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SS Oronsay was the second Orient Line ship built after World War II. A sister ship to Orcades, she was named after the island of Oronsay off the west coast of Scotland. The liner was completed in 1951 at Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness, but was delivered several months behind schedule because of a serious fire that broke out in the fitting-out berth. The Oronsay operated the UK to Australasia service, via the Suez Canal. Her accommodation set new standards, in both first and tourist class, with decor by Brian O'Rourke. On 1 January 1954, Oronsay left Sydney on the first Orient Line transpacific voyage to Auckland, Suva, Honolulu, Victoria, Vancouver and San Francisco, returning via the same ports. In later years the transpacific sailings became a regular feature of the Orient/P&O serv

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  • Die RMS Oronsay (II), später nur Oronsay, war ein 1951 in Dienst gestelltes Passagierschiff der britischen Reederei Orient Steam Navigation Company, das im Passagier-, Post- und Frachtverkehr von Großbritannien nach Australien eingesetzt wurde. 1975 wurde der Dampfer in Kaohsiung verschrottet. (de)
  • SS Oronsay was the second Orient Line ship built after World War II. A sister ship to Orcades, she was named after the island of Oronsay off the west coast of Scotland. The liner was completed in 1951 at Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness, but was delivered several months behind schedule because of a serious fire that broke out in the fitting-out berth. The Oronsay operated the UK to Australasia service, via the Suez Canal. Her accommodation set new standards, in both first and tourist class, with decor by Brian O'Rourke. On 1 January 1954, Oronsay left Sydney on the first Orient Line transpacific voyage to Auckland, Suva, Honolulu, Victoria, Vancouver and San Francisco, returning via the same ports. In later years the transpacific sailings became a regular feature of the Orient/P&O services. In 1960 the Orient Line and P&O fleets were merged under the control of P&O-Orient Lines (Passenger Services) Ltd. Oronsay continued to operate under the Orient houseflag and retained her corn-coloured hull until 1964, when her hull was painted P&O white. In 1966, P&O having acquired the balance of the Orient shares (it had controlled Orient since 1919), Orient Line was wound up and Oronsay, along with her fleet mates, was transferred to the ownership of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company and hoisted the P&O houseflag. Liner services were producing dwindling returns as jet airliner services between Europe and Australia expanded and Oronsay spent more and more time as a cruise ship, but, with declining passenger numbers, P&O could not sustain its large passenger fleet, withdrawals beginning in 1972. The large rises in the oil price in 1973/4 were the final straw and Oronsay was withdrawn from service, the penultimate example of the six post war 28,000 ton types (Arcadia sailed on until 1979). On 7 October 1975 she arrived at Kaohsiung to be broken up by the Nan Feng Steel Enterprise Co. (en)
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  • 1975-09-28 (xsd:date)
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  • 4228000.0
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  • 1951-05-16 (xsd:date)
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  • 1950-06-30 (xsd:date)
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  • Scrapped, 1975
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  • * As built: * 1,551 passengers * 668 × First class * 883 × Tourist class * From 1972: * 1,400 passengers * also for dry and refrigerated cargoes (en)
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  • May 1951 (en)
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  • United Kingdom (en)
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  • 622 (xsd:integer)
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  • Scrapped, 1975 (en)
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  • * Official number: 184415 * * Call sign: GCNB (en)
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  • 1949 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1950-06-30 (xsd:date)
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  • 1951-05-16 (xsd:date)
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  • SS Oronsay (en)
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  • 1951 (xsd:integer)
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  • 4228000.0
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  • 1975-09-28 (xsd:date)
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  • 1951 (xsd:integer)
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  • 42500 (xsd:integer)
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  • *Parsons Marine steam turbines, *2 screws (en)
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  • London, (en)
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  • Tilbury-Sydney via Suez (en)
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  • Mrs A. Anderson (en)
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  • *As built , 1969, 28,117 GRT. 1970, 28,136 GRT * (en)
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  • Die RMS Oronsay (II), später nur Oronsay, war ein 1951 in Dienst gestelltes Passagierschiff der britischen Reederei Orient Steam Navigation Company, das im Passagier-, Post- und Frachtverkehr von Großbritannien nach Australien eingesetzt wurde. 1975 wurde der Dampfer in Kaohsiung verschrottet. (de)
  • SS Oronsay was the second Orient Line ship built after World War II. A sister ship to Orcades, she was named after the island of Oronsay off the west coast of Scotland. The liner was completed in 1951 at Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness, but was delivered several months behind schedule because of a serious fire that broke out in the fitting-out berth. The Oronsay operated the UK to Australasia service, via the Suez Canal. Her accommodation set new standards, in both first and tourist class, with decor by Brian O'Rourke. On 1 January 1954, Oronsay left Sydney on the first Orient Line transpacific voyage to Auckland, Suva, Honolulu, Victoria, Vancouver and San Francisco, returning via the same ports. In later years the transpacific sailings became a regular feature of the Orient/P&O serv (en)
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  • SS Oronsay (1950) (en)
  • Oronsay (Schiff, 1951) (de)
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  • SS Oronsay (en)
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