Canberra Cruise Ship Scrapping

The ship originally built as an ocean liner entered service in 1961 and was used in the 1982 Falkland War as a troop ship.

Canberra cruise ship scrapping. The cruise ship dominoes keep falling in the final days of 2020 with another beloved cruise ship heading to the scrapy. SATOSHI PACIFIC DAWN SENT TO SCRAP. Posted September 21 2007.

TV star Jimmy Savile was locked in his cabin then booted off the ship over claims he assaulted a 14-year-old. On 30th September 1997 Canberra completed her final cruise and made her homecoming into the port of Southampton to another tumultuous welcome. A timely boost to stirling inspired British holiday makers to book cruises places.

SS Canberra was one of the first cruise ships that ignited many British cruisers love of cruise holidays. SS Canberra is withdrawn from PO service in September 1997 and sold to ship breakers for scrapping on October 10 1997 leaving for Gadani ship-breaking yard in Pakistan on October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. Screendump of the front page of The Miami Herald dated June 28th 2003 shows an image of the Grand Dame of the Caribbean on her final.

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. Along the coast at Gaddani was a ship-breakers the type you find in the Far East when the unfortunate ship is dragged up on the beach and devoured by hundreds of men with cutting torches and no. 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.

SS Canberra at Gaddani Beach 1. Rather than scrap the Canberra PO refitted her with a casino and transformed into a cruise ship. Although the idea of giving the Canberra a new engine was briefly thought about but it was not possible due to her deep draught.

HighSeas Ltd said the cruise ship would be used as a floating hotel in Dubai. This picture was taken in. USS Canberra CAG 2 Initially named PITTSBURGH but later renamed CANBERRA the ship was commissioned as a BALTIMORE - class heavy gun cruiser.