S46A, BDB 86/1/6310 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.S46A
Orient Line Orcades
July 1937
Orcades in Ramsden Dock in preparation to depart Barrow Docks, tugs it attendance to assist. Built for the Orient line for the Australia and New Zealand run. Orcades was requisitioned by the Admiralty during World War Two and used as a troopship, until sunk by U172 off South Africa in 1942.
S46A, BDB 86/1/6310 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.S46A
Orient Line Orcades
July 1937
Orcades in Ramsden Dock in preparation to depart Barrow Docks, tugs it attendance to assist. Built for the Orient line for the Australia and New Zealand run. Orcades was requisitioned by the Admiralty during World War Two and used as a troopship, until sunk by U172 off South Africa in 1942.
| Location: | Ramsden Dock, Barrow Island, Barrow-in-Furness | Cumbria Archives Reference: | BDB 86/1/6310 |
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| Sankey Number: | S46A |
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