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Orient Line S.S. Orsova Tourist Class photographic brochure by Orient Steam Navigation Company Ltd - c.1954

by Orient Steam Navigation Company Ltd

Orient Line S.S. Orsova Tourist Class photographic brochure by Orient Steam Navigation Company Ltd - c.1954

Orient Line S.S. Orsova Tourist Class photographic brochure

by Orient Steam Navigation Company Ltd

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Photo Album brochure. Orient Line. c. 1954. Landscape octavo. 20.5cm x 15.5cm. Initial full photograph of the ship plus 18 monochrome photographs on stiff card. Stiff acetate covers with lettering in white. Spiral bound. First page bound upside down. Illustrating the Swimming Pool. The Sports Deck, The Library, The Restaurant, The Veranda Bar, The Lounge, 2-berth cabin, 3-berth cabin, 4 berth cabin, 6 berth cabin.
Built by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow, the passenger-cargo ship S.S. Orsova sailed on her maiden voyage from Tilbury to Sydney, Australia on 17 March 1954. "Orsova was the first large ship to dispense with a conventional mast, and featured a 'Welsh Hat' steampipe on top of her funnel, to reduce soot" [poheritage.com]
S.S. Orsova 1954-1974.
  • Seller Independent bookstores GB (GB)
  • Book Condition Used
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Publisher Orient LIne
  • Date Published c.1954
  • Size 8vo
  • Keywords Maritime, photographs, ship, cruise
  • Size 8vo
Orient Line to England : list of passengers and general information. R.M.S. Orama ... from...

Orient Line to England : list of passengers and general information. R.M.S. Orama ... from Brisbane ... Sydney ... Melbourne ... Adelaide ... Fremantle ... September 1935.

by ORIENT STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD

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[Sydney] : Orient Steam Navigation Company, [1935]. Octavo (186 x 127 mm), original red wrappers with embossed gold lettering to front (a few light marks), staple bound, [16] pp, text printed in black and red with decorative borders in red at top and bottom margins; internally pristine, a very good copy. The 20,000 ton Royal Mail Steamer Orama operated passenger, cargo and mail services between England and Australia from 1924 until 1940.
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