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RMS Orcades was a British built ocean liner that served on the UK-Australia route as a Royal Mail Ship from 1937-1939. Orcades was requistioned by the British government as a troopship in 1939. Torpedoed and sunk by German U-172 on 10 October 1942 with the loss of 48 lives and 1 117 survivors. The survivors were picked up by the SS Narvik a Polish steamship of 7 000 gross tons and owned by the Gdynia America Line. RMS Orcades commanded by a Captain Fox left Capetown on the 9th October 1942.
In 1961, his parents Derek and Rose boarded the SS Orcades bound for
New Zealand, nearly falling for Perth on the stopover. Instead, they
settled in Shannon and Kevin was born the following year.1
Knight on the SS Orcades in 1949. I lived at 97a Greenford Avenue in
Hanwell.2
SS Orcades Pewter Tankard - Click for the bigger picture
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SS Orcades Pewter Tankard - The ship's name has been engraved to the
front.3
SS Orcades survivors in October 1942.4
SS Orcades was built in Germany and launched as Prinz Ludwig.5
SS Orcades was built in Germany and launched as Prinz Ludwig. More
topics...6
ss ORCADES was sailing in.7
Builders of the SS Orcades (1937) are Barrow-in-Furness and Vickers-Armstrongs.
The Orient Line's SS Orcades (foreground) docked at Darling Island
wharves in the 1960s. SS Oronsay and SS Orontes are berthed at the
Jones Bay wharf.8
The SS Orcades sailed from London via Gibraltar, Naples and the Suez
Canal, Aden, Columbo, Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney.9
Thomas Burgess regarding his days working on the SS Orcades in the
late 50's early 60's.10
troops that disembarked from the SS Orcades at Batavia, Java, on 18
February. (Jack McKillop)
U.S.A.: Escort carrier USS Card launched.11
while the short lived Orient liner SS Orcades of 1937 which was
torpedoed and sunk in 1942 received a Commended Certificate.12
On board SS Orcades 1951 bound for London Tilbury from Sydney.13
Ship Name
RMS Orcades HMT Orcades
Owner
Ship Power
Six Parsons single reduction gear turbine engines
Ship Length
201.2 m
Ship Fate
--10-10
Ship Capacity
1068
Status
Ship Completed
1937
Ship Tonnage
23456
Ship Draught
9.1 m
Ship Beam
25.0 m
Builder
Ship Propulsion
Twin screws
Ship Notes
Sank 500 km WSW of the Cape of Good Hope
Ship Route
UK-Australia 1937-1939 British troop ship 1939-1942
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