Orient Line - Orion Oracle No 29

Orient Steam Navigation Company - RMS/SS Orion - 1935 to 1963

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Maritime Historian, Cruise‘n’Ship Reviewer & Author

Orient Line

RMS Orion the Troopship

Jack Abbott - a Soldiers Tale & the “Orion Oracle” No 29

This is Orion Oracle No 29 provided by Mr. Ron Abbott who lives in Boston UK, whose father, Jack Abbot, sailed home on the Orion at the end of the way from India. Mr. Abbot provided us with two Oracles, and they are indeed “Priceless.”

This Orion Oracle was written by Captain Charles Fox C.B.E., Master of RMS Orion, and Lieutenant-Col C.A.R. McRae., Officer Commanding Troops. This final Oracle was printed on superior paper and was meant to be a special souvenir edition.

Read the Jack Abbot story on the Orion Oracle No 20 page.

Special request; should anyone have a photograph of the Orion during the days she was as a trooper, I would much appreciate a copy.

Reuben Goossens.

Maritime Historian.

RMS Orion seen here in 1939, just prior the war

RMS/SS Orion Index

RMS Orion … Orion - History Page.

Photo Album … Orion - Interior and exterior photographs.

Passenger Contribution - 1 … Ben Zuber heads for Australia in 1961.

Passenger Contribution - 2 … Jack Abbott - a Soldiers Tale - “Orion Oracle” No 20.

Passenger Contribution - 3 … Jack Abbott - a Soldiers Tale - “Orion Oracle” No 29.

Passenger Contribution - 4 … William Rishton sails for Australia in 1956.

Passenger Contribution - 5 … Anne Lee UK to Sydney Australia in 1958.

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Also Visit our Features on the following Orient Lines/P&O Ships

Orient Lines: RMS Orcades – SS Oronsay - SS Oriana - RMS Orion

P&O: RMS Strathaird - SS Himalaya - SS Iberia - RMS Kaisar-i-Hind - SS Canberra

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