Canberra Cruise Ship Scrapping

But two months after taking ownership of the Marco Polo it was sold as scrap for around 4m.

Canberra cruise ship scrapping. 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. HAMBURG of 1969 deserves preservation in her original home port of Hamburg. The ship could accommodate 1737 passengers and 795 crew was.

TV star Jimmy Savile was locked in his cabin then booted off the ship over claims he assaulted a 14-year-old. Although the idea of giving the Canberra a new engine was briefly thought about but it was not possible due to her deep draught. SATOSHI PACIFIC DAWN SENT TO SCRAP.

The ship originally built as an ocean liner entered service in 1961 and was used in the 1982 Falkland War as a troop ship. Crown Cruise Lines 1984-2001 was a luxury brand Boca Raton Florida-based and fully-owned subsidiary company of Grundstad Maritime Overseas Inc. The ship was named after the federal capital of Australia Canberra.

The Cruise Ship Costa Concordia Rests After Her Final Voyage Of Costa Concordia Completes Its Voyage To The Scrap Yard Pin By John Debusi Jr On Cruiseships In 2020. Surrounded by private boats and pleasure-craft she was given the rare honour of a Royal Navy escort while in a final gesture of recognition from the RAF there were fly-pasts by the Red Arrows and from a lone Canberra Bomber. Posted September 21 2007.

On 30th September 1997 Canberra completed her final cruise and made her homecoming into the port of Southampton to another tumultuous welcome. Canberra was part of the PO Cruises fleet until 1997 when she was sent to a scrapyard in Pakistan. In 1997 I was working at a power station in Pakistan.

The Former British PO Flag ship Canberra has arrived at a scrap heap in Pakistan to be stripped down. It was a 14 day cruise from Southhampton visiting Spain Rock of Gibralter Palma de Majorca Tenerife shortly after the two 747s crashed on the runway Madiera and a few other places. SS Canberra is withdrawn from PO service in September 1997 and sold to ship breakers for scrapping on October 10 1997 leaving for Gadani ship-breaking yard in Pakistan on October 31 1997.