SS Chusan Souvenir Life Ring, Vintage P&O Ocean Liner

Dated 1950 - 70's

Signed Cusan - London 

11.5cm diameter ring, plus rope

As purchased onboard

Good used condition for age, with some superficial wear, marks and discolouration. 

SS Chusan was a British ocean liner and cruise ship, built for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Indian and Far East Service in 1950. She was named after Chusan, a small island off China. A smaller version of SS Himalaya, Chusan measured 24,215 gross register tons (GRT); and a capacity of 1,565 passengers and crew. She was built as a replacement for RMS Viceroy of India, lost in the Second World War. She was 646.5 feet (197.1 m) long. Chusan is said to have brought new standards of shipboard luxury to India and the Far East. She was the last passenger liner built for P & O by Vickers-Armstrongs.

Chusan entered service in 1950, with her maiden voyage from London, England, to Bombay, India. But she first made two "shake down" "all first class trips", one of a week's length and the other of a fortnight, sailing to Lisbon, Casablanca and Madeira. For most of her working life, she carried passengers between London, Bombay, and Japan, but from 1963 also operated to Sydney, Australia. In 1973, she retired from service and was sold to be scrapped at Chou’s Iron and Steel Company Ltd. in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Shipping box 30