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Orient Line
 
Page 3: 1915-1939
 
 
This page is one of a series to postcards and photographs of the Orient Line. An alphabetical list of ships shown on this page is shown below. The Table beneath gives links to complete history pages on selected individual ships. Below the table is a Fleet List in chronological order.
 
 
Ships on This Page:-
Omar (1921-1924 - 11,103gt)
Orama (2) (1924-1940 - 19,777gt)
Orcades (1) (1921-1925 - 9,764gt)
Orcades (2) (1937-1942 - 23,456gt)
Orford (1928-1940 - 19,941gt)
Orion (1935-1963 - 23,371gt)
Ormonde (1917-1952 - 14,982gt)
Ormuz (2) (1920-1927 - 14,588gt)
Oronsay (1) (1925-1942 - 20,001gt)
Orontes (2) (1929-1962 - 20,097gt)
Otranto (2) (1926-1957 - 20,026gt)

Orient Line Pages:-
Orient Line - Page 1 - 1866-1899
Orient Line - Page 2 - 1900-1914
Orient Line - Page 3 - 1915-1939
Orient Line - Page 4 - 1940-1965
 
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Orient Line Fleet List
Page 3: 1915-1939
 
 
 
Ormonde
(1917-1952 - 14,982gt)
 
 
Official Orient Line postcard of Ormonde
Scan: Michael Sutcliffe
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Official Orient Line postcard of Ormonde
 
 
 
Official Orient Line postcard of Ormonde
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ormuz (2)
(1920-1927 - 14,588gt)
 
Built in 1914 as the Zeppelin for North German Lloyd. Passed to the UK as war reparation in 1920 and renamed Ormuz. In 1927 sold back to North German Lloyd, renamed Dresden.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Omar
(1921-1924 - 11,103gt)
 
Built in 1896 as the Konigin Luise, for North German Lloyd. Passed to the UK as war reparation, and in 1921 renamed Omar. In 1924 sold to Byron SS Co and renamed Edison.
 
 
 
 
 

Orcades (1)
(1921-1925 - 9,764gt)
 
Built in 1903 as the Prinz Ludwig for North German Lloyd. Passed to the UK as war reparation in 1921 and renamed Orcades. In 1925 scrapped in Germany.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Orama (2)
(1924-1940 - 19,777gt)
 
Sunk by German surface forces near Norway while working as a troopship.
 
 
Official Orient Line postcard of Orama (2).
 
 
 
Official Orient Line postcard of Orama (2) (slight variation on card above).
 
 
 
Tuck's Oilette postcard of Orama (2).
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oronsay (1)
(1925-1942 - 20,001gt)
 
Torpedoed and sunk off Liberia while troopship in 1942.
 
 
Official Orient Line postcard of Oronsay (1).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Otranto (2)
(1926-1957 - 20,026gt)
 
 
Official Orient Line postcard of Oronto (2).
 
 
 
Official Orient Line postcard of Oronto (2).
 
 
 
Official Orient Line postcard of Oronto (2).
 
 
 
 
 
 

Orford
(1928-1940 - 19,941gt)
 
Bombed and beached at Marseilles while evacuating troops from France in 1940, 1947 refloated and scrapped.
 
 
Official Orient Line postcard of Orford.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Orontes (2)
(1929-1962 - 20,097gt)
 
Orontes (2) was scrapped in Spain in 1962.
 
 
Official Orient Line postcard of Orontes (2).
 
 
 
Official Orient Line postcard of Orontes (2).
 
 
 
 
 

Orion
(1935-1963 - 23,371gt)
 
Orion was a sistership to Orcades (2), but survived the war. Her last voyage for P&O-Orient finished on 15th May 1963, but she was then chartered out as a hotel ship in Hamburg until September 30th 1963. She arrived for scrapping in Belgium on October 7th 1963.
 
 
Official Orient Line postcard of Orion.
 
 
 
Official Orient Line postcard of Orion.
 
 
 
Official Orient Line postcard of Orion.
 
 
 
J.Arthur Dixon postcard of Orion.
 
 
 
Art postcard of Orion.
 
 
 
Photographic postcard 8948 of Orion.
 
 
 
Orion anchored off Gibraltar.
 
 
 
Orion in use as a hotel ship in Hamburg.
 
 
 
Orion in use as a hotel ship in Hamburg.
 
 
 
Orion in use as a hotel ship in Hamburg.
 
 
 
Photographic postcard of Orion.
 
 
 
Aerial photograph of Orion.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Orcades (2)
(1937-1942 - 23,456gt)
 
Torpedoed and sunk off the Cape of Good Hope in 1942 whilst serving as a troopship.
 
 
Official Orient Line postcard of Orcades (2).
Scan: Michael Sutcliffe
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Photographic postcard of Orcades (2).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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