Life on Board

In this brief selection of photographs we glimpse snapshots of life on board for passengers, crew and even curious cargo! We have many more so look out for new additions and themes from our extensive collection of historic photographs of P&O and our subsidiary companies.

  • A selection of glassware from CANBERRA

  • A Senior Sister in CANBERRA's operating theatre

  • Bakery crew onboard IBERIA

  • Bluebird K7 being loaded onto BALRANALD

  • Bluebird K7 hydroplane arriving on BALRANALD

  • Boiler Room Engineer on board CANBERRA

  • Bureau chair from CANBERRA

  • CANBERRA chair designed by Barry J Banyard

  • CANBERRA moored at Gibraltar

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Workmen putting up P&O's new neon sign in the 1950s

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