SS Oriana to the breakers

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ss Oriana

The last Orient Line Liner says Goodbye

This Orient Line postcard shows SS Oriana with her original corn coloured hull

(From the author’s private collection)

Whilst in Dalian China, this once great liner was severely damaged in 2004 by a storm. In 2005 she was demolished by the Wayou scrapyards in Zhangiagang China. Photographs on this page show her in various stages of demolition. I will add no commentary on this page, as I feel the photographs tell their own story.

After having viewed this page, I suggest you read our eight page Oriana feature, covering her story from birth, to her final departure from Sydney, then her life as an entertainment center in Japan and China, concluding with her final days in Dalian. The Dalian page contains many photographs of her interiors and of Oriana after the tragic storm, when her bow was holed, listing to port, which saw her lower decks flooded.

Photos taken on 29 July 2005

Photos taken on 9 September 2005

We conclude with a happy memory!

Memories - How many of us spent time enjoying a drink at the Monkey Bar?

(From the author’s private collection)

SS Oriana

Page 1: History and Images of the Oriana

Page 2: Oriana Postcards issued in 1960

Page 3: Oriana Photo Album - Page 1

Page 4: Oriana Photo Album - Page 2

Page 5: Oriana “Lady of the Sea by Neil Whitmore

Page 6: The Paul Oliver Collection

Paul Oliver Story

Page 7: Dalian See the sad photographs of SS Oriana damaged during a storm

Oriana at Zhangiagang shipyard in China – taken 29 July & 9 September 2005

Oriana the building of a liner

Page 1: The building of SS Oriana

Page 2: The launching and fitting out of SS Oriana

Page 3: Sea trials and Oriana’s maiden voyage

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