ORSOVA's goodbye: last visit to Melbourne. Former AIF troopship
Maker
The Age
Date1936
Object number00051998
NameNewspaper clipping
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 340 x 118 mm
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Peter Trebilco
DescriptionThis 1936 Age newspaper clipping relates to the final voyage of the Orient liner ORSOVA from Australia to Britain in August 1936.HistoryORSOVA was built for the Orient Line by John Brown in 1909 and accommodated passengers in three classes. It departed on its maiden voyage from Tilbury to Australia on 25 June 1909. ORSOVA was requisitioned as a troopship during World War I and was returned to the Orient Line in 1919. In 1933 it was refitted to carry 660 passengers in tourist class only. ORSOVA departed London on its 70th and final voyage to Australia on 30 June 1936. It was broken up in Bo’ness, Scotland, in 1936.SignificanceThe newspaper clipping documents a significant event in the Orient Line passenger trade before World War II. ORSOVA operated as a mail liner, troop transport and emigrant ship in the Australian trade over 27 years.
