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A starboard bow view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) coming alongside a wharf at Suva, Fiji Islands. (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant starboard bow view of a Naples Pilot Launch (Fl. 1959), taken from on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954). (Colour transparency)
The pilot Captain Trowsdale boarding the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) in British waters. (Colour transparency)
Passengers playing deck quoits on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger cruise ship Iberia (1954) while at sea. (Colour transparency)
Captain Cook Bicentenary decorations at the Customs House, Circular Quay, Sydney, New South Wales. (Colour transparency)
A view along the length of a narrow tank inside a testing tank establishment. (Colour transparency)
The pilot Captain Trowsdale getting on board his motor launch in a British port to be taken out to the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954). (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant port quarter view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) alongside a wharf at Suva, Fiji Islands. (Colour transparency)
A port bow view of the Federal Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Otaki (1953) manoeuvring with tug assistance in Sydney harbour, New South Wales, Australia. (Colour transparency)
Looking aft from the starboard bridge wing on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) while in port. (Colour transparency)
A bow view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Salsette (1956) being launched from building berth 6 of John Brown & Company Ltd at Clydebank, Scotland. (Colour transparency)
On board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) during lifeboat drill while under way in the Adriatic. (Colour transparency)
The decorated facade of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company offices at 55 Hunter Street, Sydney, New South Wales. (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant bow view, taken from very fine off the port bow, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Oriana (1960) just under way. (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant port quarter view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) alongside a wharf at Suva, Fiji Islands. (Colour transparency)
A close view of the funnel of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Himalaya (1949) while berthed in Tilbury Docks, Essex (Colour transparency)
The pilot Captain Trowsdale boarding the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) in British waters. (Colour transparency)
Starboard broadside waterline pen and ink illustrations of the P & O container ship Moreton Bay (1969) and the coastal container ship Impala (1968) (Colour transparency)
A close view of the stern of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Salsette (1956) on building berth 6 of John Brown & Company Ltd at Clydebank, Scotland. (Colour transparency)
On board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) while taking on a pilot at Naples, Italy. (Colour transparency)
A close view of the port quarter, including the propeller and rudder, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Salsette (1956) on building berth 6 of John Brown & Company Ltd at Clydebank, Scotland. (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant port quarter view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Oriana (1960) just under way in a light mist. (Colour transparency)
The bottom hull sections for the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Salsette (1956) on building berth 6 of John Brown & Company Ltd at Clydebank, Scotland. (Colour transparency)
A plaster mould for a ship's hull being made inside a testing tank establishment. (Colour transparency)
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