Dame Pattie Menzies travelled half the way round the world to smash champagne on the hull of the SS Canberra, one of the last hurrahs of the golden era before jet aircraft replaced ocean liners.

Three hundred invited guests and 11,000 onlookers had gathered to view the launch of the yard's biggest liner for almost 50 years - the SS Canberra. Not since the White Star Line's Britannic in ...

'A thank you card from the enemy' on the British troopship SS Canberra'A thank you card from the enemy' on the British troopship SS Canberra ...