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SS Canberra
Photo Page One
Her early
days
If you have arrived at this page
directly during your search, you may wish to read our Canberra page first. It is located at …
Canberra Main Page.
Canberra departs New
York City on the 4th of July 1979
Illustrations shown on this page were pre completion of Canberra and are rare. Interior photographs
were sourced from P&O’s brochures released in the 60’s. The
*staircase photograph down the page was taken by the author in 1996. I trust
you will enjoy walking down memory lane as we visit Canberra in her very early days.
Above &
below: the Meridian Lounge
The famed *staircase leads up to the
Crow’s Nest
Crow’s Nest
Bonito Club has a special
“Sprung” Dance Floor, to reduce sound for cabins below
First
Class Pool, looking forward to the Bonito Club
Right: The Tourist Class Lido Pool
The Cinema
Games Deck
Above & below: First Class - Pacific
Dining Room
First
Class Court, where inside cabins had a view towards the windows
and the sea
First Class Suite
The Island Room on Games Deck
Cricketers Tavern
The Pop-In - The Teenage Club amidships
Promenade Deck
Tourist Class Outside
Twin, Three, or Four-Berth Cabin
An early edition of a Canberra Ashtray -
owned by the author
An Early postcard issued by P&O
Canberra Main Page
Part One: Images of Canberra’s public
Rooms as built
Part Two: Further
photographs of venues mentioned in the report above
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– SS Oronsay
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P&O: RMS
Strathaird - SS
Iberia - SS Canberra
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Photographs on
ssmaritime and associate pages are by the author or from the author’s
private collection. In addition there are some images that have been provided
by Shipping Companies and private photographers or collectors. Credit is given
to all contributors. However, there are some photographs provided to me without
details regarding the photographer/owner concerned. I hereby invite if owners
of these images would be so kind to make them-selves known to me (my email
address may be found on www.ssmaritime.com only), in order that due credit
may be given. I know what it is like, I have seen a multitude of my own
photographs on other sites, yet these individuals either refuse to provide
credit or remove them when asked, knowing full well that there is no legal
comeback when it comes to the net. However, let us show these charlatans up and
do the right thing at all times and give credit where credit is due!
This notice covers all pages,
although, and I have done my best to ensure that all photographs are duly
credited and that this notice is displaced on each page, that is, when a page
is updated!
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