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During theFalkland Island crisis of 1982, Cunard's QE2 delivered troops to South Georgia, a safe port. The troops were then transported by P&O's 'Canberra' to Port Stanley - the war zone. The British Government dare not subject a ship that bore the name of the current Sovereign, to enemy fire the risk of losing the ship was just too much to bear.
Although the Canberra WAS exposed to enemy fire, Admiral Lord Lewin said in a very British voice the fact that the Canberra was exposed did not really matter, after all she was only the capital of Australia.
Terry
Has anyone here cruised on her?
quote:Originally posted by Aussie1:Having spent 10 weeks of my life travelling on her I can indeed agree the Canberra was a special ship. As to her demise I have heard from reliable sources that Premier put in a bid for the ship at a higher price than the scrappers. Premier agreed to all sorts of limiting conditions P&O wanted to place on them, such as Canberra not trading in certain markets, and at the 11th hour P&O shut up shop and sold the ship to the ship breakers anyway. Talking to Engineers on her last world voyage they agreed Canberra was an old lady but had a few more years left in her. Mechanically the only things needing serious work were her boilers. Would have been great to see her running alongside Rembrant, but as for her becoming Big Red Boat 6 I was told confidentially that the main reason that CANBERRA would be scrapped was to avoid her being put back into service by a cut-price rival company. But in fact there were no serious bids to keep her in service and the best offer came from the scrappers. Who incidentally lost a lot of money on the deal.......
Scrappers got what they deserved. Canberra'a demise was as almost as bad as tearing down NYC's McKim, Mead, and White Penn Station,
I believe Premier could not get the financing.
Few of the Rotterdam V loyalists resailed her as the Rembrandt. I believe due to lower service levels Premier offers.
I recall Canberra had too few elevators for her size. The lowest grade cabins w/o private bath need be converted.
If Premier had its way, now she would be layed up along side the Rembrandt.
[ 07-16-2001: Message edited by: Frank X. Prudent ]
If I ran Premier, I would have had Canberra and Rembrandt only; the 2 greatest ocean liners EVER built.
quote:Originally posted by Malcolm:Any other Canberra fans here?
Anyone out there know the details of this story?
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