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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. Base port:

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ORCADES

Rig

Steel Twin Screw Passenger Liner, 4912 nhp

Tonnage

23,456g 14,029n

Built

1936

Built By

Vickers-Armstrong

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