NEW LINER FOR AUSTRALIAN RUN
THE ORIENT LINE'S NEW VESSEL ORONSAY (akin* the water at Barrow-in-Furness on June JO. She is for (lie British-Auslraha service and is expected to leave London on her maiden voyage m March next. Eighth big- liner built for the Orient Line by Vickcrs-Armstrongs since 1924, the 28,200-ton Oronsay is the largest passenger liner at present under construction in any part of the world. To be greater by only 30 tons gross register than her 1948 sister. Orcadcs. the new Oronsay has the same dimensions: Length 709f1.: breadth, Mljlt.: and draft, 31ft.: and will have the same 221. knots’ service speed and 42,500 shaft horse-power. She will cost £(AusU'l.soo,oo9 and will carry GGS first class and 833 tourist B class passengers.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23314, 25 July 1950, Page 3
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125NEW LINER FOR AUSTRALIAN RUN Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23314, 25 July 1950, Page 3
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