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Name: ORCADES (2)
RMS Orcades
SS Orcades
Owner:
Orient Steam Navigation Company (Orient Line) 1948-1966
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P & O) 1966-1973
Port of registry: London, United Kingdom
Route: UK-Australia-New Zealand
Builder: Vickers Armstrong Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness, England
Cost: £3,418,000
Yard number: 950
Launched: 14 Oct 1947
Completed: 14 Nov 1948
Maiden voyage: 14 Dec 1948
Out of service: 13 Oct 1972
Fate: Broken-up 1973, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
General characteristics
Tonnage: 28,399 (1959 refit)
Length: 216.1 m
Beam: 25.0 m
Draught: 9.4 m
Installed power: 6 x single reduction gear turbine engines
Propulsion: Twin screws
Speed: 24.7 knots (service speed)
Capacity: 1,635 passengers (1964 refit)
Notes: Originally painted yellow; white from 1964 refit
Details provided by WIKIPEDIA
Photo Credits: The late Allan Green Victoria Australia
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