TSS CANTON - 1958
from england to the far-east
Designed to serve with running mates 'Corfu' and 'Carthage', CANTON plied the busy UK - Far East Asia route, making stops at Hong Kong, India and Japan. During the war, CANTON underwent a significant conversion to serve as an armed merchant cruiser before being restored to her former glory as a passenger liner after 1945. Painted all-white and with brilliant buff funnels, the handsome little liner serviced the Far East-Asia route until 1962 when she was scrapped.
CANTON
LENGTH:563’3”
BEAM: 73’3”
DRAUGHT: 29’6”
TONNAGE: 15,784 GRT
MAX SPEED: 20 KN
THE DRAWING
Canton's hull amidships showing her tall single funnel and veneered-timber bridge.
Canton's elegant 'cruiser' stern and details of her hull. Note the wet-weather stanchions erected on the poop deck.
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