Editing SS Canberra (section)

=== Construction ===
[[P&O (company)|P&O]] had placed an order for plans for two new ocean liners, one with [[Harland and Wolff]] for £17 Million in 1956.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-27 |title=SS Canberra: James Bond's troubled cruise ship that went to war |url=https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/editors-corner/ss-canberra-james-bond-falklands-war |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=World of Cruising |language=en}}</ref> On September 23, 1957, on [[Queen's Island, Belfast]], the first keel plates of yard no.1621 were laid on slipway 14.<ref>{{Cite web |title=P&O Canberra |url=https://www.pandosnco.co.uk/canberra_part_one.html |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=www.pandosnco.co.uk}}</ref> She had a gross tonnage of 45,733 GRT and dimensions of 819 feet by 103 feet.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jochim |first=Mark Joseph |date=2018-03-16 |title=The Great White Whale, S.S. Canberra |url=https://stampaday.wordpress.com/2018/03/16/the-great-white-whale-s-s-canberra/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=A Stamp A Day |language=en}}</ref> She was

[[Pattie Menzies|Dame Pattie Menzies]], wife of the [[Australian Prime Minister]] had been given the honor of christening the liner.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-09 |title=Opening remarks - Joint media statements - Canberra {{!}} Prime Minister of Australia |url=https://www.pm.gov.au/media/opening-remarks-joint-media-statements-canberra |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=www.pm.gov.au |language=en}}</ref> ''Canberra'' left the slipway at Harland and Wolff's Belfast shipyard on 17 March 1960, with the cheers from the dockers and shipyard workers, as well as 11,000 onlookers watching her leave.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-04-27 |title=SS Canberra |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/ss-canberra/28176435.html |access-date=2025-01-20 |work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> She began sea trials before taking up her maiden voyage in June 1961.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SS Canberra |url=https://www.mcinnesgardner.co.uk/copy-of-ship-3 |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=McInnes Gardner |language=en}}</ref>

The SS Canberra was the last ocean liner built by Harland and Wolff [[shipyard]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harland and Wolff - Shipbuilding and Engineering Works |url=https://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=1621 |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=www.theyard.info}}</ref> It was also the shipyard's largest ship built since the [[White Star Line|White Star Line's]] [[HMHS Britannic]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reimertz |first=Henrik |date=February 2024 |title=Canberra – TGOL |url=https://thegreatoceanliners.com/articles/canberra/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |language=en-GB}}</ref>