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SS Orcades (1948)
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SS Orcades was an ocean liner serving primarily on the UK – Australia – New Zealand route. It started service as a British Royal Mail Steamer (RMS) carrying first and tourist class passengers. Orcades carried many migrants to Australia and New Zealand and was later used as a cruise ship. During the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne the Orcades served as an accommodation ship . The vessel underwent refits in 1959 and 1964.
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 (1948) 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 SS Orcades
Owner
Ship Power
6
Ship Length
216.1 m
Ship Speed
25
Ship Fate
Broken-up 1973
Kaohsiung
Taiwan
Ship Capacity
1635
Status
Ship Completed
14
Ship Tonnage
28399
Ship Original Cost
3418000.0
Ship Draught
9.4 m
Ship Launched
14
Ship Beam
25.0 m
Ship Registry
Ship Yard Number
950
Ship Out Of Service
13
Ship Maiden Voyage
14
Builder
Ship Propulsion
Twin screws
Ship Notes
Originally painted yellow; white from 1964 refit
Ship Route
UK-Australia-New Zealand
Cost
3418000.0
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