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| shipname = SS Orcades
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| shipowner = Orient Line
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| shipbuilder = Vickers-Armstrong Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness
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| shiplaunched = 7 Dec 1936
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| shipcompleted = July 1937
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| shipinservice = 1937
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| shipoutofservice = 1942
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| shipfate = torpedoed and sunk
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| shiptype =  Ocean Liner
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| shiptonnage = 23,456 tons
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| shiplength = 639.3 feet (194.9 m)
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| shipbeam = 82.2 feet (25.1 m)
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| shipdepth = 33.6 feet (10.2 m) draught 30 feet 2 inches (9.19 m)
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| shippropulsion = twin screw
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| shipspeed = 21 knots (38.89 km/h)
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| shipcapacity = 741 passengers, 290 crew + 36 gunners
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==Remarks==
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Built for the Orient Line to operate between Australia and England. [England – Mediterranean – Suez Canal – Ceylon – Australia (1937–39)]. The Admiralty requisitioned her in 1939 and had her converted into a troopship.
  
  
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On 9 Oct 1942 the German submarine ''U-172'' attacked her about 410 km south west of Cape Town. ''Orcades'' crew and gunners fought to fend off the submarine and save their ship, and it took ''U-172'' two and a half hours and seven torpedoes to sink her. When she eventually sank she took 45 members of crew with her, but 1,022 survivors were picked up by the ''SS Narwik''. The ''Orcades'' Master, Charles Fox, was decorated by the Crown and Lloyd's of London for his bravery and leadership.
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Armament:
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* 1 × 6 in (150 mm) gun
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* 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun
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* 4 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon anti-aircraft guns
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* 5 × machine guns
  
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In 2014 the wreck of ''Orcades'' was discovered in 4,800 meters of water by survey company Deep Ocean Search.
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==Soldiers carried==
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===Port Tewfik to Oosthaven, Sumatra & Batavia, Java 31 January - 15 February 1942===
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2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion
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* [[James Robert McCormack]]
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* [[Charles Owen Parkin]]
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* † [[James Pryor Thatcher]]
  
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The 105 Transport Company on 17 February 1942 disembarked at Tanjong Priok (Jakarta's port)
Built for the Orient Line to operate between Australia and England. The Admiralty requisitioned her in 1939 and had her converted into a troopship.
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* [[John Roy (Jack) Thorpe OAM]]
 
 
 
 
On 9 Oct 1942 the German submarine '''U-172''' attacked her about 410 km south west of Cape Town. ''Orcades'' crew and gunners fought to fend off the submarine and save their ship, and it took U-172 two and a half hours and seven torpedoes to sink her. When she eventually sank she took 45 members of crew with her, but 1,022 survivors were picked up by the ''SS Narwik''. ''Orcades'' Master, Charles Fox, was decorated by the Crown and Lloyd's of London for his bravery and leadership.
 
 
 
  
In 2014 the wreck of ''Orcades'' was discovered in 4800 meters of water by survey company Deep Ocean Search.
 
  
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===Colombo to Port Adelaide 28 February - 14 March 1942===
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The 2/2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station
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* [[Albert Charles Gregory]]
  
==Soldiers carried==
 
===Port Tewfik to Oosthaven, Sumatra 31 January - 15 February 1942===
 
2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion
 
*[[James Robert McCormack]]
 
*[[Charles Owen Parkin]]
 
  
 
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[[Category:Ships]]

Latest revision as of 21:52, 26 September 2023

SS Orcades
HMT Orcades.jpg
HMT Orcades 1.jpg
History
Name SS Orcades
Owner Orient Line
Builder Vickers-Armstrong Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness
Launched 7 Dec 1936
Completed July 1937
In service 1937
Out of service 1942
Fate torpedoed and sunk
General characteristics
Type Ocean Liner
Tonnage 23,456 tons
Length 639.3 feet (194.9 m)
Beam 82.2 feet (25.1 m)
Depth 33.6 feet (10.2 m) draught 30 feet 2 inches (9.19 m)
Propulsion twin screw
Speed 21 knots (38.89 km/h)
Capacity 741 passengers, 290 crew + 36 gunners



Remarks

Built for the Orient Line to operate between Australia and England. [England – Mediterranean – Suez Canal – Ceylon – Australia (1937–39)]. The Admiralty requisitioned her in 1939 and had her converted into a troopship.


On 9 Oct 1942 the German submarine U-172 attacked her about 410 km south west of Cape Town. Orcades crew and gunners fought to fend off the submarine and save their ship, and it took U-172 two and a half hours and seven torpedoes to sink her. When she eventually sank she took 45 members of crew with her, but 1,022 survivors were picked up by the SS Narwik. The Orcades Master, Charles Fox, was decorated by the Crown and Lloyd's of London for his bravery and leadership.


Armament:

  • 1 × 6 in (150 mm) gun
  • 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun
  • 4 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon anti-aircraft guns
  • 5 × machine guns


In 2014 the wreck of Orcades was discovered in 4,800 meters of water by survey company Deep Ocean Search.

Soldiers carried

Port Tewfik to Oosthaven, Sumatra & Batavia, Java 31 January - 15 February 1942

2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion

The 105 Transport Company on 17 February 1942 disembarked at Tanjong Priok (Jakarta's port)


Colombo to Port Adelaide 28 February - 14 March 1942

The 2/2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station