Incredibly sad to see this, I travelled to England and back to Australia many years ago on her. Lovely ship.
@andrewbrendan1579Ай бұрын
I'm in the U.S. and have never been aboard or even seen a liner in real life, but I love ocean liners and the Canberra is special to me because she not only started service in the year I was born, but had her sea trials on the day I was born.
@richarddeason18452 ай бұрын
It’s hard to watch great ships end Too bad I miss ss norway / pacific princess and others
@goodo56913 ай бұрын
did a pacific cruise on it in 83..first after the falklands war i think...i remember the ship lit up at night (from a hill in fiji) looks so good with lights from bow to stern over the top
@goodo56913 ай бұрын
weird watching them dig up the deck where i was half drunk with a Lay around my neck, for "island night" in the Pacific
@deanblack93143 ай бұрын
A wonderful trip down memory lane when Ships were Ships and didnt all come out of the same mould Like today. I was Lucky enough to sail on Canberra twice in 94 and 96. Truly a Great Lady and Pioneer of British Cruising. So Sad she was allowed to be sold for Scrap in 97.
@davidmcknlght27004 ай бұрын
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@dieseldavetrains89884 ай бұрын
I wonder why they didn't run the ship full steam ahead (beaching) up on to the beach at high tide like they usually do in Pakistan? Such a sad end to a graceful and proud ship that the "Canberra" was.
@mercurioart1694 ай бұрын
Why was Cheech there without Chong?
@freeagent82254 ай бұрын
I visited Gadani beach in 1989, fascinating place. Greeting from Australia.
@ManWhoLovesTheMary5 ай бұрын
This is a really special documentation of such a special ship. Really appreciate it being filmed and really appreciate it being shared like this. Really gained some insight, too, into the laying up for scrapping process; certainly what the off-boarding process is like.
@normanmeharry585 ай бұрын
I was a wee lad who stood at her bulbous bow when she was launched. When the bottle smashed, there was a seemingly long delay, about 12 seconds before the ship was perceived to slip seaward. My father was head foreman in charge of the slip.
@maderleinethomas42136 ай бұрын
I was so happy as a young girl going to Oz, so lucky to have the experience of seeing the world, beautiful ship.❤️
@48firefox6 ай бұрын
Siled on the Canberra from Sydney in 1972, shared a cabin witha lad from Derby UK, great trip!
@ItzBry_.7 ай бұрын
4:54
@gdj62987 ай бұрын
I remember Deputy Captain Nick Carlton showing me the chart for Gadani and saying "She won't get near the beach....she'll grind to a halt about (jabbing the chart) here..." But the breakers insisted that they knew best.......
@gdj62987 ай бұрын
Ah, those simple times when Health and Safety consisted of a flat cap and the Lord's Prayer 🙂
@maderleinethomas42137 ай бұрын
Brings back happy memories as a child going to live in Oz. Beautiful ship, amazing sights. Brilliant memories of her and seeing the world.❤️❤️
@stefanwhite1004 ай бұрын
You said it. I can still remember the multiple swimming pools and tennis courts and the parties on board. What an adventure for a child!
@AlVlogs16038 ай бұрын
Some well Kent faces there including Captain Mike Carr and Dave “Barras” Barraclough
@duncanholding76368 ай бұрын
Went on the canberra 4 times and on the second trip which was a cricket themed cruise as was the third and fourth one met and played cricket in organised matches with my hero Dennis Amiss who was one of the cricket celebs,. Best moment of my life
@dominicedwards91178 ай бұрын
Worked on it and had holidays on it, very posh back in the day
@AlVlogs16039 ай бұрын
Dennis Scott Masson in command.I was extremely lucky to have cruised on Canberra for 3 decades ( 70s 80s and 90s)and she always had a special vibe,great comradely,superb crew and returning passengers year on year made it very special.The Crows Nest undoubtedly the best bar in the world. So many “well familiar faces on this film crew and pax
@Irishandtired2 ай бұрын
He was a bit of a prick to be honest.
@AlVlogs16039 ай бұрын
A great sadness for me personally grew up on that ship from a boy to teen to an adult.Cruised on her so many times.Great ship that had a personality of its own and a fantastic comradely with returning passengers and crew.We always said after a day in port “ it’s nice to be home”
@Randomgmcsierra10 ай бұрын
2:19 cool one
@MarkPMus10 ай бұрын
Not for the faint of wallet. The “cabin we had” is only worth £5,127.79 per person at 2023 prices. That’s over £10.25k per cabin. (Bank of England Inflation Calculator, £1 in 1989 = £2.51 in July 2023.)
@xr6lad3 ай бұрын
Ummm tv personality might be a clue. Do you think they had a ‘simple’ cabin? I can tell you know that cabin for 1982 was not a normal cabin. Firstly individual beds and not bunk beds? That much space between them you could have fitted another double bed. That cabin would have been in the old first class section.
@kennethgrindrod643810 ай бұрын
Took the Reina Del Mar to Taiwan always a sad sight to see a good ship go that way
@hughjarse462710 ай бұрын
Looks like a sister ship to the Astoria which was only recently scrapped
@karireinikainen287611 ай бұрын
A fine film about a fine ship. Three cruises towards the end of Canberra’s long career left happy memories- it had a great variety of public rooms and outer deck space, it was a good sea boat and its layout had barely changed since it was built.
@superadio111 ай бұрын
when watch this, I have feeling that filming was not accepted by Cunnard. The way she left in darkness and filmed in darknes. No interwiev with captain or at the bridge.
@1chish9 ай бұрын
She was a P & O ship not a Cunard ship.
@2Dylandog11 ай бұрын
It's just a thought but I'm not sure why the life-boats, deckchairs, and other easily detachtable items were not sold at auction in the UK. I would assume some of the prestige furnishings were saved before scrapping in Pakestan.
@alanbull-fx1um Жыл бұрын
An Era of fine looking Ships ORIANA..Orion..Oronsay..Orcades....Orsova...Then the ugly duckling CANBERRA didn't they learn anything at all
@howardhdavidson Жыл бұрын
Another great ship that the British couldn’t afford to keep in Britain.desperately needed the few millions they got for it , if that..
@1chish9 ай бұрын
Well given it was owned and operated by a British company and operated out of Britain you are clearly writing bullcrap. Of course by 1997 it was owned by a private leasing company so I am not sure where you get the idea 'Britain desperately needed the few millions they got for it , if that' because the scrap price would have gone to them. But then people like you don't do facts do you? Just cow manure to throw at the UK. Sad useless Mong.
@jimcrawford5039 Жыл бұрын
Very sad indeed. I saw her launched and many times afterwards. Ex seaman.
@paulgilson2347 Жыл бұрын
I went on this ship three times as a kid, 88, 89 and 91. Can remember it vividly still. Got in trouble once for sneaking out the childrens club. Best holidays of my life, I remember running around the corridors, swimming in the salt water pools, drinking non alcoholic cocktails and being made to dress up for dinner...oh and the fancy dress competition. They even made me a staff badge with my name on it that I've still got. Made friends with a kid that was on there two of the times I was, Andrew I think his name was, he was born on the ship! The only other ship that came close for me was the Oriana but by then they were becoming massive and sort of lost something. Great video.
@TheKendalCrew9 ай бұрын
Was probably on it as a little kid around that time (also around three times!). I always hated how the kids club door handle was so high!!
@Shipwright1918 Жыл бұрын
A daughter of Harland and Wolff goes to her end in the dead of night, the lonely pipes serenading her and a few night owls saluting her as as she goes. Out of all the ships that H&W built, it's sad to think only one returned, the little Nomadic.
@northernriverstransportvlogs9 ай бұрын
They built a smaller vessel, the South Steyne. She sits in Sydney Harbour being about 85 years old.
@Shipwright19189 ай бұрын
South Steyne was built by Henry Robb Ltd. of Scotland, only her engines were built by H&W.
@northernriverstransportvlogs9 ай бұрын
@@Shipwright1918 You could count that to a point. She's got H&W blood in her.
@sadiedavenport Жыл бұрын
I've never seen a more beautiful ship.... An absolute stunner. She really was something special.
@itzjustbryan123 Жыл бұрын
4:58
@heartwilson.8943 Жыл бұрын
I don’t know why they didn’t keep her; she was history .
@gdj62987 ай бұрын
She was lacking in facilities that people were starting to expect as standard; her boilers had to be continually nursed by a specialist team; and there were new SOLAS requirements coming into play shortly after her retirement date that would have been expensive/difficult/impossible to implement. And don't forget that, even if she was a static exhibit, that's still a LOT of money in ongoing maintenance.
@heartwilson.89437 ай бұрын
@@gdj6298 I was lucky as I got to see in restricted places ( boiler room etc ) as my father worked on her in the merchant navy in the early 70s . The fact that it was a Liner makes it even more regal and rare - there’s only one Liner left in the world now - The QM2 which I’ve been lucky to sail on her too . I’m surprised the UK didn’t keep her as a memorial / tribute regarding the Falklands - she was a maritime feat of engineering at the time .
@spanishpeaches2930 Жыл бұрын
Gawd, I worked on the Canberra for a short time in the early 90s, as a photographer.
@denniscooper281 Жыл бұрын
In the sixties I was an electrical fitter at Marchwood power station. With a grandstand view of all the famous liners going in and out of Western Docks. Canberra was the star of the parade. A magnificent sight. I was encouraged to go to sea in 1970 as Junior engineer. Joined my first ship in Nagasaki June that year.
@kerryvickers6655 Жыл бұрын
Was fortunate to sail on her 6 times, a wonderful ship and many happy memories
@andrewnelson3681 Жыл бұрын
I emigrated to Australia in 1974 aboard the Australis. In Las Palmas, en route, we berthed opposite the Canberra. She looked magnificent all lit up in the evening. We thought her a great deal more glamorous than the Australis.
@antonbrum5492 Жыл бұрын
I had the fortune to sail on this magnificent ship many years ago. The last of the grand ladies of the sea.
@hog1350 Жыл бұрын
Can I buy memorabilia from Canberra
@bobeden5027 Жыл бұрын
I did the scrap run aboard SS Nevasa in 75, such a sad time.
@chrispeasley1780 Жыл бұрын
Only seeing this in 2022.... An absolutely marvelous glimpse into the wonderful past of her glorious days..... Very similar to my experiences on various Union-Castle liners in the 1960's and '70's ... thanks a lot for this footage... Much appreciated!
@scottread Жыл бұрын
It's poignant in the last few frames to see the Great Whit Whale beached, awaiting slaughter.
@peterm1826 Жыл бұрын
Lose the titanic style bullshit music 😒
@PapaTanGh0stNI9htM4R3S0nMaInSt5 ай бұрын
6:15
@EtzEchad Жыл бұрын
I took a cruise on her from NY to Africa. Great memories.
@trevorgeorge58142 жыл бұрын
We’re the skeleton crew all employees of P&O? I would hope many of them are still alive today and would have seen this video, such a sad ending for fine ships like the Canberra, to end up in the Knackers yard.
@CarlySmith001 Жыл бұрын
Especially when she was the first cruise ship you'd ever been on like Astor 😞
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Incredibly sad to see this, I travelled to England and back to Australia many years ago on her. Lovely ship.
I'm in the U.S. and have never been aboard or even seen a liner in real life, but I love ocean liners and the Canberra is special to me because she not only started service in the year I was born, but had her sea trials on the day I was born.
It’s hard to watch great ships end Too bad I miss ss norway / pacific princess and others
did a pacific cruise on it in 83..first after the falklands war i think...i remember the ship lit up at night (from a hill in fiji) looks so good with lights from bow to stern over the top
weird watching them dig up the deck where i was half drunk with a Lay around my neck, for "island night" in the Pacific
A wonderful trip down memory lane when Ships were Ships and didnt all come out of the same mould Like today. I was Lucky enough to sail on Canberra twice in 94 and 96. Truly a Great Lady and Pioneer of British Cruising. So Sad she was allowed to be sold for Scrap in 97.
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I wonder why they didn't run the ship full steam ahead (beaching) up on to the beach at high tide like they usually do in Pakistan? Such a sad end to a graceful and proud ship that the "Canberra" was.
Why was Cheech there without Chong?
I visited Gadani beach in 1989, fascinating place. Greeting from Australia.
This is a really special documentation of such a special ship. Really appreciate it being filmed and really appreciate it being shared like this. Really gained some insight, too, into the laying up for scrapping process; certainly what the off-boarding process is like.
I was a wee lad who stood at her bulbous bow when she was launched. When the bottle smashed, there was a seemingly long delay, about 12 seconds before the ship was perceived to slip seaward. My father was head foreman in charge of the slip.
I was so happy as a young girl going to Oz, so lucky to have the experience of seeing the world, beautiful ship.❤️
Siled on the Canberra from Sydney in 1972, shared a cabin witha lad from Derby UK, great trip!
4:54
I remember Deputy Captain Nick Carlton showing me the chart for Gadani and saying "She won't get near the beach....she'll grind to a halt about (jabbing the chart) here..." But the breakers insisted that they knew best.......
Ah, those simple times when Health and Safety consisted of a flat cap and the Lord's Prayer 🙂
Brings back happy memories as a child going to live in Oz. Beautiful ship, amazing sights. Brilliant memories of her and seeing the world.❤️❤️
You said it. I can still remember the multiple swimming pools and tennis courts and the parties on board. What an adventure for a child!
Some well Kent faces there including Captain Mike Carr and Dave “Barras” Barraclough
Went on the canberra 4 times and on the second trip which was a cricket themed cruise as was the third and fourth one met and played cricket in organised matches with my hero Dennis Amiss who was one of the cricket celebs,. Best moment of my life
Worked on it and had holidays on it, very posh back in the day
Dennis Scott Masson in command.I was extremely lucky to have cruised on Canberra for 3 decades ( 70s 80s and 90s)and she always had a special vibe,great comradely,superb crew and returning passengers year on year made it very special.The Crows Nest undoubtedly the best bar in the world. So many “well familiar faces on this film crew and pax
He was a bit of a prick to be honest.
A great sadness for me personally grew up on that ship from a boy to teen to an adult.Cruised on her so many times.Great ship that had a personality of its own and a fantastic comradely with returning passengers and crew.We always said after a day in port “ it’s nice to be home”
2:19 cool one
Not for the faint of wallet. The “cabin we had” is only worth £5,127.79 per person at 2023 prices. That’s over £10.25k per cabin. (Bank of England Inflation Calculator, £1 in 1989 = £2.51 in July 2023.)
Ummm tv personality might be a clue. Do you think they had a ‘simple’ cabin? I can tell you know that cabin for 1982 was not a normal cabin. Firstly individual beds and not bunk beds? That much space between them you could have fitted another double bed. That cabin would have been in the old first class section.
Took the Reina Del Mar to Taiwan always a sad sight to see a good ship go that way
Looks like a sister ship to the Astoria which was only recently scrapped
A fine film about a fine ship. Three cruises towards the end of Canberra’s long career left happy memories- it had a great variety of public rooms and outer deck space, it was a good sea boat and its layout had barely changed since it was built.
when watch this, I have feeling that filming was not accepted by Cunnard. The way she left in darkness and filmed in darknes. No interwiev with captain or at the bridge.
She was a P & O ship not a Cunard ship.
It's just a thought but I'm not sure why the life-boats, deckchairs, and other easily detachtable items were not sold at auction in the UK. I would assume some of the prestige furnishings were saved before scrapping in Pakestan.
An Era of fine looking Ships ORIANA..Orion..Oronsay..Orcades....Orsova...Then the ugly duckling CANBERRA didn't they learn anything at all
Another great ship that the British couldn’t afford to keep in Britain.desperately needed the few millions they got for it , if that..
Well given it was owned and operated by a British company and operated out of Britain you are clearly writing bullcrap. Of course by 1997 it was owned by a private leasing company so I am not sure where you get the idea 'Britain desperately needed the few millions they got for it , if that' because the scrap price would have gone to them. But then people like you don't do facts do you? Just cow manure to throw at the UK. Sad useless Mong.
Very sad indeed. I saw her launched and many times afterwards. Ex seaman.
I went on this ship three times as a kid, 88, 89 and 91. Can remember it vividly still. Got in trouble once for sneaking out the childrens club. Best holidays of my life, I remember running around the corridors, swimming in the salt water pools, drinking non alcoholic cocktails and being made to dress up for dinner...oh and the fancy dress competition. They even made me a staff badge with my name on it that I've still got. Made friends with a kid that was on there two of the times I was, Andrew I think his name was, he was born on the ship! The only other ship that came close for me was the Oriana but by then they were becoming massive and sort of lost something. Great video.
Was probably on it as a little kid around that time (also around three times!). I always hated how the kids club door handle was so high!!
A daughter of Harland and Wolff goes to her end in the dead of night, the lonely pipes serenading her and a few night owls saluting her as as she goes. Out of all the ships that H&W built, it's sad to think only one returned, the little Nomadic.
They built a smaller vessel, the South Steyne. She sits in Sydney Harbour being about 85 years old.
South Steyne was built by Henry Robb Ltd. of Scotland, only her engines were built by H&W.
@@Shipwright1918 You could count that to a point. She's got H&W blood in her.
I've never seen a more beautiful ship.... An absolute stunner. She really was something special.
4:58
I don’t know why they didn’t keep her; she was history .
She was lacking in facilities that people were starting to expect as standard; her boilers had to be continually nursed by a specialist team; and there were new SOLAS requirements coming into play shortly after her retirement date that would have been expensive/difficult/impossible to implement. And don't forget that, even if she was a static exhibit, that's still a LOT of money in ongoing maintenance.
@@gdj6298 I was lucky as I got to see in restricted places ( boiler room etc ) as my father worked on her in the merchant navy in the early 70s . The fact that it was a Liner makes it even more regal and rare - there’s only one Liner left in the world now - The QM2 which I’ve been lucky to sail on her too . I’m surprised the UK didn’t keep her as a memorial / tribute regarding the Falklands - she was a maritime feat of engineering at the time .
Gawd, I worked on the Canberra for a short time in the early 90s, as a photographer.
In the sixties I was an electrical fitter at Marchwood power station. With a grandstand view of all the famous liners going in and out of Western Docks. Canberra was the star of the parade. A magnificent sight. I was encouraged to go to sea in 1970 as Junior engineer. Joined my first ship in Nagasaki June that year.
Was fortunate to sail on her 6 times, a wonderful ship and many happy memories
I emigrated to Australia in 1974 aboard the Australis. In Las Palmas, en route, we berthed opposite the Canberra. She looked magnificent all lit up in the evening. We thought her a great deal more glamorous than the Australis.
I had the fortune to sail on this magnificent ship many years ago. The last of the grand ladies of the sea.
Can I buy memorabilia from Canberra
I did the scrap run aboard SS Nevasa in 75, such a sad time.
Only seeing this in 2022.... An absolutely marvelous glimpse into the wonderful past of her glorious days..... Very similar to my experiences on various Union-Castle liners in the 1960's and '70's ... thanks a lot for this footage... Much appreciated!
It's poignant in the last few frames to see the Great Whit Whale beached, awaiting slaughter.
Lose the titanic style bullshit music 😒
6:15
I took a cruise on her from NY to Africa. Great memories.
We’re the skeleton crew all employees of P&O? I would hope many of them are still alive today and would have seen this video, such a sad ending for fine ships like the Canberra, to end up in the Knackers yard.
Especially when she was the first cruise ship you'd ever been on like Astor 😞