Canberra Cruise Ship

Sep 20 2021 - SS Canberra was an ocean liner in the PO fleet a ship I was proud to have served in 196162 - She was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast at a cost of 17000000.

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

We had an ensuite bathroom so never had to share a bathroom. PO 197273 Sailing Schedule for the SS Canberra. At 45270 gross tons she was the largest ship built there.

She was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast Northern Ireland at a cost of 17 million. Theme cruises were introduced to great acclaim - profits soared and everyone was happy. This is to introduce Canberra a ship destined for greatness.

They had to take the fuel off to get her afloat again. On our first stop in Grenada the ship ran aground on a coral reef and was stuck for a few days. The PO Orient 45000 ton liner Canberra is the largest passenger vessel built in Britain since the war.

Work was started on her in September 1957 at the Harland Wolff yards in. SS Canberra was an ocean liner which later operated on cruises in the PO fleet from 1961 to 1997. She was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast Northern Ireland at a cost of 17 million.

Bad language or comments of a personal nature will not be tolerated. CANBERRA was the first large ocean liner built in the United Kingdom after Worth. The SS Oriana did certainly become one of my greatly loved ships as I sailed on her many times as I did on the Canberra.