ORCADES
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 Alexander Turnbull Library NZ/the Late Don Ross collection

Cheers and GB

Gordy