"The Frontispiece" VIKING VOYAGER camels were used to supply

camels were used to supply water to the staging posts and stations

The Duke and Duchess of York (the late Queen Mother) arriving for the launch ceremony of STRATHMORE on the 4th April 1935 at Vickers-Armstrongs yard at Barrow

ISLAND PRINCESS (1972) is seen here cruising in Alaska

nor stay the wishes glad and true

BENALLA (1913) was built by P&O for the Branch Line service from the UK to Australia

"The Frontispiece" VIKING VOYAGER camels were used to supplyFrontispiece from an album of thirty one watercolours recording the 'Diorama of the Overland Mail Route from Southampton to Calcutta', and presented to Brodie McGhie Willcox, one of the founding fathers of P&O.