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Orontes (1929) |
Name: |
Orontes |
Owner: |
Orient Line (P&O) |
Builder: |
Vickers Armstrong LTD. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Keel Laid: |
N/A |
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Year Built: |
1929 |
Launched: |
N/A |
Sister Ships: |
Orama, Orford, Oronsay, Otranto |
Maiden Voyage: |
June 1929 Mediterranean Cruise |
Fate: |
Scrapped at Valencia, Spain in 1962. |
Dimensions and machinery |
Length: |
664' |
Engines: |
2 steam turbines |
Funnels: |
2 |
Beam: |
75' 2" |
Boilers: |
N/A |
Masts: |
2 |
Draft: |
29' 8" |
SHP: |
20,000 |
Hull: |
Steel |
Tons: |
20,097 GRT |
Speed: |
20 knots |
Decks: |
N/A |
Screws: |
2 |
Crew: |
N/A |
Passenger Capacity |
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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Steerage
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Total |
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As Built: |
500 |
1,112 |
1,612 |
Captains |
N/A |
History |
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1929-1940:
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England - Australia Route. |
1940-1947: |
Used as a troopship. |
1947-1948: |
Refit as single class ship at Thorneycroft. |
1948-1962: |
England - Australia route. |
Builder's Data |
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Page revised Mar. 12, 2008 |