The SS Canberra was an ocean liner in the P&O fleet, built by Harland and Wolff in 1960. She was later used in the Falklands War before being scrapped in 1998. This collection consists of luncheon menu cards from 1992, with illustrations reproduced from artwork, correspondence and clippings on the donation of the deck plan to the UFTM, and copies of the in-ship magazine Canberra Today. A Shaw Savill Line rexine shoulder bag, which housed the donation, is included in the archive. The archive also contains items from John Sherrard’s journey on the S.S. Canberra in August 1997 from Southampton to Turkey, Greece, and Gibraltar. Contents: information sheets about the cruise, luggage labels and stickers; a sheet of Canberra notepaper and an envelope; a guide to tipping; an invitation to the captain’s reception; eight luncheon menus; twelve dinner menus; 13 issues of the ship’s newspaper; two ‘log of my cruise’ P&O informational booklets; various photographs of the vessel; an old postcard of the steamer ‘Asturias’; an old riveting list; a P&O Art Catalogue issue; a souvenir booklet of the H.M.S. Vanguard; a plastic shopping bag; a ‘Maiden Voyage’ Magazine for the Canberra (1950/60s); photographs of the Canberra; old breakfast menus from the ship (1961); Harland and Wolff information booklet; old dinner menus for the S.S. Canberra (1976); framed newspaper clipping of Canberra Belfast Telegraph story (1999); two postcards; a farewell season informational card (1997); two Canberra prints; a barbecue sheet; photographs from the S.S. Canberra welcome home parade (likely from Falklands), aerial photographs, photographs of the hull (1980s); colour photographs of Bill [?], involved with design of the Canberra; Belfast Telegraph rewind story on the launch of the Canberra in 1960 (1999); P&O Cruises Canberra magazines (1997); ship engineering plans; Canberra unused stickers; Service to the Offshore Industry H&W magazine; a Canberra tie, keychain, and metal stamp [?]; various photographs of the interior and exterior of the Canberra along with images of themed cigarettes, glasses, the propeller blades; Pratt & Whitney, USA, Dependable Engines medal.
