SS Orcades (1936)
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ss-orcades-1936-292-6975242
title:
SS Orcades (1936)
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RMS Orcades was a British passenger ship that Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd of Barrow-in-Furness built as an ocean liner in 1937. Her owner was Orient Line, which operated her between Britain and Australia 1937–39, and also as a cruise ship. The British Admiralty then requisitioned her and had her converted into a troopship. In 1942 the German submarine U-172 attacked her off South Africa. Orcades' crew and gunners fought to fend off the submarine and save their ship, and it took U-172 two and a half h
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Ocean liner of the Orient Line
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Orcades_(1936)
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2023-11-05T23:33:42Z
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