re AJ's Quiz "CEUTA"

[Graham Payne]

Ok AJ left the title on the picture but what was the "O " boat docked in the picture ? Orcades, Oronsay or Orsover ? ps I think it was Oronsay, anyone know ?

[Mike Newell]

Can't tell, unfortunately eyes no longer good enough. I was on Orcades in 59 and we called at Ceuta ( camels and flies come to mind) so it could be her.

[Keith Moody]

looks more like Acadia with the black topping or maybe the Iberia, i don`t think that any of the "O" boats had a black topping (from what i can remember).
keith moody
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[Graham Payne]

Hi Keith, its definatley a "Orient line ship". Orcades , Oronsay and Orsova had the (top welsh hat) added after they were built, Arcadia & Iberia didn't have that.

[Don Rafferty]

The picture is dated 1965, I did four trips on the Orcades from Mar '65 to Mar '66 and we didn't visit Ceuta, although it could have been the trip before I joined.

Anyone clever with Photoshop etc., might be able to get more from the photo.............

[Doc Vernon]

I feel that Graham is quite correct in saying it is the Orcades with the new little black top fitted in 1959.
I had cut that Pic blown it up a wee bit and Yes indeed it is!
Cheers

[Doc Vernon]

P&O-Orient Lines
Sailings January-November 1965 for
Orcades
Ports of call:
London, Flushing, Southampton, Le Havre, Lisbon, Bermuda, Port Everglades (Miami), Nassau, Trinidad, Cartagena, Panama, Acapulco, San Diego, Long Beach (Los Angeles), San Francisco, Vancouver, Honolulu, Yokohama, Kobe, Hong Kong, Manila, Pago Pago, Suva, Savu Savu, Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Aden, Port Said, Beirut, Piraeus, Malta, Naples, Marseilles, Barcelona, Ceuta, Gibraltar