Owner: Orient Line (P & O)
Route: England - Australia (1929-1940)
England - Australia (1948-1962)
Builder: Vickers Armstrong Ltd. at Barrow-in-Furness, England
Maiden voyage: June 1929
Refit: 1947-1948
Homeport: Tilbury
Identification: Code Letters and radio callsign GBXM
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ORONTES. Built by Vickers, Barrow 1929, 19,970 tons, 1,612passengers. Scrapped 1962
From an ad for Vickers Armstrong, captioned: "Orontes at Tilbury". I would guess we are seeing one shift leaving and one arriving, but they're not wearing what I would call working clothes, and it doesn't
Orient Lines "Orontes", Tilbury, 31/08/59. Built in 1929, 20,186 Tons Gross, LOA 638'. Steam Turbines, twin screw, service speed 18 knots. Can't believe that they kept the old girl going for much longer but I'm sure someone out there will know.
Orient Line.
Built 1929.
20,000 tons.
Troop Transport 1940-49. Took part in North Africa campaign 1942, and Invasion of Sicily 1943.
Returned to Orient Line 1948.
Scrapped 1962
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