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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Randall May, post: 9440487, member: 81384&quot;]<font size="4"></font></p><p><font size="4">This fits well with the known history for part of the ocean travel near India.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Early 20th century years: 1900–1945[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=P%26O&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=P%26O&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" rel="nofollow">edit</a>]</b></font></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail" rel="nofollow">Mail</a> contracts were the basis of P&amp;O&#039;s prosperity until the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" rel="nofollow">Second World War</a>, but the company also continued to become a major commercial shipping line and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_liner" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_liner" rel="nofollow">passenger liner</a> operator. In 1914, it took over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_India_Steam_Navigation_Company" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_India_Steam_Navigation_Company" rel="nofollow">British India Steam Navigation Company</a>, which was then the largest British shipping line[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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