In those days, in the early days, there were large benches stretched the full width of the office, probably three or four draughtsmen working at each, because in those days the drawings were very big. Queen`s launch speech -"I name this ship Canberra, may God protect her and all those who sail in her ". I was involved in that , in the early design stages, and right through to the delivery, it was something that took a fair bit out of my life at the time.It was largely Harland`s and I personally had a lot of interest and when it was finished a lot of pride.
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