History

	LOI
1956	Building contract
23/9/1957	Building started
23/9/1959	Keel laid
16/3/1960	Launch
29/4/1961	Sea trial
18/5/1961	Second sea trial
19/5/1961	Delivered to Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. , London, UK
2/6/1961	Southampton -Gibraltar – Napoli – Colombo – Fremantle – Melbourne – Sydney – Auckland – Suva – Honolulu – San Francisco – Los Angeles route.
1/11/1962	Collision with barge in San Francisco
1962	Problems with boilers and electrical systems.
21/6/1962	29 day overhaul . Some modifications made in public areas.
7/1962	7-days cruise to Gibraltar and Madeira
8/1962	Trans Atlantic voyages , first time in 100 years P&O ship visited New York.
1/11/1962	Back to Australian service.
14/1/1963	Spend many months in repairing at Southampton and Belfast.
24/5/1963	Back to Australian service.
1960´s and early 70´s	Some short cruises in Australia.
12/1972	Cruises around the World
24/1/1973	Cruises from New York. Cancelled after two cruises.
20/3/1973	Laid up at Cape Fear river, North Carolina
1/6/1973	Back in cruising
15/7/1973	She ran aground on Lloyd’s Shoal near St. George in Grenada.
14/8/1973	She ran aground on US Virgin Islands.
1973	Rebuild to one class cruise ship.
1974	Cruising around the World. Take over ss. Orsova cruise program on 1974.

1979	Drydocking , newmore fuel economical propellers installed.
3/4/1982	Charter to British Navy
9/4/1982	Used as troopship on Falklands war.
11/7/1982	Arrived back to Southampton.
7/1982	Drydocking, refurbished
11/9/1982	First cruise after war duties.
1988	Owner P&O Lines Ltd. London, UK.

1991	Owner Abbey National March Leasing (1) Ltd. , London, UK.

10-30/9/1977	Final cruise Southampton – Gibraltar – Haifa – Istanbul – Piraeus – Napoli – Santa Margherita – Cannes – Palma – Southampton route.
10/10/1997	Sold to scrap
31/10/1997	Arrived to GM Brothers, Gadani Beach, Pakistan.
	Scrapped.