Ajouter "Cruising on Canberra to Mediterranean Sea in 1962 Part Two"

#canberra #OceanLiner #Cruiseship #P&O #Shipspotting #nostalgia #MerchantNavy #cruiseshipjobs #mediterraneancruise Cruising on SS Canberra to Mediterranean Sea in 1962 Part Two This 8mm cine film was digitised using a Winait Film Scanner. Background music is provided by me playing my Yahama P125 Digital Piano. Part One is here: https://youtu.be/6D6stfK809I This Part shows SS Canberra arriving at Athens, with passengers going ashore to visit the The Parthenon a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena during the fifth century BC. and other Relics. The Greek Presidential Guard or Evzones are a group of elite Greek soldiers. The Evzones uniform is handmade with intricate detail. Then it back onboard round the pool. Next Port is Palma and a visit into the countryside. There is a bonus at the end of the film with a Hillman Minx and Austin Cambridge. Why not buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/capspread 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 & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland at a cost of £17 million. The ship was named on 17 March 1958, after the federal capital of Australia, Canberra. She was launched on 16 March 1960, & entered service in May 1961, & made her maiden voyage starting in June. She appeared in the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. In the 1982 Falklands War she served as a troopship. In 1997 the singer & songwriter Gerard Kenny released the single "Farewell Canberra" which was specially composed for the last voyage. History Ocean liner P&O commissioned Canberra to operate the combined P&O–Orient Line service between the United Kingdom & Australasia & designed her to carry 548 first-class passengers & 1,650 tourist class. Too big for Tilbury she was based at Southampton. Her 1st voyage set out on 2 June 1961 through the Suez Canal & called at Colombo, Fremantle, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Suva, Honolulu, San Francisco & Los Angeles returning to Southampton by the same ports. By mid-1963 she had spent many months in dry dock in Southampton & in the builder's yard for repairs to her electrical & mechanical systems. The era of mass air travel had begun by the time the Canberra was laid down & air travel prices fell relentlessly in the early 1960s to challenge P&O's lowest fares. In the 2nd half of 1962 Canberra made a short cruise from Southampton followed by two more to New York. More cruises followed but nevertheless most of the ship's first decade was spent on the Australia run. At the end of 1972 she was withdrawn & refitted to carry 1,500 single-class passengers on cruises. Unusually, this transition from an early life as a purpose-built ocean liner to a long & successful career in cruising, occurred without any major external alterations, & with only minimal internal & mechanical changes over the years. One of her public rooms included a 'Cricketers Tavern', which contained a collection of bats & ties from cricket clubs all over the world; she also had the William Fawcett reading/writing room, named for the first P&O ship. Engineering Canberra had turbo-electric transmission. Instead of being mechanically coupled to her propeller shafts, Canberra's steam turbines drove large electric alternators that provided current for electric motors that, in turn, drove the vessel's twin propellers. They were the most powerful steam turbo-electric units ever installed in a passenger ship; at 42,500 hp per shaft, they surpassed SS Normandie's 40,000 hp (30,000 kW) on each of her four shafts. This would give her a speed of about 27.25 kts. She also had a bow propeller for manoeuvring in port and docking manoeuvres. She was also the 1st British passenger liner to use alternating current as power. Canberra had a bulbous bow, 2 sets of stabilizers, & two funnels side-by-side. The lifeboats, which were made from glass fibre, were placed 3 decks lower than usual for ships of her type, & were recessed into the hull to allow improved view from the passenger decks. Canberra was withdrawn from P&O service on 30 Sep 1997 & sold to ship breakers for scrapping on 10 Oct 1997, leaving for Gadani ship-breaking yard, Pakistan on 31 Oct 1997. Her deep draft meant that she could not be beached as far as most ships, & 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. Tonnage - 1961 - 45,270grt; 1962 - 45,733grt; 1968 - 44,807grt ; 1994 - 49,073grt Length - 250m; Beam - 31m; Draught - 10.8m Speed 1961 - 73 - 27.5kts; 1973-97 - 23.5kts Capacity - 150,000 sq ft of cargo Complement - 1961-73 - 548 first class, 1,690 tourist class 1973-97 - 1,500 one class Crew - 1961-73 - 900; 1973-97 - 795