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About our collections

Our collection consists of over 33,000 objects and the P&O business archive.

Accessing our collections

There are several ways in which you can explore, access, and use our collections.

A group photographic portrait of a ship's officers and crew, standing on three decks of a ship.

Researching seafarers and merchant seamen

A guide to national records and P&O records for seafarers in the British merchant navy and in P&O and its...

A group photographic portrait of a ship's officers and crew, in uniform, arranged in rising levels, the front row cross-legged.

Researching seafarers in regional archives and record offices

A guide to information about seafarers held by national and regional archives.

Photograph of an ocean liner at a quayside. A dense network of streamers connects the crowds on board with the crowd ashore.

Researching passengers and emigration

A guide to national records and P&O records about emigrants on P&O and P&O group ships.

A black and white outline map of Eurasia, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, with red lines overlaid showing the routes of sea voyages.

Researching P&O ships and schedules

A guide to sources of information on P&O ships’ schedules and movements.

A sepia-toned formal photographic portrait of a ship's captain, officers, and family in the luxurious interior lounge of a ship.

Researching births, marriages and deaths at sea

A guide to both national records and P&O records for births, marriages and deaths at sea.

Photograph of several objects on a dark wooden desk: a clock, a stamp, books, and a photograph of twenty men sitting around a boardroom table.

Researching the P&O Archives at Royal Museums Greenwich

A guide to the business and management records in the P&O Archive.

A ship's flag: rectangular, with four colours divided into triangles meeting in the centre. To the top: white; to the bottom: yellow; to the right: red; to the left: blue.

P&O Steam Navigation Company

The mail operator that became a global transport and construction group.

A ship's flag: white background, with a triangle cut out on the right, narrow green bars at the top and bottom, in between which four chevrons pointing left alternating in red and blue.

Strick Line

Operator of cargo liners between the UK, the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf.