Making Her Debut With The Sea. The P. & O. liner 'Chusan' slides into the water at Barrow-in-Furness watched by workmen who helped to build her, Viscountess Bruce performed the launching ceremony. The largest passenger liner in the world to be launched this year was launched by Viscountess Bruce from the yard of Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, yesterday. The vessel is the 24,000-ton P & O liner 'Chusan', which is expected to be completed by next Spring. June 29, 1949.