CANBERRA in Sydney

P&O Lines flagship CANBERRA (1961-1997) berthed in Sydney on her regular liner voyages from Southampton.

CANBERRA visited Lisbon for the first time in July 1964 and I was there, at the Rocha terminal to see her. She returned countless times until 1996...

I have a book dedicated to SS CANBERRA written with Bill Miller. Have you got your copy? See information on LMC books on the right...
Imagem clássica do terminal de passageiros no porto de Sydney, com o paquete CANBERRA atracado. O CANBERRA entrou ao serviço em 1961 e foi o maior navio de passageiros construído de raiz para a carreira da Austrália. Navegou de 1961 a 1997.

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ADONIA undergoing repairs in Falmouth

P&O Cruises handsome ADONIA ex-R EIGHT is seen her on 8 January in dry dock at Falmouth undergoing repairs. She has been referred recently has having engine problems...

Photograph kindly sent by Michael Sutcliffe.

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ORIANA in Sidney, Australia

The brand new S.S. ORIANA arriving at Sidney, Australia, for the first time on 30 December 1960 on another set of photographs from the collection of Michael Sutcliffe.
At the time ORIANA was the largest passenger ship purpose built for the Europe - Australia service and also the fastest ith a regular cruising speed of 27 knots. She was joinned by CANBERRA in 1961.

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ORIANA in Black & White

The magnificent ORIANA of 1960 was the last passenger liner built for the famous Orient Line. See some stunning ORIANA photos from the collection of our friend Michael Sutcliffe...

Photos of ORIANA undergoing sea trials prior to delivery by Vickers to the Orient Line. 

Her shake down cruise in November 1960 was a special short cruise from Southampton to Lisbon and back.

Orient Line passenger liners had their hulls painted in very original "corn colour", a spectacular shade of yellow created by Laurence Dunn for the ORION of 1935. That feature was lost when the Orient fleet was absorbed into the P&O-Orient Line and later in P&O Lines... By now only Carnival UK is left of all those great P&O Group liner companies...

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CAIS DA ROCHA:1965

Nostálgica imagem enviada pelo Amigo do BNM Michael Sutcliffe mostrando o Cais da Rocha do Conde de Óbidos e a vedação a jusante da Gare Marítima, entre esta e o edifício Sul da CCN que mais tarde foi utilizado pela Liscont e demolido em 2010.

À entrada da Doca, na muralha Sul vê-se o paquete CARVALHO ARAÚJO, com o fumo da cozinha da terceira classe a sair pelo mastro de vante. No cais Norte da Doca está atracado um navio de carga estrangeiro do tipo LIBERTY, em reparação pela Lisnave.

Junto ao CARVALHO pode observar-se no cais carga geral tapada com encerados, provavelmente para carregar no paquete.

Dentro do espaço reservado da estação marítima há pequenas obras de manutenção do pavimento, a barraquinha não fazia parte do conjunto edificado permanente. Junto à vedação, muito mais civilizada do que a actual, alguns cidadãos observavam um paquete da P&O atracado, de bordo do qual o Comissário Sutcliffe fez este retrato. 

Que saudades desta época em que os navios esperavam ao largo para atracar e se pensava expandir os apoios à navegação de passageiros com um novo cais na Junqueira...

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NEW ZEALAND Shipping in about 1960

Four old photographs by Michael Sutcliffe taken in Lyttelton, New Zealand, in about 1960, when Mr. Sutcliffe was a Purser on the magnificent Orient Line ORION of 1935. The Orient Line mailship can be seen in two of the photos which also include very interesting old tonnage from the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, Fedreal Line and Hamburg Süd. Thanks to Michael for sharing his old photos...

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GLENFINLAS in London

The British cargo liner GLENFINLAS photographed by Michael Sutcliffe berthed in King George V Dock, London, in September 1969.

GLENFINLAS , the fourth ship with this name in the Glen Line fleet, was built in 1966-67 by John Brown, Clydebank, for the U.K. - Europe - Far East service. In 1972 she was transferred to the Blue Funnel Line, another Holt company, and renamed PHEMIUS. Six years later, in 1978 she was transferred once again, to China Navigation Co., and renamed KWEICHOW. In 1983 she was sold to Saudi interests and renamed SAUDI KAUTHER, but in 1984 she was broken up.

GLENFINLAS was a fine example of the final generation of break bulk fast cargo liners introduced in the late sixties on the eve of containerisation. In fact they were too late to last, and most of them were sold after only a few years on their intended routes...

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EAGLE fitting out March 1971

Two views of the then brand new cruise ferry EAGLE undergoing final fitting out at St. Nazaire in March 1971.
EAGLE was Michael Sutcliffe's final ship and she was purpose built for a Southampton - Lisbon regular service which she did well between May 1971 and October 1975.
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P&O liners in Hong Kong

P&O - Orient Lines passenger liners in Hong Kong harbour in the 1960s: from top to bottom, CANBERRA, then the P&O flagship and the largest ever built for the Australian service, IBERIA, like CANBERRA a product of the famous Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, and ORCADES, a ship from the Orient Line side of the Group.
Photographs kindly sent by Michael Sutcliffe.

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ORONTES underway 1958

The RMS ORONTES looking just beautiful photographed underway at sea from another Orient Line ship by Michael Sutcliffe. The location was the Indian Ocean and the year 1958. Note the Blue Ensign. Those meetings of fleet mates at the open ocean were magic moments.

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Doca de Alcântara 25 de Maio de 1984

No dia 25 de Maio de 1984 o rebocador LADY STEPHANIE, construído em Alverca no estaleiro da Argibay, largou da doca de Alcântara para as provas de mar levando a bordo Michael Sutcliffe, autor da fotografia que apresentamos.
O LADY STEPHANIE é o elemento central da imagem mas vamos comentar essencialmente tudo o que se vê à volta. A popa branca é do navio frigorífico CAP FERRATO, ex-FRIGOANTÁRTICO, construído em 1974 na Noruega para a Transfruta. Em 1985 o navio voltou a ter bandeira portuguesa com o nome TROPICAL ESTORIL e propriedade da Portline. O edifício era na altura utilizado pela CNN que o herdou da Sociedade Geral. Anos mais tarde foi reconstruído e alberga hoje o IPTM, estando programada a sua demolição. O rebocador é o PORTEL, da Soponata que se encontrava fretado em casco nu aos Catraeiros, cuja lancha MARIA ALBERTINA se vê atracada ao costado do rebocador. Embora há 25 anos o processo de desmaritimização nacional se encontrasse já em velocidade de cruzeiro, ainda se registava alguma vida na principal doca de Lisboa, em contraste com o parqueamento de embarcações de recreio nos nossos dias...
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MATSONIA in Honolulu

Close up of Matson Line's passenger liner MATSONIA at her Honolulu berth as seen from on board Orient Lines' ORSOVA. Another of the Michael Sutcliffe photographs published here for enjoyment of all enthusiasts...
For another photo of MATSONIA click here...
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ROMA in Sydney

Flotta Lauro passenger liner ROMA berthed in Sydney's Circular Quay where today stands the famous Opera House. Photo by Michael Sutcliffe.
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SHAW SAVILL liners in Fremantle

The Shaw Savill Line passenger liners NORTHERN STAR (1962-1975) and SOUTHERN CROSS (1955-1973) photographed in Fremantle in 1962 by Michael Sutcliffe.
Built for the company around the world passenger service, the SOUTHERN CROSS was the lucky one of the pair and survived her Shaw Savill days when purchased by Vlassoupulos Lines as CALYPSO in 1973.
Two years later nobody wanted the NORTHERN STAR and she was sent to Taiwanese shipbreakers in late 1975 after a short career of only 13 years...

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Portuguese liner PÁTRIA (1947-1973)

Two photographs of the Portuguese passenger mail liner PÁTRIA of 1947: the ship boats deck with motor cars stowed, and berthed at Cape Town.
The PÁTRIA was the first of six post-WW2 brand new passenger liners built for Companhia Colonial de Navegação, Lisbon.
She was constructed by John Brown's at Clydebank and sailed on her maiden voyage from Lisbon in January 1948. Photos taken by Michael Sutcliffe. The main data and history of the PÁTRIA can be seen here in Portuguese.
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ORION at the London Docks

Another stunning photograph from a slide shared by Michael Sutcliffe, former Purser on the ORION and other Orient and P&O ships in the late 1950s to the early 1970s.
Why there are no longer imaginative and beautiful passenger ship liveries? Corn colour was just perfect with buff funnels and masts... The closer hull colours were used by Epirotiki ships but even those turned into dark blue in later years...
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ORION, Lyttelton, New Zealand, 1962

Two Michael Sutcliffe photos of the ORION alongside Lyttelton, New Zealand, in 1962 at the very end of ORION's long career.
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ORONTES ON THE SUEZ CANAL

Another beautiful image by Michael Sutcliffe taken on board the Orient Line passenger liner ORONTES on the Suez Canal.
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ORONTES on the Indian Ocean

The British passenger liner ORONTES steaming on the Indian Ocean in South West Monsoon condition, towards the end of her long career.
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ORONTES in dry dock 1959

Orient Line passenger liner ORONTES photographed by Michael Sutcliffe at the Tilbury dry dock in May 1959.
Built in 1929 by Vickers-Armstrongs in Barrow in Furness, she survived WW2 and operated until early 1962. Sold to Spanish breakers and broken up in Valencia where she arrived on5th March 1962.

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