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108 - A SOUVENIR SILVER VESTA CASE COMMEMORATING THE WRECK OF P&O LINE'S R.M.S. EGYPT, 1912
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A SOUVENIR SILVER VESTA CASE COMMEMORATING THE WRECK OF P&O LINE'S R.M.S. EGYPT, 1912 with Birmingham hallmarks for Frank Henry Maddox, 1912, the front with an applied shield-shaped enamelled plaque depicting Egypt at sea -- 1¾in. (4.5cm.) high; 22g. One of five sisters built by P&O for the Indian and Australian service (the others being India, China, Arabia and Persia), they were the largest additions when completed in 1897. Surviving the Great War (unlike Persia, India and Arabia, which were all torpedoed) she was unfortunate in colliding in fog with the French ship Seine off Ushant. She sank on 20th May 1922 in 20 minutes with the loss of eighty-six souls and silver and gold bullion then valued at £1,054,000 (about £750 million today). By 1935, most of this had been salvaged by the Italian salvage vessel Artiglio.
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