The orsova

[ALEX TITLEY]

I am looking for any one who may haved served aboard the Orsova. My uncle Albert James Titley worked on that ship as a Saloon Boy back in 1930. I am putting my family tree together and word love a picture of him. He was last heard of living in New york City USA.

Below is a picture of the Orsova, I think it was registered in Glasgow but sailed out of Tilbury.

Regards.

[Captain Kong]

Hi Alex I think if your Uncle Albert was on the Orsova in 1930 this one would be the ship.
I think the one you have was launched in 1953,
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The other ORSOVA ,1, BUILT 1909 AND SCRAPPED IN 1936, 12,026 GRT
Scrapped in 1936.
(1909-1936 - 12,026gt).
and before you ask, No I did not sail with him,
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SS Orsova (1954)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search
SS Orsova, a 1503-passenger ocean liner, was built by Vickers Armstrong Shipbuilders Ltd. of Barrow-in-Furness, England, launched on 14 May 1953 and entered service in 1954 for the Orient Steam Navigation Company for UK to Australia services via the Suez Canal, the voyage taking four weeks. After 1955, the return trip was eastward via Auckland, Suva, Honolulu, Vancouver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Panama, Trinidad and Cherbourg.

She had a gross tonnage of 28,790 tons. Length: 220 metres. Breadth: 28 metres. Cruising speed: 22 knots. Maximum speed: 26 knots. Propulsion: twin screw, double reduction turbine. Maiden voyage from Tilbury to Sydney: 17 March 1954. Orsova had no masts. Her funnel was capped with a distinctive ‘Welsh bonnet’ flue extension. She was built with an all-welded hull, the first passenger liner to be so constructed,[1] and her bulkhead and wall linings were plastic-clad. Originally her hull was painted in the Orient Line’s corn colour, but in her later years this was changed to P & O’s all white.
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From the OLD SHIP PICTURES SITE. WITH THANKS.

CHEERS
Brian

[len mazza]

Hi Brian,
Iwas on Orsova in 60/61,our itinerary was something like this.Tilbury/Sydney/ a shortish Pacific Cruise,then back to Sydney,then theP Islds, Canada,USA, Japan,Philipines, Hong Kong,Singapore ?,then all the usual ports back to the UK.

Iwas a Saloon Stwd on her,and it was the only ship that left me feeling really done in at the end of trip.

Cheers,

Len.