12th May, 2015 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Sandwich)
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[M] A GANGWAY BOARD FROM THE P & O LINER S.S....
A GANGWAY BOARD FROM THE P & O LINER S.S. SIMLA, CIRCA 1894
with domed top, carved with the trademark 'sunrise', banner inscribed S.S. SIMLA and circle divided into exotic locations such as Egypt and India, a ship and the trademark, copper-sheathed edges, the reverse with old handrail securing holes -- 46½in. (118cm.) high
The passenger-cargo liner Simla was built for The Peninsular and Oriental Navigation Company by Caird & Co Ltd in 1894. She was registered at 5,884 tons, measured 430 feet in length, with a breadth of 49.3ft., and was fitted with her builder's own triple expansion steam engines which allowed her to reach a speed of fifteen knots. Accommodating ninety first class and sixty-six second class passengers, she was originally intended to be a passenger liner only, but changes in Indian Government policy on trooping prompted P & O to modify her for use as a troopship. In this role she served during the Boer War and, later, the famine-relief service to India. In 1916 she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U39 North West of Gozo, Malta, resulting in the loss of ten crew members.
179 NO LOT
Estimated at £600 - £800
with domed top, carved with the trademark 'sunrise', banner inscribed S.S. SIMLA and circle divided into exotic locations such as Egypt and India, a ship and the trademark, copper-sheathed edges, the reverse with old handrail securing holes -- 46½in. (118cm.) high
The passenger-cargo liner Simla was built for The Peninsular and Oriental Navigation Company by Caird & Co Ltd in 1894. She was registered at 5,884 tons, measured 430 feet in length, with a breadth of 49.3ft., and was fitted with her builder's own triple expansion steam engines which allowed her to reach a speed of fifteen knots. Accommodating ninety first class and sixty-six second class passengers, she was originally intended to be a passenger liner only, but changes in Indian Government policy on trooping prompted P & O to modify her for use as a troopship. In this role she served during the Boer War and, later, the famine-relief service to India. In 1916 she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U39 North West of Gozo, Malta, resulting in the loss of ten crew members.
179 NO LOT
A GANGWAY BOARD FROM THE P & O LINER S.S. SIMLA, CIRCA 1894
with domed top, carved with the trademark 'sunrise', banner inscribed S.S. SIMLA and circle divided into exotic locations such as Egypt and India, a ship and the trademark, copper-sheathed edges, the reverse with old handrail securing holes -- 46½in. (118cm.) high
The passenger-cargo liner Simla was built for The Peninsular and Oriental Navigation Company by Caird & Co Ltd in 1894. She was registered at 5,884 tons, measured 430 feet in length, with a breadth of 49.3ft., and was fitted with her builder's own triple expansion steam engines which allowed her to reach a speed of fifteen knots. Accommodating ninety first class and sixty-six second class passengers, she was originally intended to be a passenger liner only, but changes in Indian Government policy on trooping prompted P & O to modify her for use as a troopship. In this role she served during the Boer War and, later, the famine-relief service to India. In 1916 she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U39 North West of Gozo, Malta, resulting in the loss of ten crew members.
179 NO LOT
with domed top, carved with the trademark 'sunrise', banner inscribed S.S. SIMLA and circle divided into exotic locations such as Egypt and India, a ship and the trademark, copper-sheathed edges, the reverse with old handrail securing holes -- 46½in. (118cm.) high
The passenger-cargo liner Simla was built for The Peninsular and Oriental Navigation Company by Caird & Co Ltd in 1894. She was registered at 5,884 tons, measured 430 feet in length, with a breadth of 49.3ft., and was fitted with her builder's own triple expansion steam engines which allowed her to reach a speed of fifteen knots. Accommodating ninety first class and sixty-six second class passengers, she was originally intended to be a passenger liner only, but changes in Indian Government policy on trooping prompted P & O to modify her for use as a troopship. In this role she served during the Boer War and, later, the famine-relief service to India. In 1916 she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U39 North West of Gozo, Malta, resulting in the loss of ten crew members.
179 NO LOT
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Sandwich), 12th May, 2015
