SS Orcades (1936)
| File:Orcades-2 c.1937.jpg Orcades (2) c.1937
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| History | |
|---|---|
| UK | |
| Name | RMS Orcades (2) (1937-1939) HMT Orcades (2) (1939-1942) |
| Owner | Orient Steam Navigation Company (Orient Line) 1937-1939 |
| Route | UK-Australia 1937-1939 British troop ship 1939-1942 |
| Builder | Vickers-Armstrong Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness, England |
| Completed | 1937 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk 10 Oct 1942 by German U-172 during 1939-1945 War |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 23,456 |
| Length | 201.2m |
| Beam | 25.0m |
| Draught | 9.1m |
| Installed power | 6 x Parsons single reduction gear turbine engines |
| Propulsion | Twin screws |
| Capacity | 1,068 passengers |
| Notes | Sank 500km WSW of the Cape of Good Hope |
British built steam passenger ship served on the UK-Australia route 1937-1939. Orcades (2) was requistioned by the British government as a troop ship in 1939.
Torpedoed and sunk by German U-172 on 10 Oct 1942 with the loss of 48 lives and 1,117 survivors.
There were two other namesakes: Orcades (1) (1921) and Orcades (3) (1948).
The vessel's sister ship was Orion. Orcades (2) and Orion were designed[1] by New Zealand-born modernist architect Brian OʼRorke.
References
- Latimer, David W (2002) Passenger ships of the 20th century: an illustrated encyclopedia, p.259, Colourpoint Books ISBN 1 898392 70 6
- National Archives of Australia
- State Library of Victoria
- U-172
Footnote
1. Quartermain, Peter and Peter, Bruce (2006) Cruise: Identity, Design and Culture, p.39, Laurence King Publishing, ISBN 1 856694 46 1
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- ^ Quartermain