Originally built for the Cie Maritime BeIge shipping firm in 1957, the ocean liner ‘Baudouinville’ was acquired by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Originally built for the Cie Maritime BeIge shipping firm in 1957, the ocean liner Baudouinville was acquired by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) in 1961 to replace the Corfu in providing a monthly passenger service between Britain and Japan. The luxury liner came equipped with all the amenities needed for a comfortable sea journey, including fully air-conditioned cabins, a lounge with a dance floor, and even a hospital. In 1970, the liner was handed over to the Eastern and Australian Steamship Company, a subsidiary of P&O, and subsequently assigned as a passenger and mail carrier between Australia and Japan. It was subsequently sold to a Chinese shipping firm in 1976 and renamed the Kenghsin. Redesignated as the Shanghai in 1978, the vessel was finally scrapped in 1996.
