Comments please

[Mike Hall]

CANBERRA.1967.jpgCanberra 1967.

[Ivan Cloherty]

Looks like someone forgot to rig the bowsing-in line
or

Eh! bosun, we need longer strikers **












** for those none nautical people, a striker is a long bamboo pole, and not someone who worked for British Leyland

[Mark Keever]

Where are the windows ? The job center said it was refreshing, outdoor work.

[Chris Allman]

As was usual they are all just hanging around !!!

[Doc Vernon]

We are getting ready for the Flying Leap Show of the Year!

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hazy lazy days, anyone got a smoke while we wait for the deck boy to bring the bowsing rope.
Des

[happy daze john in oz]

Well fellas, if we are going to get the rust off the hook and repaint the n I hate to tell you bit we is a long way off.
Charlie, just swing here a bit to the left.

[Graham Payne]

Bit like the Coolies painting the ships side in Hong Kong.
Bamboo ropes etc.

[Red Lead Ted]

Ivan, I tend to agree with you i don't think there painting the ships side at all. Where is her name ???

I concede after uploading this picture i was probably wrong, But i still don't think they are painting the ships side no bowser, Maybe she had a little scrape with another ship and its a touch up job Terry.

[Red Lead Ted]

She was a very interesting ship Mike, speed of about 27.25 knots (50.47 km/h). She also had a bow propeller for manoeuvring in port and docking manoeuvre's. She was also the first British passenger liner to use alternating current as power.On 2 April 1982, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, which initiated the Falklands War. At the time, Canberra was cruising in the Mediterranean. The next day, her captain Dennis Scott-Masson received a message asking his time of arrival at Gibraltar, which was not on his itinerary. When he called at Gibraltar, he learnt that the Ministry of Defence had requisitioned Canberra for use as a troopship. Canberra sailed to Southampton, Hampshire where she was quickly refitted, sailing on 9 April for the South Atlantic.
After a lengthy refit, Canberra returned to civilian service as a cruise ship. Her role in the Falklands War made her very popular with the British public, and ticket sales after her return were elevated for many years as a result. Age and high running costs eventually caught up with her though, as she had much higher fuel consumption than most modern cruise ships. Although Premier Cruise Line had made a bid for the old ship, P&O had already decided that they did not want Canberra to operate under a different flag. A replacement for the Canberra, the 1988-built Star Princess was transferred to P&O Cruises and was renamed Arcadia.
Canberra was withdrawn from P&O service in September 1997 and sold to ship breakers for scrapping on 10 October 1997, leaving for Gadani ship-breaking yard, Pakistan on 31 October 1997. 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 the end of 1998 Terry.