"Point de Galle, Ceylon" Size:medium The Duke and Duchess of

The Duke and Duchess of York (the late Queen Mother) arriving for the launch ceremony of STRATHMORE on the 4th April 1935 at Vickers-Armstrongs yard at Barrow

She was built for the Belfast Steamship Company Ltd and entered the P&O fleet with the acquisition of Coast Lines

LOMBARDY (1873) in dock

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Down the river - Tight navigation'

"Point de Galle, Ceylon" Size:medium The Duke and Duchess of"A more beautiful and picturesque scene cannot be offered to the eye of the traveller wearied with the continued expanse of azure and ultramarine". At Point de Galle P&O established another agency and coal depots for onward journeys. Re fuelling meant passengers had time enough to explore the cinnamon gardens of the interior.