P and O Himalaya Page
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"Himalaya" 28,000 tons, Built by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow in Furness, launched 5th October 1948 and sailed on her maiden voyage on 6th October 1949. She remained in service until 19th October 1974 when she left Sydney for the breakers yards in Taiwan |
"Himalaya"
was similar in appearance to the company's United Kingdom / Far East
Service liner "Chusan", especially
with the distinctive funnel that both possessed, the
latter though smaller
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I
had a nice weeks holiday aboard "Himalaya" in March 1957,
when I travelled with Peter Lucas |
Himalaya approaching Station Pier, 1960 |
Thornycroft Funnel |
After Boat Deck, March 1957 |
The
Sydney Pilot Vessel |
Approaching Sydney Harbour Bridge, March 1957 |
Himalaya's
Masthead about to go under |
A splendid photograph of " Himalaya " Leaving Fremantle in 1966, courtesy of the Port of Fremantle web site and passed to me by Tony Cochrane-Barnet,t who suggests that she was probably sailing for the East coast judging by the number of passengers. |
Crossing the Line Certificate of P and O -Orient Lines given to Mrs Carole Dickinson, wife of my school pal John, and used here with thanks. |
Three lovely photographs of Himalaya in Pago Pago, taken by John Dickinson and used here with grateful thanks. |
Himalaya in Pago Pago. |
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Gala
Dinner Menu Covers - |
Gala
Dinner Menu Cover - |
Gala Dinner Menu and covers,for 23rd October 1967, collected by Mr and Mrs John Menzies, scanned and donated to this site by their Grandson, Grant Hayter-Menzies and used with grateful thanks. |
Luncheon Menu dated Saturday 12th July 1958
with 18 different cheeses available |
Himalaya Cruise 16 Itinerary out of Southampton, date unknown, but the cruise shown as P and O-Orient Lines would be post 1960 but pre 1966 when "Orient" was dropped and the company became |
Himalaya Cruise 16 Itinerary inside pages |
By 1960 the Company had purchased the remaining Orient Line shares and a new company was formed - P and O-Orient Lines. These illustrations, below, are from the 1966 edition of Himalaya's Deck Plan, now all one class. I obtained this plan in October 2013. Contrast this with the Tourist Class cabin plan shown bottom below, which is dated October 1960; that is the year in which the new company was formed but the ships were still two-class at this time. |
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One of Himalaya's many public rooms, this photograph, which appeared on the deck plan, is of the Drake Room. |
This photograph, which also appeared on the deck plan, is of the Everest Room. |
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One of a series of Menu Covers. This one, dated 28th November 1952, depicts the "King's Head Inn" at Chigwell dating from Tudor Times. |
The menu is dated Friday 28th November 1952. It is noticeable how few courses there were, bearing in mind the war had finished only seven years previously. |
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This Luncheon menu is for the following day. The illustration depicts Piccadilly Circus. |
Dinner Menu cover for Monday 1st December 1952. Picture depicts the "Steelyard Inn" Woodbridge dating from 1550. |
Gala Dinner Menu cover Christmas Day 1952 |
Himalaya at speed, postcard bought in Oxfordshire December 2019 |
Postcard of Himalaya bought in Oxfordshire Decdember 2019 |
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