:::: Modern Warships - GREAT BRITAIN
CANBERRA
Code - NL143
£2.25
Class - 1
Date - 1961
Type - liner
Description - CANBERRA NL143
P. & O. Liner completed 1961 by Harland
& Wolff in Belfast.
Gross Tonnage 45,733 tons
Dimensions 740’ x 102’ x 28’
Passengers 595 First Class
+ 1,602 Tourist Class
Speed 26.5 knots
Originally intended for the U.K. to Australia
service, but in later years was used as a cruise liner.
Served as a troop transport in the Falklands Conflict.