P & O Liner For
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45,000-Ton Ship
Pacific
PAND O’s new 45,000-tons passenger craft for the Sydney- San Francisco-Vancouver run is due for delivery in 1960. She will be one of the
fastest ships to operate in the Pacific.
There will be 13 decks for a total complement o f 3,210, including 600
first-class passengers, 1,650 tourist holds totalling 150,000 ft at the class and 960 crew. She will be air- forward end.
conditioned throughout.
Practically the whole of the superstructure will virtually be aluminium. The overall length will be 814 ft, and the length between perpendiculars 740 ft.
The ship (pictured herewith) has been specifically designed for the increasing trans-Pacific trade with Australia. She will have three cargo