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No.402 Oronsay launched in 1924

20,001grt for Orient Line by John Brown, Clydebank Torpedoed by Italian submarine Archimede off West Africa 1942. She survived an attack at St Nazaire when the Lancastria was lost. My father was aboard when she was bombed off Ireland in … Continue reading

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No.798 Oronsay launched in 1950

28,136grt for Orient Steam Navigation Co. from Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow In P&O white by 1964 Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1975 Photos: The Old P&O & John Davey Another favourite of mine from Singapore & Aden Photo by Mike Cornwall Image by Brian … Continue reading

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The Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships 2017

I became aware of passenger ships about the age of 6 from my father’s books. He was a soldier who had been brought up in Gibraltar and the Southampton area so ships played a large part in his life. He … Continue reading

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