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DESCRIPTION -- From the P&O Line shipping company this is an early souvenir compass design paper weight which is in an excellent condition and a genuine article from the company.
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CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, which is usually known as P&O, is a British shipping and logistics company which dates from the early 19th century. Following its sale in March 2006 to Dubai Ports World for 3.9 billion, it became a subsidiary of DP World; however, the P&O brand has been retained. The company was headquartered in London, in the United Kingdom; it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
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DESCRIPTION -- From the P&O Line shipping company this is from the famous 'War Commissioned' cruise ship the SS Canberra and dates from the 1960's. It is an early solid pewter tankard which shows on the front the company houseflag and the size is 4" (10cm) high. The item is in a fairly good condition with the tankard having suffered a couple of knocks and slight dents but is an original from the vessel (The set of 4 paper coasters showing in the picture are not included)
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CONDITION -- Good/Fair
HISTORY -- The 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 17,000,000. The ship was named on 17 March 1958, after the federal capital of Australia, Canberra. She was launched on 16 March 1960, sponsored by Dame Pattie Menzies, GBE, wife of the then Prime Minister of Australia, Robert Menzies. She entered service in May 1961, and took her maiden voyage starting in June. During the 1982 Falklands War, she served as a troop ship.
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DESCRIPTION -- Original early example lounge ashtray from the P&O Line shipping company which is in a fantastic condition and one of the early styles to be used on board a cruise ship.
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CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- The P&O Line first introduced passenger services in 1844, with a leisure cruise departing from Southampton to the Mediterranean. These voyages were the first of their kind and the forerunner of modern cruise holidays. The company later introduced round trips to destinations such as Alexandria and Constantinople and underwent rapid expansion in the later half of the 19th century, with its ships becoming larger and more luxurious.
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DESCRIPTION -- One of the most famous of P&O vessels is the SS Canberra and this item is a book covering the memories of the grand old vessel and containing many pictures and stories and contains over 40 pages. Also included is a Canberra on-board Pocket Guide and both items are in a fantastic condition.
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CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- The 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 17,000,000. The ship was named on 17 March 1958, after the federal capital of Australia, Canberra. She was launched on 16 March 1960, sponsored by Dame Pattie Menzies, GBE, wife of the then Prime Minister of Australia, Robert Menzies. She entered service in May 1961, and took her maiden voyage starting in June. During the 1982 Falklands War, she served as a troop ship.
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MARITIME PHOTOGRAPH SELECTION
MANY RARE, OLD AND UNUSUAL TYPES
DESCRIPTION -- Fantastic colour picture celebrating the maiden voyage of the Oriana and produced in April 1995, it is from a painting by Harley Crossley and is as new, with the size being 8" x 6" (21.5cm x 15cm).
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CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- When she was built in 1995, Oriana was the first new ship commissioned for P&O Cruises, and the first to be designed specifically for the British cruise market. She is the longest serving ship in the fleet, having been in continuous service with the company since she was launched. She is the second ship to carry the name Oriana, and is named in tribute to the SS Oriana, which served for Orient Line and P&O from 1959 until 1986.
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DESCRIPTION -- From the P&O Line vessel the Victoria this is a pair of boxes of matches which are unused and show on them a picture of the ship and name.
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CONDITION -- Unused (as new)
HISTORY -- The ship was built in the UK, sadly a thing of the past, by JOHN BROWN at Clydebank in 1966 to Swedish America Line as the beautiful "KUNGSHOLM", she was bought by P &O in 1979 and after a major refit which destroyed her graceful lines renamed as the "SEA PRINCESS", she was used at the UK, Australian and USA markets where she was given PRINCESS CRUISES colours until eventually returned to P & O and renamed "VICTORIA" in 1998.
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DESCRIPTION -- As used on board milk jug from the P&O shipping line which is dated from the 1960's and is bottom marked P&O with the size being 3" (9cm) high.
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CONDITION -- Very Good
HISTORY -- The P&O Line first introduced passenger services in 1844, with a leisure cruise departing from Southampton to the Mediterranean. These voyages were the first of their kind and the forerunner of modern cruise holidays. The company later introduced round trips to destinations such as Alexandria and Constantinople and underwent rapid expansion in the later half of the 19th century, with its ships becoming larger and more luxurious.
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DESCRIPTION -- In a very good condition this is a souvenir box of matches from the P&O Line vessel the SS Oriana which are unused and in an as new condition.
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CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- The SS Oriana was the last of the Orient Steam Navigation Company's ocean liners. She was built at Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England and launched on 3 November 1959 by Princess Alexandra. Originally resplendent with her owners' traditional corn-coloured hull, Oriana appeared as an Orient Line ship until 1966, when that company was fully absorbed into the P&O group.
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DESCRIPTION -- From the original P&O vessel The Oriana an as used on board dining side plate which is dated circa 1960's and shows the traditional diamond pattern around its edge. The item is a Chinacraft Royal Porcelain plate designed by Queensbury Hunt for the Oriana and the size is 6" (16cm) wide (click on the picture to see to marking on the reverse of the item)
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CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- The first Oriana was built in 1960 by Vickers-Armstrong's, Barrow. Ordered by, and registered to the Orient Steam Navigation Co, she was delivered to P&O Orient Lines with the distinctive Orient Line corn-coloured hull. She served on the route to Australia from Southampton (unlike earlier Orient Liners which sailed from London). In 1962 she collided with the carrier USS Kearsarge between San Francisco and Los Angeles in fog. Her hull was repainted white in 1965, when she was transferred to full P&O registry
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