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RETURN TO THE
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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.
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Her Regular
Service Route: Great Britain to Australia and New Zealand via South
Africa Southampton - Las Palmas – Cape Town – Durban – Fremantle – Melbourne – Sydney – Auckland – Wellington – Fiji – Tahiti – the Panama Canal –Curacao – Trinidad – Southampton. "THE ROUND THE WORLD SERVICE" SHAW SAVILL & ALBION
LINE, LONDON |