Editing SS Canberra (section)

{{short description|Ocean liner}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}
{|{{Infobox ship begin |infobox caption= SS ''Canberra'' 
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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = 03-Ponta Delgada 1984.jpg
| Ship image size = 280px
| Ship caption = ''Canberra'' in 1984
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{{Infobox ship career
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| Ship country = United Kingdom
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|UK|civil}}
| Ship name = ''Canberra''
| Ship namesake = City of [[Canberra]], Australia
| Ship owner = 
* 1961–88: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co.
* 1988–91: P&O Lines (Shipowners) Ltd.
* 1991–97: Abbey National March Leasing (1) Ltd. (leased back by P&O)
| Ship operator = 
* 1961–66: P&O–Orient Lines
* 1966–71: P&O Lines
* 1971–86: P&O Passenger Division
* 1986–92: Canberra Cruises Ltd.
* 1992–94: P&O Cruise Fleets Services Ltd.
* 1994–97: P&O Cruises (UK) Ltd.
| Ship registry = {{flagicon|UK|civil}} London
| Ship route = [[Southampton]]–[[Sydney]] via Suez, thence [[Sydney]]–[[Vancouver]] (1973, Cruising)
| Ship ordered = 20 December 1956
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| Ship builder = [[Harland and Wolff]], [[Belfast]]
| Ship original cost = {{ShipCost|GBR|17|m|year=1956|r=1}}
| Ship yard number = 1621
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| Ship laid down = 23 September 1957
| Ship launched = 16 March 1960
| Ship sponsor = Dame [[Pattie Menzies]], GBE
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| Ship completed = May 1961
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| Ship maiden voyage = 2 June 1961
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| Ship out of service = 10–31 October 1997 (final voyage)
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| Ship identification=*[[Maritime call sign|Call sign]]: GBVC
*{{ICS|Golf}}{{ICS|Bravo}}{{ICS|Victor}}{{ICS|Charlie}}
*{{IMO Number|5059953}}
*[[official number]] 302649
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| Ship nickname = The Great White Whale
| Ship honours = [[Falklands War]]
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| Ship fate = Scrapped at [[Gadani ship-breaking yard]], Pakistan, 1997–98
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| Ship type = [[Ocean liner]]
| Ship tonnage = *1961: 45,270 gross register tons
*1962: 45,733 gross register tons
*1968: 44,807 gross register tons
*1994: 49,073 gross tons
| Ship length = {{convert|820|ft}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|103|ft}}
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| Ship draught = {{convert|35.5|ft}}
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| Ship propulsion = *''Main:'' Two [[British Thomson-Houston]] (AEI) synchronous three-phase, 6,000-volt air-cooled electric motors providing {{Cvt|85000|HP}}; power supplied by two {{Cvt|43180|HP}} steam turbine-driven [[alternator]]s; twin screws
*''Auxiliary:'' Four [[steam turbine]]s, each driving a 1,500 kW, 440 V, 3 Phase, 60 Hz alternator and a tandem-driven 300 kW exciter for the propulsion alternators
| Ship speed = *Trials: {{cvt|29.27|kn|1}}
*1961–73: {{cvt|27.5|kn}}
*1973–97: {{cvt|23.50|kn|1}}
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| Ship capacity = {{convert|150000|ft2}} of cargo
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| Ship complement = 1961–73: 548 first class, 1,690 tourist class, 1973–97: 1,500 one class
| Ship crew = 1961–73: 900, 1973–97: 795
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'''SS ''Canberra''''' was an [[ocean liner]], which later operated on [[Cruising (maritime)|cruises]], in the [[P&O (company)|P&O]] fleet from 1961 to 1997. She was built at the [[Harland and Wolff]] shipyard in [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]] at a cost of [[Pound sterling|£]]17 million. The ship was named on 17 March 1958, after the federal capital of Australia, [[Canberra]]. She was launched on 16 March 1960, sponsored by Dame [[Pattie Menzies]], wife of the then [[Prime Minister of Australia]], [[Robert Menzies]]. She entered service in May 1961, and made her maiden voyage starting in June. In the 1982 [[Falklands War]] she served as a [[troopship]]. In 1997 the singer and songwriter [[Gerard Kenny]] released the single "Farewell Canberra" which was specially composed for the last voyage.