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TABLE MADE FROM ORIGINAL TIMBERS OF THE VESSEL'THE OTRANTO'

This particular item is a table made from the original timbers of the vessel 'Otranto' of the Orient Line shipping company. It shows a nameplate on the side authenticating the construction (click on the picture to see a close up of the nameplate). The table is in great condition and is 27" high, 32" wide and 20" deep. Listed below are a few facts of the vessel:

1926 Maiden Voyage
1939 Converted to a troop ship
1942 Fitted out as an assault ship
1948 Refit by camel laird, Birkenhead
1949 Resumed service to Australia
1957 Final sailing to Cape Town
1957 Broken up same year

The table price is £185 and would need to be collected or possibly delivered to a halfway point for you. This can be arranged if you contact us via email. A P&P price would need to be obtained if required. This is a great item of interesting proportion and well made.
Item: TT1342 BA150

COMMEMORATIVE ASHTRAY AND BOOK FROM THE SS GREAT BRITAIN

This is a fantastic pair of items connected to one of the most famous ships to be launched in English waters. It is a souvenir ashtray and commemorative book from the grand old vessel The SS Great Britain. The size of the ashtray is 5" x 3½" (13cm x 9cm) and both items are in a great condition £2

SS Great Britain was an advanced passenger steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between Bristol and New York. While other ships had previously been built of iron or equipped with a screw propeller, Great Britain was the first to combine these features in a large ocean-going ship.

When launched in 1843, Great Britain was by far the largest vessel afloat. However, her protracted construction and high cost had left her owners in a difficult financial position, and they were forced out of business in 1846 after the ship was stranded by a navigational error.

Sold for salvage and repaired, Great Britain carried thousands of immigrants to Australia until converted to sail in 1881. Three years later, the vessel was retired to the Falkland Islands where she was utilised as a warehouse, quarantine ship and coal hulk until scuttled in 1937.

In 1970, Great Britain was returned to the Bristol dry dock where she was first built. Now listed as part of the National Historic Fleet, Core Collection, the vessel is an award-winning visitor attraction and museum ship in Bristol Harbour, with between 150,000–170,000 visitors annually.
Item: TT1341 BA150

EARLY SOUVENIR DISH FROM SHIPPING COMPANY ‘ROTTERDAM LLOYD'

This item is difficult to date but is believed to be very old and around the 1930’s. It is a small dish from the shipping company Rotterdam Lloyd which is marked in the centre with the company logo. The size of the dish is 4" (10cm) and it is in a good condition.

The company started life in 1839 as Willem Ruys with sailing ships to trade mostly to the Dutch East Indies and the Far East. Some voyages to South America were also made. In 1870 a steamer service was instituted to carry iron ore between Spain, the Mediterranean and Holland and a passenger / mail service to Batavia (Jakarta) commenced in 1872. The Stoomboot Reederij "Rotterdamsche Lloyd" (Rotterdam Lloyd) was formed in 1875.

In 1881 the name was changed to Stoomvaart Maatschappij Rotterdamsche Lloyd (Rotterdam Steam Navigation Co) and in 1883 the company was re-formed as N.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd. A subsidiary company was Stoomvaart Maatschappij 'Triton' (1899) to operate the company's tramp ship trade. Partnership operations were formed in 1902 with other companies to operate the Java - China - Japan Line, in 1906 to operate the Java - Bengalen Line and in 1908 the Java - Australia Line. In 1908 Rotterdam Lloyd also set up the Stoomvaart Maatschappij "Rotterdam" as a tramp ship company. A new Java - Pacific Line was founded in partnership in 1915.

A consortium of Dutch shipowners formed Vereenigde Nederlandsche Scheepvaarts Maatschappij (United Netherlands Navigation Co) in 1920 to divide the routes between owners and Rotterdam Lloyd were appointed managers of the Holland - Australia Line and three ships allocated to this service. After the war, the company was granted the honour of Koninklijke (Royal) to add to its title and became Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd. In 1948 Rotterdam Lloyd and Nederland S.S. Co. formed the Nedlloyd Line to operate services from the Gulf of Mexico to the Persian Gulf, India and Pakistan. With the independence of Indonesia in 1949 trade with this area gradually declined and the later advent of popular air travel, spelt the end of passenger ships. In 1970 Rotterdam Lloyd merged with other companies to form Koninklijke Nedlloyd N.V. and disappeared as a separate entity.
Item: TT1382 BA150

A SET OF 3 SUPERB DISH SOUVENIRS FROM THE VESSEL VISTAFJORD

This item is a set of 3 decorative dish souvenirs from the Norwegian Lines vessel Vistafjord. As shown in the picture they are produced in colour and are in a great condition. Each one shows the voyage route taken of the vessel and the date of the voyage. The items are approx. 4" (10cm) wide and date from the 1980’s being very collectable. £9

This wonderful 24,292grt ship debuted for the Norwegian America Line in 1974, being the younger sister to the slightly smaller Sagafjord which had been sailing 9 years by then. In 1980 both ships were passed to Norwegian American Cruises, with NAL owning the majority shareholding. 3 years later they were inherited by Cunard after the then owners, Trafalgar House, bought Norwegian American Cruises.

Cunard retained their original names and livery apart from the funnels which were changed to Cunard colours. Cunard was bought by Carnival Cruise Line of the US in 1998 resulting in Vistafjord being renamed Caronia while there was no room in the fleet for her sister. With the impending arrival of the Mega liner, Queen Mary 2, Caronia was subsequently sold to Saga and joined her sister, her final cruise in October 2003 and debuting on the 7th February 2004 in Southampton.
Item: TT1381 BA150

A CUP & SAUCER FROM THE RUSSIAN VESSEL ‘MAXIM GORKI’

This item is a cup and saucer from the Russian vessel the SS Maxim Gorki. It is in a great condition and an unusual find. The items show the traditional design logo of the Maxim Gorki on them. (click on the picture for a close up view of the logo)

The SS Maxim Gorki was a cruise ship that was, until 30 November 2008, owned by Sovcomflot, Russia, under long-term charter to Phoenix Reisen, Germany. She was built in 1969 by Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft, Hamburg, West Germany for the German Atlantic Line as SS Hamburg. In 1973 she was renamed SS Hanseatic. The following year she was sold to the Black Sea Shipping Company, Soviet Union and received the name Maxim Gorki in honour of the poet Maxim Gorki. On 20 August 2008 the Maxim Gorki was sold to Orient Lines. She was due to enter service with her new owners on 15 April 2009 under the name SS Marco Polo II, but in November 2008 the relaunch of the Orient Lines brand was cancelled. On 8 January 2009 the ship was sold for scrap, and she was beached at Alang, India on 26 February 2009.

Although never used as such, the ship was originally planned as a dual ocean liner/cruise ship, for service between Hamburg and New York as well as cruising. She was the first major passenger liner built in Germany since 1938. On entering service for the Black Sea Shipping Company, she became the first four-star cruise ship operated under the Soviet flag.
Item: TT1373 BA150

PEWTER TANKARD FROM SS MULBERA OF BRITISH INDIA COMPANY

This item is a pewter tankard souvenir from the British India steam Navigation Company vessel The SS Mulbera. The tankard is in a good condition and shows the name of the vessel on the handle.

SS Mulbera was a British ocean liner owned by the British-India Steam Navigation Company or "BI", built by Alexander Stephen and Sons of Glasgow, Scotland and delivered to the company in June 1922.

She sailed on the East African run which was (London to Marseilles, Port Said, Port Sudan, Aden, Mombasa, and a turnaround at Beira). She then later sailed on the Indian trade which was (London to Tangier, Malta, Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Madras, ending at Calcutta). The Beira run took thirty-days while the Calcutta run took thirty-days. In 1924 the newly-married Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) boarded her at Marseilles for their voyage to East Africa.
Item: TT1358 BA149

A FANTASTIC SMALL COLLECTION OF MINI BATTLESHIP MODELS

This is a superb collection of mini battleship models which are very collectable these days. They are all beautifully hand made and a set of 6. Click on the picture for a closer look at one of the models.

The battleships are as follows:
•Royal Sovereign
•Barham
•Graf Spree
•Malaya
•Valiant
•Ramillies

All of the models are approx 3" (8cm) long and are in a very good condition.
Item: TT1335 BA149

A 50TH ANNIVERSARY PLATE FROM THE ZIM ISRAEL NAVIGATION CO.

This is a nice item from the Zim Israel Navigation Company Ltd shipping line. It is a decorative plate which is in its original box and which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the shipping line. This is from 1945 to 1995. The plate is in a fantastic as new condition and has a beautiful coloured picture on the front and is 11" (28cm) wide in size. The plate has the folloing description on the back: >p>Limited Edition to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Zim Israel Navigation Company Ltd. Plate No.177. M.V. Zim Israel proceeding through the Panama Canal.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services (Hebrew: öéíý), formerly Zim American Israeli Shipping and ZIM Israel Navigation Company, is the biggest cargo shipping company in Israel, and 10th largest in the world. The company's North American headquarters are based in Norfolk, Virginia.
Item: TT1343 BA149

LIGHTER SOUVENIR FROM THE LLOYD BRASILEIRO (RIO DE JANEIRO)

This particular piece is from The Lloyd Brasilerio shipping company and is a cigarette lighter souvenir. It is in a very good condition and shows a picture view on the side of the item of the houseflag and the name around it. It is dated around the 1960’s.

The shipping company was founded in 1890 and initially ran passenger and cargo coastal and Amazon River services. Routes were expanded to cover the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, South and Central America and the United States. However, many of their ships were laid up in the early 1990s and the company ceased trading shortly afterwards.
Item: TT1337 BA149

A SOUVENIR PLATE FROM THE FRED OLSEN LINE VESSEL ‘BOUDICCA’

Although this item is not very old in terms of age, items from this shipping line generally are very collectable. It is a souvenir plate from the Fred Olsen Cruise Lines vessel ‘Boudicca’ and dates from 2009. The plate is a limited edition piece number 900 and is 8" (20cms) wide. It is in its original box and is as new.

The company was founded by Petter Olsen (1821-1899) in 1848 and, by his death, the company had 16 ships with offices in Hvitsten. Petter's son Thomas Fredrik "Fred" Olsen (1857-1933) or Fred. Olsen, whom the company is named after, took the company from a small business with a few boats into a powerful multinational shipping and ship building business. He had a vision of providing high quality service on a network of lines, at first domestically and, afterwards, internationally.

To do this required steam ships, of which the first was acquired in 1897. By 1914 the first motor ship was put in use on the South America line. During World War I 23 of the companies 44 ships sank.
Item: TT1342 BA149