Canberra Cruise Ship

Initially named PITTSBURGH but later renamed CANBERRA the ship was commissioned as a BALTIMORE - class heavy gun cruiser.

Canberra cruise ship. She was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast Northern Ireland at a cost of 17 million. Of 45000 tons and capable of travelling at over 30 mph Canberra. Canberra was our second cruise and despite the age of the ship we loved the cruise which was to the Canaries.

SS Canberra was an ocean liner which later operated on cruises in the PO fleet from 1961 to 1997. This picture was taken in 1978 while Savile was a VIP guest on the luxury liner SS Canberra. Offenders may be removed.

In regard to the two ships speed The SS Canberra was never as fast as the SS Oriana that operated at an incredible service speed of 277 knots and had an. SS Canberra was one of the first cruise ships that ignited many British cruisers love of cruise holidays. Canberra was part of the PO Cruises fleet until 1997 when she was sent to a scrapyard in Pakistan.

Returning from the Falklands war. Large fast luxurious she is a 15 million blend of beauty and craftsmanship. We had an outside cabin which was absolutely huge with 2 single beds the window looked out to the front of the 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. In 1974 however Canberra underwent a major refit in which she was permanently converted into a one-class ship more in keeping with her developing role as a cruise ship. Canberra was transformed from a cruise ship to a warship in just 3 days.

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. Since TITANICs sister ship. She has just been on a round-the-coast cruise dur.