SHIP'S DRUG SAFE, BRITISH MERCHANT NAVY, "OXFORDSHIRE"
Heavy Tin Box in forest green paint, white lettering on top reads "H&W Oxfordshire/Bibby Line/1912/8,646 T./474 ft.", painted label on front in black on gold with red underlining reads "Cocaine". 9" x 14" x 10". Fine condition.Tag reads "Oxfordshire, Bibby Line, Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Ireland, 1912. Twin screw, 15 knots. Four masts and one funnel, 210 passengers. 190 crew. Renamed Safina E-Arab, 1951. Sold to Karachi shipbreakers in 1958."
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Heavy Tin Box in forest green paint, white lettering on top reads "H&W Oxfordshire/Bibby Line/1912/8,646 T./474 ft.", painted label on front in black on gold with red underlining reads "Cocaine". 9" x 14" x 10". Fine condition.Tag reads "Oxfordshire, Bibby Line, Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Ireland, 1912. Twin screw, 15 knots. Four masts and one funnel, 210 passengers. 190 crew. Renamed Safina E-Arab, 1951. Sold to Karachi shipbreakers in 1958."
