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The Fleets
Orient Steam Navigation Company / Orient-Royal Mail Line / Orient Line
Started 1877 with chartered steamers to Australia. 1878 Orient Steam
Navigation Co.
formed by Anderson, Anderson & Co., in conjunction with
Pacific Steam Nav.Co. In 1906
PSNCo. was acquired by Royal
Mail Steam Packet Co. and the service became known as the Orient-Royal
Mail Line but this arrangement
terminated in 1909. In 1919 P&O Line acquired
a controlling interest in Orient Line. 1938 The Australia service extended to
New Zealand. 1965 P&O acquired the
whole of the Orient Line shareholding and the company became a
P&O subsidiary. 1966 The Orient Line name was dropped and thenceforward
disappeared.
Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data.
The following list was extracted from various sources. This is not
an all inclusive list but should only be used as a guide. If you would
like to know more about a vessel, visit the Ship
Descriptions (on-site) or the Immigrant
Ship web site.
Routes:
- 1877 London - Plymouth - via the Cape (no call) - Melbourne - Sydney - Adelaide - Suez
Canal - London.
- 1878 calls at Capetown introduced.
- 1881 Outward sailings to Australia were alternately via Suez and Cape of Good Hope.
- 1883 Cape voyages discontinued and the route became London - Gibraltar - Port Said -
Suez - Colombo - Albany - Adelaide - Melbourne - Sydney.
- 1890 Naples added as port of call.
- 1919 some sailings extended to Brisbane.
- 1933 Palma and Toulon added to some sailings.
- 1938 Auckland added beyond Sydney.
- 1954 Trans Pacific route started - Sydney - Auckland - Suva - Honolulu - Victoria BC -
San Francisco.
- 1958 Joint P&O-Orient Line introduced to Australia and trans-Pacific.
Funnel:
1877-1906 Black
1906-1965 Buff Yellow
Fleet: |
|
 |
 |
| 1877-1906 |
1906
- 1965 |
| Vessel |
Built |
Years in Service |
Tons |
| Austral |
1881 |
1884 chartered to Anchor
Line for 7 months (Liverpool - NY service), 1902 scrapped at Genoa. |
5,524 |
| Chimborazo |
1871 |
1877 chartered from PSNCo, 1878 purchased from PSNCo, 1894
sold to P.Pitcher, Liverpool renamed Cleopatra. |
3,847 |
| Cuzco |
1871 |
1877 chartered from PSNCo, 1878 purchased from PSNCo, 1905
scrapped Genoa. |
3,898 |
| Garinda |
1977 |
1984 transferred to P & O,
1986 sold to Bermuda renamed Hekabe. |
34,895 |
| Garonne (1) |
1871 |
1877 transferred from Pacific Steam Nav.Co, 1897 sold to F.Waterhouse,
Seattle for Alaska goldrush trade. |
3,876 |
| Garonne (2) |
1959 |
1962 transferred to Trident Tankers, 1965 transferred to P & O
Line. 1973 sold to Liberia renamed St. Thomas. |
24,097 |
| Lusitania |
1871 |
1877 transferred from Pacific Steam Nav.Co, 1900 sold to Elder
Dempster's Beaver Line. |
3,877 |
| Omar |
1896 |
ex- Konigin Luise, (North
German Lloyd) war reparations, 1921 renamed Omar, 1924 sold to Byron
SS Co., renamed Edison. |
11,103 |
| Omrah |
1899 |
1918 torpedoed and sunk off Cape Spartivento while trooping. |
8,130 |
| Ophir |
1891 |
1915 became Armed Merchant Cruiser, 1918 sold to Admiralty
became hospital ship. |
6,814 |
| Orama (1) |
1911 |
1917 torpedoed and sunk while serving as convoy escort. |
12,927 |
| Orama (2) |
1924 |
1940 sunk by German surface forces near Norway while troopship. |
19,777 |
| Orcades (1) |
1903 |
ex- Prinz Ludwig, (North
German Lloyd) war reparations, 1921 renamed Orcades, 1925 scrapped
Germany. |
9,764 |
| Orcades (2) |
1937 |
1942 torpedoed and sunk off Cape of Good Hope while troopship;
loss of 48 lives. |
23,456 |
| Orcades (3) |
1948 |
1962 transferred to P&O
Line ownership, 1973 scrapped. |
28,472 |
| Orford |
1928 |
1940 bombed and beached at Marseilles while evacuating troops
from France, 1947 refloated and scrapped. |
19,941 |
| Oriana |
1960 |
1965 transferred to P & O,
1986 sold to Japan for use as a floating cultural attraction at Sakai. |
41,910 |
| Orient |
1879 |
1910 scrapped Italy. |
5,386 |
| Orion |
1935 |
1963 scrapped in Belgium. |
23,371 |
| Ormonde |
1917 |
1952 scrapped Dalmuir. |
14,982 |
| Ormuz (1) |
1886 |
1912 sold to Cie de Nav. Sud-Atlantique, renamed Divona. |
6,031 |
| Ormuz (2) |
1914 |
ex- Zeppelin, 1920 - 1927 built in 1914,(North
German Lloyd) war reparations, 1920 renamed Ormuz, 1927 sold to North
German Lloyd, renamed Dresden. |
14,588 |
| Oronsay (1) |
1925 |
1942 torpedoed and sunk off Liberia while troopship. |
20,001 |
| Oronsay (2) |
1951 |
1962 transferred to P&O
Line ownership, 1975 scrapped. |
28,136 |
| Orontes (1) |
1902 |
1922 sold for conversion to exhibition ship, renamed British
Trade, re-possessed by Orient Line, renamed Orontes, 1926 scrapped. |
9,028 |
| Orontes (2) |
1929 |
1962 scrapped in Spain. |
20,097 |
| Orsova (1) |
1909 |
1936 scrapped Bo'ness. |
12,026 |
| Orsova (2) |
1954 |
1965 transferred to P&O
Line ownership, 1974 scrapped. |
29,091 |
| Orvieto |
1909 |
1931 scrapped. |
12,133 |
| Osterley |
1909 |
1930 scrapped. |
12,129 |
| Otranto (1) |
1909 |
1918 sank after collision with P&O
Line's Kashmir off Scotland while serving as Armed Merchant Cruiser. |
12,124 |
| Otranto (2) |
1926 |
1957 scrapped Faslane. |
20,026 |
| Otway |
1909 |
1917 torpedoed and sunk off Scotland while serving as Armed
Merchant Cruiser; loss of 10 lives. |
12,077 |
Pacific Steam Navigation Company Ships Under Orient Line Management.
| Vessel |
Built |
Years in Service |
Tons |
| Acongagua |
1872 |
1878-1881 used by Orient as a standby
vessel. |
4,105 |
| Cotopaxi |
1873 |
1880-1882 Orient Line Australia service. |
4,022 |
| Iberia |
1873 |
1881-1883 standby vessel, 1883-1890 Orient Line Australia
service. |
4,689 |
| Liguria |
1874 |
1880-1890 Orient Line Australia service. |
4,666 |
| Orizaba |
1886 |
1886-1905 Orient Line Australia service, 1905 wrecked near
Fremantle. |
6,077 |
| Orotava |
1889 |
1890-1906 Orient Line service to Australia, 1906 transferred
with PSNC fleet to Royal Mail
SP Co. ownership. In 1919 she passed to the ownership of the
Shipping Controller, London (managed by RMSPCo.) and was eventually scrapped
in Nov.1921. |
5,857 |
| Oroya |
1887 |
1906 transferred with PSNC fleet to Royal
Mail SP Co.ownership, 1909 scrapped Genoa. |
6,057 |
| Ortona |
1899 |
1899-1906 Orient Line service to Australia, 1906 transferred
with PSNC fleet to Royal Mail
SP Co. ownership, 1910 became cruise
ship Arcadian. |
7,945 |
| Oruba |
1889 |
1890-1906 Orient Line service to Australia, 1906 transferred
with PSNC fleet to Royal Mail
SP Co. ownership, 1914 sold to
Admiralty. |
5,852 |
| Potosi |
1873 |
1880-1887 Orient Line Australia service. |
4,218 |
| Sorata |
1872 |
1879-1886 Orient Line Australia service. |
4,014 |
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