Oriana (1960)
 
Page 2 - Photographs
 
 
The first Oriana was built in 1960 by Vickers-Armstrong's, Barrow. Ordered by, and registered to  the Orient Steam Navigation Co, she was delivered to P&O Orient Lines with the distinctive Orient Line corn-coloured hull. She served on the route to Australia from Southampton (unlike earlier Orient Liners which sailed from London). In 1962 she collided with the carrier USS Kearsarge between San Francisco and Los Angeles in fog. Her hull was repainted white in 1965, when she was transferred to full P&O registry. As time past, she spent more and more time cruising, so that during the late 70s she cruised from Southampton in the summer, and Sydney in the winter, with positioning trips in each direction via the Panama Canal. Her final Southampton season was 1981, after which she stayed in Australia until sold for stationary use in Japan in 1986. She was later sold to China, were she still exists. Page 1 shows a selection of photos of the 1960 Oriana.
 
Oriana details: 41915 Gross Tons, Length: 804ft, 638 1st & 1496 Tourist Passengers (later 1677 in one class for cruising),  Speed 27.5 knots (30.64 knots on trials), Engines: six turbines, total 80000shp, single reduction geared to twin screws.
 
 
Sections on this Page:-
Oriana at Southampton
Oriana at Malta
Oriana leaving Xinghai for scrap
 
Oriana (1960) Pages:-
Oriana (1960) - Page 1 - Company Official Postcards
Oriana (1960) - Page 2 - Photographs - this page!
Oriana (1960) - Page 3 - Company Official Interior Postcards
 
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Oriana (1995) - Postcards - the new Oriana
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Oriana at Southampton
 
The following photos of Oriana at Southampton were taken by Ian Boyle on 17th September 1977.
 
 
Oriana at Southampton on 17/9/77
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Oriana in Malta
 
Oriana in Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta - photographed by Dave Pennock.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Oriana Leaves Dalian Xinghai Resort
 
The liner SS Oriana, the world's only deluxe liner theme park and a famous static attraction at Dalian Xinghai resort area departed from her pier, towed by four tug boats, in the early hours of 12th May 2005, reported the Dalian Evening News.

The Hangzhou Songcheng Group, a company in east China's ZheJiang Province, invested nearly 300 million yuan (375,000 US dollars) to purchase and refit Oriana (1) in 2001. The refurbished ship was berthed at Dalian Xinghai Bay a year later, and opened to public on July 18th 2002. The intention was that she would be permanently based at Xinghai Bay in Dalian as a unique deluxe liner-theme park. As a theme park, visitors were able to view the ship's original bridge, VIP hall, post office, hospital and museums and enjoy films and artistic performances there.
 
Oriana (1) caught fire just after her opening to public but damage was sleight. However, as a local tourist destination, the ship failed to attract enough tourists due to relatively high tickets price of 80 RMB yuan. Her problems continued, when at about 2am on June 18th, 2004 a strong gale caused Oriana (1) to heel over at a sharp degree of list to port. This damage occured just after the local administration had decided to remodel her into a free public park.
 
Domestic and foreign salvage teams worked for a year to repair her but all attempts failed - Oriana (1) still leaned to the side. According to reports by Dalian New Business on May 12th, she will be scrapped. Also from the report, her destination is Zhangjiagang Port, Jiangsu Province in East China. Her new owner is a shipbuilding company in Jiangsu.
 
 
SS Oriana, beiing towed from thr Dalian Xinghai resort.
Photo: © DalianNews.com
 
SS Oriana, beiing towed from thr Dalian Xinghai resort.
Photo: © DalianNews.com
 
SS Oriana, beiing towed from thr Dalian Xinghai resort.
Photo: © DalianNews.com
 
 
 
 
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