Orient Line ships

[Doc Vernon]

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"Orient Line ships -- the famous 'O Boats' -- weresuperior to the P&O liners. There was almost nocomparison," remembered Howard Franklin. "Ships like the Oronsay(1951) were more formal, even on the UK-Australia run, in first class and farbetter, innovative decor."

[cappy]

##i found it interesting ivan to see your old man was a bosun on the orontes.....and just wondered if he was still about when you took your ist command...if so how proud he must have been ..and if he wasnt about then i think that is a real shame but often one of lifes little misnomers.....best wishes cappy

[Ivan Cloherty]

##i found it interesting ivan to see your old man was a bosun on the orontes.....and just wondered if he was still about when you took your ist command...if so how proud he must have been ..and if he wasnt about then i think that is a real shame but often one of lifes little misnomers.....best wishes cappy

He was still alive Cappy, but always brought me down to earth, even when I became Supt.

[cappy]

He was still alive Cappy, but always brought me down to earth, even when I became Supt.

that must have given him a lot of pleasure .....as seeing our young get there spurs is surely one of the best joys a parent can have ....regards cappy

[Bill Cameron]

'Orontes' My father joined her on 20.02.1962 as bosun

I paid off in Tilbury on her final voyage on the 19th Feb 1962, did your father take her to the breakers yard Ivan?

[Ivan Cloherty]

I paid off in Tilbury on her final voyage on the 19th Feb 1962, did your father take her to the breakers yard Ivan?

I can't answer that Bill, at that time I was on passage from Dunkirk to Suez on one of Ropner's at the start of one of their 22 month short trips!

[happy daze john in oz]

#was never on a big ship they once offered me the port wyndham once ....i asked the chief steward what would i be doing ..he said we carry passengers you will be polishing portholes ......i dont think he heard my answer from the bottom of the gangway joined the corfen a little collier did the cooks job while he drank himself to oblivion

Cappy, polishing port holes on a UCL liner was fraught with danger

[Doc Vernon]

That was one of the Jobs I really did not like ,but it had to ne done ! LOL
Scrubouts of ones Patch was another lousy chore! Then the Beer and Linin carries each Morning when one was hardly awake but at least we had a Beer before Brekkie LOL Loved cleaning the Silverware though,i took special pride in mine ,and always sparkling clean!
Cheers

[cappy]

Cappy, polishing port holes on a UCL liner was fraught with danger

##well i bow to your superior knowledge on that one only saw it once on a tanker ...the offender was cleavered......and in his cooks whites as he ran down the flying bridge he looked like a beetroot on legs......the same offender tried it else where and flying bottle caught his ear ......but as you say some couldnt get enough of the big ships lol cappy

[Peter Hyde]

Oh Dear ME! I was JOS on the Oronsay in 1964 and I was bridge OS. I remember in Hong Kong crawling out on the end of the main mast yard at night (during the 8-12 watch) to retrieve the halyard end ( flag clip had caught up in the block) that the QM had lost, of course he had his whites on and could not get them dirty. Looking at the picture makes me feel rather sick.

[Malcolm Francis]

I joined the Oriana on her maiden voyage in October 1960 as a Deck Boy after spending a few months at the Prince of Wales Sea Training College, first overseas port of call Lisbon. Great introduction to the life at sea but left the Oriana and set sail with the Blue Star line. Have to say I enjoyed life on board the Oriana as a young lad of 15 half but discovered the freedom of life on cargo ships. Malcolm Francis