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P & O's SS Canton
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Subject :P & O's SS Canton
Published By : None
Location : Ipoh
Estimated Year : 1961
Media Type : Postcard
Source : Ian Anderson, Ipoh
Remark : Posted from Aden, Yemen to a Mr Louis Moissinac, Public Works Department Kinta, Ipoh, Perak, Malaya on 22nd May 1961, the card shows the ship P & O Canton.
SS Canton was the last ocean liner to carry P&O's traditional black & stone livery. But within a year of her introduction she was repainted in P&O's new white and buff livery. She was the last passenger ship to join the P&O fleet before the outbreak of the Second World War.
During the Second World War the Canton had perhaps the most arduous service of any of the P&O liners. She had steamed 221,000 miles over the war period. After a full overhaul and refurbishment in 1946, she had the honour of re-establishing passenger services to the Far East in October 1947. Initially the route was not extended to Japan due to the legacy of the Second World War.
She continued in service for a few years before being retired in 1962 and sold for scrapping in Hong Kong.
For more information go to http://www.poships.co.uk/Canton.html
SS Canton was the last ocean liner to carry P&O's traditional black & stone livery. But within a year of her introduction she was repainted in P&O's new white and buff livery. She was the last passenger ship to join the P&O fleet before the outbreak of the Second World War.
During the Second World War the Canton had perhaps the most arduous service of any of the P&O liners. She had steamed 221,000 miles over the war period. After a full overhaul and refurbishment in 1946, she had the honour of re-establishing passenger services to the Far East in October 1947. Initially the route was not extended to Japan due to the legacy of the Second World War.
She continued in service for a few years before being retired in 1962 and sold for scrapping in Hong Kong.
For more information go to http://www.poships.co.uk/Canton.html
Filename : 20090622-002