RMS Orontes
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| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Orontes |
| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | Glasgow |
| Route | |
| Builder | Fairfield Eng & Shipbuilding Co, Govan |
| Yard number | 418 |
| Launched | 10 May 1902 |
| Completed | September 1902 |
| Maiden voyage | 24 October 1902, London – Suez – Melbourne – Sydney |
| Out of service | 1921–22 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped in 1925 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 9,023 GRT, 4,622 NRT |
| Length | 513.7 ft (156.6 m) |
| Beam | 58.2 ft (17.7 m) |
| Depth | 34.4 ft (10.5 m) |
| Installed power | 1,700 NHP |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 18.8 knots (34.8 km/h) |
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RMS Orontes was a steam ocean liner of the Orient Steam Navigation Company that was launched in 1902 and scrapped in 1925.
Orontes was a troop ship in the First World War. In 1922 she was sold for conversion into an exhibition ship, but the venture fell through so Orient Line repossessed her. Orontes was scrapped in 1925.
This was the first of two Orient Line ships called Orontes. The second was the 19,970 GRT turbine steamship SS Orontes that was launched in 1929 and scrapped in 1962.