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I sailed on this ( Southampton?) cannot remember the year 1970 ish. Cruise to western Med

Not fond of all the editing tricks. Just because you're able to do something doesn't mean you have to. Just point the device and let it run. I'll watch somewhere else.

Poor editing,....Sorry.

We sailed back from Australia to U.K on this in 1971, vague memories as I was only 8, just bought a little slide viewer so looked at slides of the trip home last night. Wonderful!

my grandad was on here he jumped off the stern for fun 1969 she was his first ship!

As a 9 year old boy in 1968, I was very impressed by the huge black steam locomotives on the quayside. Either Cape Town or Durban.

I joined SS&A in 1971 as Eng/Cdt and sailed until 1982 (2/Eng) when transferred to Houlders Offshore. Sailed on Darro (ex-Carnatic), Illyric, Icenic, Ravenswood, Dunelmia along with a couple of Prince Line and Cairn Line ships. Have never been to a Savills society event but would like to go to one - when is the next one?

I joined SS&A in 1971 as Eng/Cdt and sailed until 1982 (2/Eng) when transferred to Houlders Offshore. Sailed on Darro (ex-Carnatic), Illyric, Icenic, Ravenswood, Dunelmia along with a couple of Prince Line and Cairn Line ships. Have never been to a Savills society event but would like to go to one - when is the next one?

Salty boo codger😊😮😅🎉

I sailed in a couple of Shaw Savil ships Canopic and Aramaic.

Signed on the Northern Star as an 18 year old Assistant cook in the summer of 1975, just 4 months before she was scrapped. It was my first time at sea, and it was great introduction to life aboard ship. Great galley crew and good laughs.

Myself and brothers and my Mum sailed on the Northern Star in 1964 from Auckland to Southampton. We joined our Father who went ahead to the UK to set up home in Bournemouth. Remember stopping at Raratonga, Tahiti , Acapulco, throught the Panama Canal to Trinidad, Lisbon and Southampton. We arrived on a very foggy November day my first taste of English Winter weather. All us kids had a great adventure on the ship wandering wild around the decks. Must have been a nightmare for my dear Mum.

My uncle, aunt and cousins emigrated to South Africa on the Northern Star in 1963. I was gutted, as we were very close.

As a radio operator I communicated with both ships from 1964 til they disappeared from regular service. Their radio callsigns were Southern Cross/GSWW; and, Northern Star/GHZB. The Northern Star suffered engine troubles and was the first to go.

Shame it was scrapped so soon after launch.

Got anything about ‘Canberra’. Aussie Bob 😊

Nice small ship. ❤. Aussie Bob

That’s meant to say Oriana & Canberra we’re my favourites

Iris a & Canberra were my favourites at the time. Was happy to do one of Canberras last trips. Sad to see her go 😢. Aussie Bob

The old ships were so much better than the floating commercial malls of today. Aussie Bob 😊

FUN! Love the ship. Remember it well. Aussie Bob 😊😊😊

This is a proper ship. Love it. Aussie Bob 😊😊😊

I must have been skivving from sixth form, or home study as it was called, to have seen this on British television when it went out. It seems so gentle and innocent now.

The ship shown in the cover shot is QM2 which is not getting new engines.

I cruised on The Southern(AKA Suffering) Cross in 1970 brings back some memories and on that cruise our family became great friends with Alan Mullery and his family he had just come back from the World Cup in Mexico.Met up on many cruises after mostly on Canberra

When Britannia ruled the waves... Northern Star's engines-aft set a precedent that changed everything going forward, although the first engine-aft liners were Matson Lines (Pacific) Wilhelmina and Malolo. Ironically, I lived on Wilhelmina Rise in Honolulu for many years. The streets were all named for Matson liners!

Britains marchant navy fleet of passenger ships built at this time were wonderful to see I have many favourites. It inspired my passion for ship photography which I did decades ago on rhe Thames near the Royal docks and now in Sydney around it's magnificent harbour. Thanks for posting .

what took them so long 🤷‍♂

One of the least successful ships of all time. From the very start she was built to a bare minimum budget and her engines proved extremely troublesome. She had a pitifully short career.

I was on the Northern Star and the Suffering (Southern) Cross.Awful ships Shaw Saville were without doubt the worst Cruise Line of the Day with Union Castle a close second.

I sailed on her sister ship Southern Cross to New Zealand in 1964, what memories

As a lad growing up near the port of Fremantle, Australia in the 1950/60's I was fortunate to see many of the great liners before the airline industry caused their demise; my favourites being the sleek "Galileo"and "Marconi";the stately "Australis and "Iberia";the revolutionary (for its time)"Canberra",and my most favourite looking of all,the beautiful and unique "Northern Star!"In those days security was almost (happily) nonexistent and one could go aboard these marvellous liners for several hours;for me living in an isolated corner of the world in those days,those magnificent ships were a source of mystery and excitement and as I grew older I thought that I would like to become a ship's purser when I reached a certain age;how ironic, because of the airlines superseding travel by ship, I became a flight steward!(which was very exciting in those days).However my true love has always been ocean travel,and in particular the pre and post W.W.2 liners,up until the 1970's.They had a stateliness and beauty,everything that today's oceangoing monstrosities lack. Returning to the "Northern Star";I can just remember visiting its forward lounge and its wonderful sunken swimming pool,;it had a very handsome,sporty looking superstucture with the funnel at aft which for me gave it a "sexy" look!.......,and of course, it's unique "Green Goddess" colour scheme!The "Northern Star " and "Southern Cross" were somewhat overshadowed by the "P.&O" ships in particular,most likely due to their slightly smaller size, and the fact that there were only two of them;they seemed to slip in and out of port rather silently as compared to some of the largerships;still,I thought that the "Northern Star " was a particularly beautiful looking vessel and my very favourite;fortunately, many years later I had the great pleasure of meeting the famous maritime artist, Stephen Card,who I commissioned to create a painting of the "Northern Star" entering "Sydney Harbour "through the heads:;I may be biased however I think that it is one of the most beautiful portraits of a ship that I have ever seen!I wish that a regular passenger ship service could recommence between Australia,N.Z. and Europe as I think that many people would prefer to travel oncemore in a leisurely and comfortable way;I think that many people are jaded with being cramped into an uncomfortable tube;bring back a new "Northern Star" etc.Im sure that it would be a great money earner!

A name from the past. Went to college with a few cadets from Shaw Saville.

Sorry to ruin the illusion, but it was taken from a railed-in observation platform used by abseilers. Too many people get too close to the cliff edge along the Seven Sisters and Beachy Head, it is extremely dangerous with cliff fall very common.

Very.brave to get so close to the cliff edge to film the raging sea!

Terrific news! My parents lived in the (infamous) Tunbridge Wells, so we often went down to Brighton.

Phenomenal - the end of the era when when Britannia ruled the waves...

I worked on her on her last passenger carrying voyage before she went off to the breakers in 1975.

Magnifique

The Tables with Table Cloths and the seat cushions are a nice touch (in addition to the drinks). Love Azamara.

Wow, 25,000 tons and 1400 passengers?! Sounds cramped by today's standards.

That's a good innings by any measure for a ship. Well done Cunard & it's successor owners...

wonderful and subcribed!

My catamaran is in La Cruz, opposite Puerto Vallarta in Banderas Bay as I write this... Massive cruise destination now.

A beautiful ship

Goofy looking with the funnel in the back.

I loved watching this. So crazy to see a ships funnel a mere 6 decks above the water. She was not a huge ship, but she was of good size and yet looks like a lifeboat next to our ships of today. Such a pity she was a “lemon”. She could have sailed with her sister for years to come. Shaw Savill got skunked with her and Ocean Monarch, whilst Empress of Britain and Southern Cross sailed into the next century. 💔

Sailed on the Southern Cross, Southampton to Wellington, 13th November 1970.

I sailed on her sister ship the Southern Cross, renamed the Azure Seas. This was in about 1980.

Immigrated to NZ in 1966 and thought it was absolute luxury at the time