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SS Canberra
SS Canberra was an ocean liner which later operated on cruises in the P&O fleet from 1961 to 1997. She was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast Northern Ireland at a cost of £17 000 000. The ship was named on 17 March 1958 after the federal capital of Australia Canberra. She was launched on 16 March 1960 sponsored by Dame Pattie Menzies GBE wife of the then Prime Minister of Australia. She entered service in May 1961 and took her maiden voyage starting in June.
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The P&O Liner SS Canberra during her ocean cruising heyday of the
1980s. SS Canberra is pictured off the Canary Islands.4
Saw an amazing report on the scrapping on the SS Canberra on the telly
years ago. Canberra was the cruise liner that did so much in the
Falklands war.5
Please Report- SS Canberra Southampton 103 Berth 11.00am 18th April. I
spent the next hour in a panic, as it was now late Friday.6
The construction of the SS Canberra, Britain's largest liner for 20
years
Thumbnail image of King Edward VII Launches H.M.S. Dreadnought (1906)
King Edward VII Launches H.M.S.7
HISTORY - SS Canberra was an ocean liner, which later operated on
cruises, in the P&O fleet from 1961 to 1997.8
SS Canberra leaving Belfast 1961 d by adambangor on Flickr.
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Builders of the SS Canberra are Belfast and Harland and Wolff.
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and SS Canberra were launched - some of most innovative and complex
engineering projects ever undertaken.11
SS Canberra was an ocean liner, which later operated on cruises, in
the P&O fleet from 1961 to 1997.12
The Great White Whale - SS Canberra is remembered and from the
archives, Diana, Princess of Wales names the Royal Princess in 1985.13
on SS Canberra ‘the great white whale’, for which he was awarded the
Falklands medal.14
too dangerous for SS Canberra to enter the Total Exclusion Zone.
He gave orders to move the landing parties onto the two LPDs.15
From Sydney, New South Wales on board SS Canberra on 16 November
1917
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he held onboard: 13 Feb - SS Canberra at the Falklands 1982 by Captain
Martin Reed: 26 Mar - Falklands Campaign 1982 by Admiral Lord West
followed by opening the exhibition The Merchant 17
Ship Name
Canberra
Country
United Kingdom
Active Years End Date
1997-10-31
Ship Length
249.9 m
Ship Speed
1961
1973
29.27 knots
Ship Complement
1961
1973
Maiden Voyage
1961-06-02
Laying Down
1957-09-23
Status
Ship Tonnage
1961
1962
1968
1994
Ship Original Cost
1.6E7
Order Date
1956-12-20
Ship Draught
9.97 m
Ship Country
United Kingdom
Ship Flag
60
Ship Launched
16
Ship Beam
31.2 m
Ship Fate
Scrapped in 1997
Ship Registry
Ship Namesake
City of Canberra
Australia
Ship Out Of Service
10
Ship Laid Down
23
Ship Ordered
20
Ship Sponsor
Dame Pattie Menzies
GBE
Ship Launch
1960-03-16
Ship Maiden Voyage
2
Builder
Ship Propulsion
Auxiliary: Four steam turbines
each driving a 1
500 kW
440 V
3 Phase
60 Hz alternator and a tandem driven 300 kW exciter for the propulsion alternators
Main: Two British Thompson Houston synchronous three-phase
6
000 volt air-cooled electric motors providing ; power supplied by two 32
200 kW steam turbine driven alternators; twin propeller
Nick
The Great White Whale
Ship Honours
Falklands Conflict
Cost
1.6E7
Ship Nickname
The Great White Whale
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