NEWFOUNDLAND / GEORGE ANSON
NEWFOUNDLAND WAS BUILT IN 1947 BY VICKERS-ARMSTRONG IN NEWCASTLE. IN 1962 ' NEWFOUNDLAND ' WITH HER SISTER SHIP ' NOVA SCOTIA ' WERE RE-FITTED IN GLASGOW AND WERE SOLD TO THE DOMINION NAVIGATION CO OF NASSAU ( A SUBSIDIARY OF H C SLEIGH LTD MELBOURNE ) WHO RE-NAMED THEN ' FRANCIS DRAKE ' AND ' GEORGE ANSON '. THEY WERE THEN USED ON THE PASSENGER SERVICE FROM AUSTRALIA TO HONG KONG , JAPAN ETC. IN 1971 THEY WERE BOTH SCRAPPED IN TAIWAN.