A BRITISH INDIA CO. PRESENTATION STANDISH, CIRCA 1911

constructed in gilt brass and alloy, comprising two pen rests, two inkwells and a stamp holder, inscribed to front CHIEF ENGINEER N.J. JACKSON, S.S. ELLENGA, 1ST MARCH 1911, ALEXANDER STEPHENS & SONS, LINT HOUSE, GOVERN, mounted on four ball feet -- 9in. (23cm.) wide

Built by Stephens of Linthouse and completed in March 1911 for the British India S.S. Co., Ellenga was a large passenger/cargo ship of nearly 5,200 tons. Her twin triple expansion steam engines gave her a healthy service speed of 16 knots, something that seems to have been recognised by the presentation of this standish to her Chief Engineer. Surviving both Wars, she was broken up at Bombay in 1948.