P&O at 175 : a world of ships and shipping since 1837 /Bruce Peter, Philip Dawson.

A history of the Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) from its origins as a steamship line serving the Mediterranean and the Near Orient. The development of the fleet through the decades is illustrated with many photographs, both black and white and colour. There is a section on P&O's participation in the Falklands War in 1982, when the Canberra was requisitioned as a troop carrier; the Uganda was used as a medical ship; and the North Sea freight ferry Elk was requisitioned to carry munitions and general supplies. The fleet list is not comprehensive but concentrates on the key ships discussed in the book.