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Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships
My blog contains mini-histories and photos of 2200 ships loaded in a random order. It is a data listing of liners, ferries, cruise and troop ships; every passenger carrying ship over 10000 tons dating from 1858 to the newbuilds of today.
Tag Archives: U172
No.589 Orcades launched in 1936
23,456grt for Orient Steam Navigation Co by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow Torpedoed by U 172 off South Africa 1942 Sister ship was the Orion (No.565) Orcades model from David Gilbert
Posted in Cruise ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
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Tagged Barrow, Orcades, Orient SN Co, torpedoed, U172, Vickers Armstrongs
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The World's Passenger Ships 