Summary

Incorporated in England by Royal Charter in 1840.

Archival resources

J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia

• Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company records, 1896 - 1971, MN 1940; J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details

Published resources

Books

• Cable, Boyd, A hundred year history of the P. & O. : Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, 1837-1937, I. Nicholson and Watson Ltd, London, UK, 1937, 289 pp. Details
• Divine, David, These splendid ships: the story of the Peninsular and Oriental Line, Muller, London, 1960, 255 pp. Details
• Ewart, E.A., A hundred years' history of the P & O : Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co 1837-1937, London, 1937. Details
• Kerr, George F., Business in great waters: the war history of the P. & O. 1939-1945, Faber and Faber, London, UK, 1951, 196 pp. Details