canberra, and entered service in May 1961. During the 1982 Falklands War, it served as a troop ship.

P&O commissioned the Canberra to operate the combined P&O-Orient Line service between the United Kingdom and Australia. The arrival of the jet airliner had already caused a drop in demand for this service; a reduction in emigration to Australia and wars forcing the closure of the Suez Canal saw the route become unprofitable. However a refit in 1974 saw the Canberra adapted to cruising.

Unusually, this transition from an early life as a purpose built ocean liner to a long and successful career in cruising, occurred without any major external alterations, and with only minimal internal and mechanical changes over the years.
Item: TT1385 BA150

ORIGINAL WOODEN BARREL MADE FROM TIMBERS OF THE MAURETANIA

This item is a memento from the famous old vessel The RMS Mauretania. It is a wooden barrel made out of the timbers of the original first ship 1905-1934. It is in a great condition and has a plate fixed to the front with the wording on as follows: FROM THE DECKING OF THE MAURETANIA. THE OLD LADY OF THE ATLANTIC. The item is in a good condition and is 2" (5cm) high dating from around 1934.

RMS Mauretania (also known as the "Maury") was an ocean liner built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Wallsend, Tyne and Wear for the British Cunard Line, and launched on 20 September 1906. At the time, she was the largest and fastest ship in the world. Mauretania became a favorite among her passengers. After capturing the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing during her 1907 inaugural season, Mauretania held the speed record for twenty-two years.

The ship's name was taken from Mauretania, an ancient Roman province on the northwest African coast, not related to the modern Mauritania. Similar nomenclature was also employed by Mauretania's sister ship, the Lusitania, which was named after the Roman province directly north of Mauretania, across the Strait of Gibraltar.
Item: TT1384 BA150