Lot 115 A
115 A
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P & O: THE LOG BOOK FOR THE S.S. NAMUR

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P & O: THE LOG BOOK FOR THE S.S. NAMUR
between 27th May 1911 and 28th November 1913, transferring to 'Transport No.3' Plassey from 9th October 1912. Regular daily reports with typed or manuscript passenger lists embarked or disembarked at each port of call including London -- Malta -- Port Said -- Suez -- Colombo -- Penang -- Port Suettenham -- Singapore -- Hong Kong -- Shanghai -- Moji -- Kobe -- Yokohama and back; Together with another journal for the Ship Zenobia, kept by one 'William Andrews' for a crossing from Blackwall to Suez between Sept 17th 1852 to Feb 13th 1853 with several sketches in the opening pages, each bound with card covers, the larger -- 12¾ x 8in. (32 x 20cm.) (2)
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William Andrews and thence by descent
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Lot Essay

The S.S. Namur (1906-1917) served on the "intermediate" London -- Far Eastern service and was returning from Shanghai to London on the 29th October 1917 with a general cargo when she was torpedoed by the German submarine, U.35, fifty-five miles from Gibraltar; she sank within forty minutes; The sailing vessel Zenobia (1815-1871) was launched in 1815 and acquired by P & O in 1852 for use as a coal hulk and made her only voyage on behalf of the company between 16.9.52 and 5.3.53 as recorded in the log here offered. She was sold from the company in 1871 for a profit of £1,800, after which she disappears from record

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