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SS Orcades (1937)
RMS ''Orcades'' was a British passenger ship that Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd of Barrow-in-Furness built as an ocean liner in 1937. Her owner was Orient Line, which operated her between Britain and Australia 1937–39, and also as a cruise ship. The Admiralty then requisitioned her and had her converted into a troopship.
In 1942 the attacked her off South Africa. ''Orcades'' crew and gunners fought to fend off the submarine and save their ship, and it took ''U-172'' two and a half hours and seven torpedoes to sink her. ''Orcades'' Master, Charles Fox, was decorated by the Crown and Lloyd's of London for his bravery and leadership.
==Civilian service==
''Orcades'' is the Latin name for the Orkney Islands. She was the second of two sister ships; having been completed in July 1935. At each, ''Orion'' and ''Orcades'' were the two largest liners in Orient Line's fleet. Each had a speed of . The New Zealand-born modernist architect Brian OʼRorke designed the interiors of both ships.
''Orion'' and ''Orcades'' were registered in London and their homeport was Tilbury. Their route took them ''via'' Gibraltar, Palma, Toulon, Naples, Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Fremantle, Adelaide and Sydney to Brisbane. When not operating their liner route, ''Orion'' and ''Orcades'' provided cruises to Scandinavia, the Baltic Sea, Mediterranean, Adriatic Sea and Atlantic islands.
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