SS Orcades (1947)
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SS Orcades was an ocean liner serving primarily the UK – Australia – New Zealand route. She started service as a British Royal Mail Ship carrying first and tourist class passengers. Orcades carried ma
Orcades leaving Southampton, Christmas Eve 1969
SS Himalaya (1948)
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SS Himalaya was a British passenger ship of P&O, launched in 1948, which operated mainly between Britain and Australia. She was withdrawn from service in 1974 and scrapped the next year.
SS Orcades (1947)
…for the Orkney Islands. Built at the Barrow-in-Furness yard of Vickers-Armstrong, Orcades (yard no. 950) had an identical hull and machinery to P&O's Himalaya (yard no. 951), but differed in superstructure and interior layout. The vessel's near-sister ships were Oronsay and Orsova In 1952 Orcades was fitted…
SS Himalaya
SS Himalaya photographed by Paolo Monti in Naples, 1962