SS Oriana (1959)
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SS Oriana was the last of the Orient Steam Navigation Company's ocean liners. She was built at Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England and launched on 3 November 1959 by Princess Alexa
Oriana in Vava'u, Tonga
Oriana, seen alongside in Sydney, Australia.
Oriana in her first museum incarnation in Beppu, Japan.
Oriana being repaired at Los Angeles after colliding with USS Kearsarge, December 1962
SS Canberra
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SS Canberra was an ocean liner, which later operated on cruises, in the P&O fleet from 1961 to 1997. She was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland at a cost of £17 milli
SS Oriana (1959)
…tourist), Oriana was briefly the largest passenger liner in service on the UK to Australia and New Zealand route, until the introduction of the 45,733 ton SS Canberra in 1961. The Canberra could never match the Oriana for speed, however, the latter having achieved 30.64 knots during her pre-hand over trials in 1960…
Canberra in 1984
Canberra in Sydney, Australia in 1974
HMS Andromeda and Canberra off Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, just after the surrender of Argentine forces on 14 June 1982
A painting of SS Canberra's return to Southampton from the Falklands