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Maritime Historian
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.
© Photographs on
this page were taken on 23 July & 9 September 2005 by Julian Nicholas.
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

© 2005
Julian Nicholas

© 2005 Julian Nicholas

© 2005 Julian Nicholas

© 2005 Julian Nicholas

© 2005 Julian Nicholas

© 2005 Julian Nicholas

© 2005 Julian Nicholas
Photos
taken on 9 September 2005

© 2005 Julian Nicholas

© 2005 Julian Nicholas

© 2005 Julian Nicholas

© 2005 Julian Nicholas

© 2005 Julian Nicholas
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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