Canberra Cruise Ship Scrapping

Canberra was part of the PO Cruises fleet until 1997 when she was sent to a scrapyard in Pakistan.

Canberra cruise ship scrapping. Posted September 21 2007. The ships ownership was transferred to NCLs parent company Star Cruises. But two months after taking ownership of the Marco Polo it was sold as scrap for around 4m.

It was a 14 day cruise from Southhampton visiting Spain Rock of Gibralter Palma de Majorca Tenerife shortly after the two 747s crashed on the runway Madiera and a few other places. HighSeas Ltd said the cruise ship would be used as a floating hotel in Dubai. Decommissioned in 1947 the CANBERRA was reclassified CAG 2 in January 1952 and subsequently underwent conversion to a guided missile heavy cruise at New York Shipbuilding Corp Camden NJ.

The Cruise Ship Costa Concordia Rests After Her Final Voyage Of Costa Concordia Completes Its Voyage To The Scrap Yard Pin By John Debusi Jr On Cruiseships In 2020. A timely boost to stirling inspired British holiday makers to book cruises places. SS Canberra is withdrawn from PO service in September 1997 and sold to ship breakers for scrapping on October 10 1997 leaving for Gadani ship-breaking yard in Pakistan on October 31 1997.

Launched on 16 March 1960 by Dame Pattie Menzies. She was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast Northern Ireland at a cost of 17 million. Crown Cruise Lines 1984-2001 was a luxury brand Boca Raton Florida-based and fully-owned subsidiary company of Grundstad Maritime Overseas Inc.

TV star Jimmy Savile was locked in his cabin then booted off the ship over claims he assaulted a 14-year-old. The ship was named on 17 March 1958 after the federal capital of Australia CanberraShe was launched on 16 March 1960 sponsored by Dame Pattie Menzies wife of the then Prime Minister of. Her deep draft meant that she could not be beached as far as most ships and due to her solid construction the scrapping process took nearly a year instead of the estimated three months being totally scrapped by.

On 30th September 1997 Canberra completed her final cruise and made her homecoming into the port of Southampton to another tumultuous welcome. She was a grand ship. The ship was named after the federal capital of Australia Canberra.