Passenger Vessel "Orcades", built by Vickers Armstrong in Barrow-In-Furness, England and launched on 1 December 1936 by Mrs I.C. Geddes. Vessel was completed in July 1937 and had her inaugural voyage on 9 December 1937 from London - Brisbane. She was co

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Passenger Vessel "Orcades", built by Vickers Armstrong in Barrow-In-Furness, England and launched on 1 December 1936 by Mrs I.C. Geddes. Vessel was completed in July 1937 and had her inaugural voyage on 9 December 1937 from London - Brisbane. She was commandeered as a troopship in 1939, torpedoed and sunk off the Cape of Good Hope in 1942. Base port: London Gross Tonnage; 23456 Dimensions: length 660', breadth 82', draught 30' Motive Power: 6 Parsons SRG steam turbines (24100 SHP) Screws: Twin Service Speed: 21 knots Passenger decks: 7 Crew: 466 Passengers: 463 first class and 605 tourist class Livery: Corn hull, white superstructure, yellow funnel and green boot topping. Refer - " Ships that passed" by Scott Baty

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South Australian Maritime Museum, donated by C.G. Wightman

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