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CONDITION -- Very Good
HISTORY -- In the early 1880s, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)
negotiated with the Government of the United Kingdom to establish a
trans-Pacific steamship routes between Vancouver and the Far East. In
1891, the Canadian Pacific Railway adopted a new name — the Canadian
Pacific Steamship Company (CPSC). The CPSC became one of the many
shipping companies operating in and out of Liverpool. The company
expanded as people emigrating from Europe to North America provided a
larger number of passengers and the company also started holiday
cruises.
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CONDITION -- Very Good
HISTORY -- The Company was originally established in 1955 when Clan Line Steamers was merged with Union Castle to form The British & Commonwealth Shipping Company, a shipping business. British & Commonwealth were the ultimate owners of British United Airways (BUA), Britain's largest wholly private, independent airline of the 1960s, as well as its subsidiaries and sister companies, including British United Air Ferries and British United Island Airways (BUIA). They were also a shareholder of Bristow Helicopters, at the time the UK's biggest helicopter company as well as one of the largest in the world, acquiring full control in 1985. In 1969 British and Commonwealth Shipping, Furness Withy, P&O and The Ocean Steamship Company established Overseas Containers Limited to exploit containerisation.
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CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- Maritime Souvenirs
NOTES -- Many maritime groups are covered on the Travellers in Time website. Please email at sales@travellersintime.net to ask about any items you cannot see listed. (SCode-P)
CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- The SS Maxim Gorki was a cruise ship that was, until 30 November 2008, owned by Sovcomflot, Russia, under long-term charter to Phoenix Reisen, Germany. She was built in 1969 by Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft, Hamburg, West Germany for the German Atlantic Line as SS Hamburg. In 1973 she was renamed SS Hanseatic. The following year she was sold to the Black Sea Shipping Company, Soviet Union and received the name Maxim Gorki in honour of the poet Maxim Gorki. On 20 August 2008 the Maxim Gorki was sold to Orient Lines. She was due to enter service with her new owners on 15 April 2009 under the name SS Marco Polo II, but in November 2008 the re-launch of the Orient Lines brand was cancelled.
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CONDITION -- Very Good
HISTORY -- RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, often referred to simply as the 'QE2', is a former Cunard ocean liner, now owned by Nakheel (a division of Dubai World). She was named after the earlier Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth (see Name section), and served as the flagship of the line from 1969 until succeeded by RMS Queen Mary 2 in 2004. Built in Clydebank, Scotland, she was considered the last of the great transatlantic ocean liners built for over four decades before the construction of the QM2.
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CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- The Cunard Roll-on/Roll-off container ship Atlantic Conveyor was taken up from trade and converted to serve as an aircraft transport. To do so containers were used to provide the necessary services for embarked aircraft and their attached personnel. A particular feature was the use of containers to create a sheltered area to protect the aircraft from the worst of the weather. The ship embarked 8 Sea Harriers, 6 Harriers GR3s, 8 Wessex helicopters and 5 Chinook helicopters.
On 25 May Atlantic Conveyor was with the task group east of the Falklands. A pair of Argentine Super Etendard aircraft carrying Exocet missiles attacked the British ships. One missile was directed at one of the frigates which deployed distracting metal strips (Chaff). The Chaff did its job and the missile flew on having lost its original target. It then acquired Atlantic Conveyor which was hit on the port quarter, starting huge fires. This led to the eventual abandonment of the ship and 12 men were lost. The loss of 3 Wessex and 3 Chinooks was very significant as they reduced greatly the intended mobility of British land forces in the planned campaign to move from San Carlos to Stanley.
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CONDITION -- Good
HISTORY -- In 1919 Furness Bermuda Line was awarded the mail contract for the New York to Bermuda service. This service reached its zenith in the years just before the Second World War when Furness Bermuda Line ordered two magnificent luxury liners ' the Monarch of Bermuda and the Queen of Bermuda.
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CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- Coast Lines Ltd of Liverpool was formed by the merging of three lines in 1913 and until 1917 was known by their joint names, Powell, Bacon and Hough. The name of Coast Lines Limited was adopted in 1917, when the company was absorbed into the Royal Mail Group (q.v.). After the dissolution of the group in 1931, the company became independent under the chairmanship of Sir Alfred Read (1871-1955), who had previously been a director. From 1917 to 1951 Coast Lines acquired a controlling interest in a large number of coastal shipping companies, eventually numbering about twenty.
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CONDITION -- Fair/Good
HISTORY -- Epirotiki Line was a shipping company that operated from the mid 1850s to the late 1990s. Epirotiki Line operated mainly cruise vessels, but also operated a variety of other vessels such as cargo and tanker vessels.
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CONDITION -- Very Good
HISTORY -- The Dalgleish Steamship Company
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