"Important Notice" for P&O Passengers

In: All Printed Ephemera; Part of our Printed Ephemera gallery

Date:
July 1936

Medium:
Relief Printed on paper with overprinting

Description:
The notice advised passengers that: "The ship was ordered out of Barcelona owing to serious revolution having started in Spain this morning". It was the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in July 1936 and as a result P&O's STRATHMORE was forced to proceed with her passengers to Gibraltar.

Featured Ship:
STRATHMORE (1935)

Shipping Line:
P&O STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY