The P&O Steam Navigation Company

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_P&O_Steam_Navigation_Company
GPTKB entity
Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf shipping company
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:DP_World
gptkbp:acquisitionYear 2006
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:P&O
gptkbp:category Companies formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange
British brands
Defunct shipping companies of the United Kingdom
Transport companies disestablished in 2006
Transport companies established in 1837
gptkbp:ceased_operations 2006
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:foundedIn 1837
gptkbp:founder Arthur Anderson
Brodie McGhie Willcox
Captain Richard Bourne
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:London,_England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The P&O Steam Navigation Company
gptkbp:industry logistics
shipping
passenger transport
gptkbp:listedOn gptkb:London_Stock_Exchange
gptkbp:logo Blue and white flag with yellow ampersand
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:Sir_Thomas_Sutherland
gptkb:Sir_William_Ingram
gptkb:Sir_Samuel_Cunard
gptkbp:notableEvent Operated troopships during wars
Carried mail and passengers for the British government
Played a major role in British colonial trade
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:SS_Arcadia
gptkb:SS_Chusan
gptkb:SS_Himalaya
gptkb:SS_Mooltan
SS Ravenna
gptkbp:operatesRoute United Kingdom to Australia
United Kingdom to India
United Kingdom to China
United Kingdom to Egypt
United Kingdom to the Iberian Peninsula
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:DP_World
gptkbp:successor gptkb:P&O_Maritime_Logistics
gptkb:P&O_Ferries
gptkb:P&O_Cruises
gptkb:P&O_Nedlloyd
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kenneth_James_William_Mackay,_3rd_Viscount_Inchcape
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8