SS Orontes in Tilbury Docks, circa 1957, about to sail for Sydney on a single-class voyage with (mainly) migrant passengers on the Ten Pound Poms scheme.
History
United Kingdom
Name
SS Orontes
Owner
Orient Line (P & O)
Port of registry
Tilbury, Essex, United Kingdom
Route
England - Australia (1929-1940)
England - Australia (1948-1962)
Builder
Vickers Armstrong Ltd. at Barrow-in-Furness, England
SS Orontes was a passenger ship owned by Orient Line.
The ship was built in 1929 by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness, England.
Its sister ships were Orama (II), Orford, Oronsay, and Otranto (II). Orontes was the last of the "Orama" Class and great effort was taken to make the public rooms of Orontes the best of this class. The name had previously belonged to the RMS Orontes, an earlier ship owned by the Orient Line.[1]
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Oronsay, and Otranto (II). Orontes was the last of the "Orama" Class and great effort was taken to make the public rooms of Orontes the best of this class...
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Global Information
United Kingdom
Tilbury, Essex, United Kingdom
