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Welcome to our S/S Southern Cross website celebrating this revolutionary ship. She was the first aft engined passenger liner ever built and thus revolutionised ship design forever. Indeed many of today’s modern cruise ships follow her pioneering design principles. She was also the first merchant ship launched by a reigning British monarch.

 

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"I name this ship Southern Cross. May God protect her and all who sail in her."

Words of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at the Launch Ceremony, 17th August 1954.






Her Regular Service Route: England to Australia and New Zealand via South Africa

(Round-the-World service)

 Southampton – Las Palmas – Cape Town – Durban – Fremantle – Melbourne – Sydney – Auckland – Wellington – Fiji – Tahiti – the Panama Canal –Curacao – Trinidad – Southampton.

SHAW SAVILL & ALBION LINE

This Website is based on content from the SS Maritime website (www.ssmaritime.com) with the kind permission of Reuben Goossens


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