O R I A N A 1960
       
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Welcome to our website paying tribute to the famous S/S Oriana, the last ocean liner built at Vickers Armstrong Ltd, Barrow in Furness and indeed the largest ocean liner ever built in England. She is the last survivor of the famous Orient Steam Navigation Company ships that plied the route from London or Southampton to Australia via the Suez Canal. She was a contemporary of P&O's Canberra and the Oriana along with the Canberra marked the climax in the coming together of the P&O and Orient Line fleets and capabilities.

After being preserved for many years in June 2004 she was badly damaged in a storm at her permanent berth in Dalian, China and in May 2005 she was towed to a shipyard in Zhangiangang where scrapping commenced on the 9th August 2005. Thus ends the life of the last survivor of the great ships of Orient Line.

This website aims to record the history of this famous British ocean liner and act as a virtual home to honour and commemorate this fine ship. We hope you enjoy this website and when you leave we hope you will visit again soon.


   












"I name this ship Oriana. May God bless her and all who sail in her"

Words of Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra at the Launch Ceremony, 3rd November 1959.






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Her Regular Service Route: Great Britain to Australia via the Suez Canal

 Southampton to Gibraltar, Marseille (UK bound only), Naples, Port Said, Suez Canal, Aden, Colombo, Fremantle, Melbourne and Sydney "Australia Mail" service.

"THE AUSTRALIA MAIL SERVICE"

THE ORIENT STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY

(ORIENT LINE)



This Website is based on content from the SS Maritime website (www.ssmaritime.com) with the kind permission of Reuben Goossens


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