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- Oriana
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- 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.
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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.
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- Sections on this Page:-
- Oriana at Southampton
- Oriana at Malta
- Oriana leaving Xinghai for scrap
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- 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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- P&O-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
- P&O
Liners - Page 1 - 1837-1899
- P&O
Liners - Page 2 - 1900-1914
- P&O
Liners - Page 3 - 1915-1939
- P&O
Liners - Page 4 - 1940-1961
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- P&O Princess Cruises
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- Oriana
(1995) - Postcards - the new Oriana
- P&O
and Princess Cruises - Page 1
- P&O
and Princess Cruises - Page 2
- Swan
Hellenic P&O Cruises - Page 3
- P&O
and Princess Cruises Photographs
- Simplon
P&O and Princess Cruises Cards
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- Oriana at Southampton
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following photos of Oriana at Southampton were taken by
Ian Boyle on 17th September 1977.
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- Oriana
at Southampton
on 17/9/77
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- Oriana in
Malta
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- Oriana in Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta - photographed
by Dave Pennock.
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- Oriana Leaves Dalian
Xinghai Resort
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- 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.
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(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.
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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.
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- SS
Oriana,
beiing towed from thr Dalian Xinghai resort.
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© DalianNews.com
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- SS
Oriana,
beiing towed from thr Dalian Xinghai resort.
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© DalianNews.com
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- SS
Oriana,
beiing towed from thr Dalian Xinghai resort.
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© DalianNews.com
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