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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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- 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.
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- 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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(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
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- Oriana at Southampton
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- The 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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- 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.
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- 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.
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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.
- Photo:
© DalianNews.com
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