Posted 05/20/2011 7:08 pm
The Orient Line:
"The Orient Steam Navigation Company, also known as the Orient Line, was a British shipping company with roots going back to the late 18th century. From the early 20th century onwards an association began with P&O that eventually culminated in the Orient Line being totally absorbed into that company in the 1960s. ..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orient...tion_Company
Orcades: there were three ships of that name - 1921, 1937, & 1948.
"... Three new ships of 28,000--29,000 tons entered service between 1948 and 1954: the Oronsay, Orcades and Orsova. All had increased speeds that allowed them to reduce the sailing time from England to Australia by eight days to 28 days. However, the 1950s also saw air travel beginning to eat into shipping companies' passenger trade. Ships were increasingly diverted to cruising for part of the year, ..."
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 [1] and was later used as a cruise ship.
In 1952 RMS Orcades was fitted with a"top hat" funnel extension to clear smoke from the after decks.It worked well until arrival at Sydney, Australia, when it had to be removed to allow the ship to pass under the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
During the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne the Orcades served as an accommodation ship [2].
The vessel underwent refits in 1959 and 1964.
During the 1959 refit the ship obtained a 'stovepipe' fitting to its funnel.
Under the 1964 refit Orcades became a single class vessel and its external primary colour scheme changed from yellow to white.
Out of service: 13 Oct 1972
Fate: Broken-up 1973, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Orcades_(1948)
"The Orient Steam Navigation Company, also known as the Orient Line, was a British shipping company with roots going back to the late 18th century. From the early 20th century onwards an association began with P&O that eventually culminated in the Orient Line being totally absorbed into that company in the 1960s. ..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orient...tion_Company
Orcades: there were three ships of that name - 1921, 1937, & 1948.
"... Three new ships of 28,000--29,000 tons entered service between 1948 and 1954: the Oronsay, Orcades and Orsova. All had increased speeds that allowed them to reduce the sailing time from England to Australia by eight days to 28 days. However, the 1950s also saw air travel beginning to eat into shipping companies' passenger trade. Ships were increasingly diverted to cruising for part of the year, ..."
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 [1] and was later used as a cruise ship.
In 1952 RMS Orcades was fitted with a"top hat" funnel extension to clear smoke from the after decks.It worked well until arrival at Sydney, Australia, when it had to be removed to allow the ship to pass under the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
During the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne the Orcades served as an accommodation ship [2].
The vessel underwent refits in 1959 and 1964.
During the 1959 refit the ship obtained a 'stovepipe' fitting to its funnel.
Under the 1964 refit Orcades became a single class vessel and its external primary colour scheme changed from yellow to white.
Out of service: 13 Oct 1972
Fate: Broken-up 1973, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Orcades_(1948)
