'Canberra' will be scrapped

The much-loved cruise liner Canberra is to end her life in a scrapyard in Pakistan, it was announced yesterday. The 45,000-tonne vessel, which was used as a troop-carrying ship in the Falklands campaign, left Southampton last night for Pakistan, P&O Cruises said.

Launched in 1961, Canberra completed her final 20-night Mediterranean cruise voyage on 30 September ending a career which saw her sail about three million miles and carry one million passengers.