Mar 04, 2010 - Sale 2205

Sale 2205 - Lot 278

Price Realized: $ 156
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 100 - $ 200
(P&O LINE.) "Canberra." Souvenir Number of The Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder. Profusion of illustrations, plus numerous ads from firms supplying materials for the building of the ship. 4to, original cloth. London, June 1961

Additional Details

with--Maiden Voyage. S.S. Canberra Souvenir. Profusion of illustrations and ads. 4to, original wrappers. (London, 1961).
The twin-screw ship was built in the Belfast yards of Harland & Wolff. She was the largest ship to be built in the United Kingdom after Cunard's "Queen Elizabeth." She did some Britain to Australia service and then concentrated on trans-Pacific service.