Canberra Cruise Ship

The ship was named on 17 March 1958 after the federal capital of Australia Canberra.

Canberra cruise ship. Canberra sailed back to England for a refit as a one-class cruise ship with short cruises out of Southampton for most of the year and from Sydney in the autumn. Canberra was launched by Dame Pattie Menzies wife of the Australian Prime Minister on March 16 1960 and the ship arrived in Southampton for the first time in the May of the following year. Offenders may be removed.

Canberra was our second cruise and despite the age of the ship we loved the cruise which was to the Canaries. She was back in her old role in September 1982 and continued sailing from Southampton or Sydney. My first cruise was on the Canberra in July 1974 when I was 13.

She was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast Northern Ireland at a cost of 17000000. The PO Orient 45000 ton liner Canberra is the largest passenger vessel built in Britain since the war. The ship originally built as an ocean liner entered service in 1961 and was used in the 1982 Falkland War as a troop ship.

The ship was named on 17 March 1958 after the federal capital of Australia Canberra. PO 197273 Sailing Schedule for the SS Canberra. Over the ensuing years she established a solid reputation with her predominantly British passengers cruising from the UK until fate propelled her into the history-books in a most unexpected manner.

Canberra was part of the PO Cruises fleet until 1997 when she was sent to a scrapyard in Pakistan. Since TITANICs sister ship. The ship was named on 17 March 1958 after the federal capital of Australia Canberra.

CANBERRA was the first large ocean liner built in the United Kingdom after Worth. We had an ensuite bathroom so never had to share a bathroom. For all those who worked and sailed upon the Great White Whale including officers passengers and crew.