ORCADES

UK

Orcades (III) 1948-1973.

ON: 182883
LR/IMO/ID: 5264247
Year: 1948
Name: ORCADES
Type: Passenger/cargo (ref)
Flag: GBR
Launch Date: 14.10.47
Date of completion: 11.48
Owner: Orient SN Co Ltd., GBR London.
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow in Furness.
Link: 1614
Yard No: 950
Starke: V1948 #542
GRT: 28,396
LOA: 216.0
LPP: 204.1
Beam: 28.5
2ST-22 knots.

1962 to Peninsular & Oriental SN Co., GBR London. Same name.

1973 BU Kaohsiung 6.2.73 [Nan Feng Steel Enterprise Co Ltd]

Photo credits: The Allan Green Collection Vic Australia