Summary
Unfolded single-sided accommodation plan for P&O lines ship SS Strathnaver. There are colour plans of the ship with black and white photographs of the interior. The plans show B deck with promenade and children's playground, deck C with promenade space, pantry and cabins, deck D with promenade space, hospital and cabins, deck E with dancing space and cabins, deck F with dining room, and decks G and H with further accommodation.
The RMS, later SS, Strathnaver was a Royal Mail Ship and Ocean Liner launched in 1931 by P&O, with accommodation for 500 first class and 670 tourist class passengers. She first sailed the London, Bombay, Colombo, Melbourne and Sydney route before being requisitioned as a troopship in 1939. Following the War she returned to service in 1950 on the London to Australia route. In 1954 was refitted to carry 1,252 single class passengers, shown in these plans. Her last voyage to Australia was in December 1961 and in 1962 she was sold for scrap.
Physical Description
Folded single-sided accommodation plan on matt paper. Colour illustrations and black and white photographs. Text in English.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr John McKay, 26 Feb 2003
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Printer
Brown Knight & Truscott Ltd, London, England, Great Britain, 1954
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User
Peninsula & Orient Steam Navigation Co., England, Great Britain, 1954
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Ship Depicted
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Inscriptions
Front cover: "P & O. S. N. C. O. Co." "T.S.S. STRATHNAVER" ONE CLASS Printer: "BROWN KNIGHT & TRUSCOTT LTD., LONDON, ENGLAND"
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Classification
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions - Folded
20 cm (Width), 10.8 cm (Height)
folded five times
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Overall Dimensions - Unfolded
77.2 cm (Width), 79.9 cm (Height)
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Keywords
Accommodation, Immigrant Voyages, Immigration, Pamphlets, Plan Drawings, Ship Memorabilia, Shipping, Shipping Industry, Shipping Lines, Ships