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PERSIA anchored in the Thames
PH/03820/00
Object category: PHOTOGRAPH
Date made: 1900s
Shipping Line:
Material/medium: Black & White Negative
Dimensions:
- overall: 4 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in
PERSIA (1900) was P&O's largest and most expensive ship to date when she was delivered to P&O in 1900. During the First World War, PERSIA continued to be employed on regular mail and passenger services until the 30th December 1915 when she was torpedoed and sunk, by a German U boat with great loss of life.