SS Orontes
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| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Orontes |
| Namesake | Orontes River |
| Owner | Orient Steam Navigation Company |
| Port of registry | Barrow |
| Route | England – Australia (1929–40; 1948–62) |
| Builder | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Yard number | 637 |
| Launched | 26 February 1929 |
| Completed | July 1929 |
| Maiden voyage | 1929 |
| Refit | 1947–48; 1953 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped in Spain, 1962 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 19,770 GRT; 12,020 NRT |
| Length |
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| Beam | 75.3 ft (23.0 m) |
| Draught | 30 ft 2 in (9.19 m) |
| Depth | 33.1 ft (10.1 m) |
| Decks | 3 |
| Installed power | 2 × steam turbines: 3,825 NHP; 20,000 shaft horsepower (15,000 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 × screws |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Capacity |
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| Sensors & processing systems | wireless direction finding |
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SS Orontes was an Orient Steam Navigation Company ocean liner. Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness, England built her in 1929. She was the second Orient Line ships to be named after the Orontes River. The first was RMS Orontes, which had been scrapped in 1925.
Her sister ships were Orama, Orford, Oronsay, and Otranto. Orontes was the last of the Orama class to be built. Great effort was taken to make her public rooms the best of the class.