FA MOUS LINER SOLD.
ORVIETO FOR SHIPBREAKERS. L’niteu Pres# Association—By Elactrio Telegraph--Copyright SYDNEY, This Day. Cable advice has been received that the Orient Royal mail liner Orvieto, has been sold to shipbreakers. The vessel was withdrawn from the Australian service last year, after 22 years service. The Orvieto will be remembered mainly for her famous war career, which commenced with the departure of the first contingent of Australian and New Zealand troops for the seat of , war.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18823, 11 March 1931, Page 10
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77FAMOUS LINER SOLD. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18823, 11 March 1931, Page 10
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