Orient Line SS ORONTES
Maker
Orient Line
(1878 - 1966)
Artist
Charles Dixon
(British, 1872 - 1934)
Date1907
Object numberANMS0047[537]
NamePostcard
MediumPaper
DimensionsOverall: 87 x 139 mm
ClassificationsPosters and postcards
Credit LineANMM Collection Transfer from the Australian War Memorial
HistoryThere were two ORONTES- one that was scrapped in 1926/9, and one that was built in 1929.
They were both steamships, but the first ORONTES had one funnel and the tonnage of 9,028 and the second two funnels and tonnage of 20,000. Both were called RMS and SS ORONTES at different times, being called RMS when in contract and carrying mail for the British Royal Mail.
