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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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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