The Unlikely Success of SS Canberra

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Launched by P&O on March 16th, 1960, SS Canberra was part of the last generation of ocean liners. Designed to carry migrants to Australia and New Zealand, she was immediately popular but by the 1970s, as the world rapidly changed, she adapted to the burgeoning cruise industry. A role she was surprisingly well suited for. In April 1982 she was requisitioned to carry troops for the Falklands War, a task that would take her to the middle of a war zone. Throughout her many years of service, she defied the odds and earned the love of passengers and crew alike.

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Sources:
The Liner by Philip Dawson
SS Canberra by William H Miller
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Chapters:
00:00 SS Canberra
3:50 Chapter 1: A Vanishing Empire
7:23 Chapter 2: A Liner for the Jet Age
11:31 Chapter 3: Adapting to Change
16:11 Chapter 4: The Falklands Have Been Invaded!
20:13 Chapter 5: The Great White Whale

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