SS Canberra was P&O Lines’s flagship ocean liner, intended to bring immigrants from the British Isles and Europe to Australia in the boom decades following World War II. Although a beautiful and much-loved ship, her story didn’t turn out to be much like her designers intended. This video traces the genesis, context, career and demise of this iconic ship and tries to explain why she was built just a little too late to fulfill the purposes for which she was originally intended.