Buy this book on-line Orient Line : ORIENT LINE PASSENGER LIST RMS Orford 24th June 1939Orient Line, London, 1939
12mo. [16pp] Oringal paper wrappers ptinted in green headings and black text.19x13cms. A rare passenger list from just before the ourbreak of World War 2. The Captain was N.Savage and the voyage sailed from Tilbury [London] on June 24th 1939. [RMS Orford was a passenger liner built in 1928 for the Orient Steam Navigation Company at Vickers Barrow. On 28.08.1939 she was requisitioned for Government service. In Jan.1940 she carried troops to Egypt with Australian troops. In 1940 3700 French troops to Marseilles from Africa. On 1st January 1940 she was bombed and set on fire at Marseilles by German aircraft and allowed to burn out. 14 crew were killed and 25 wounded. In 1947 she was refloated and broken up at Savona. The Passenger List was her last voyage as cruise ship. Captain Richard Willisam Roberts DSC was from Borth in Wales [Borthmaritimehistory.com].. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: paper wrappers Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Orient Line : ORIENT LINE PASSENGER LIST RMS Orford 24th June 1939. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres anciens, out-of-print books, libri antichi, fine bindings and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |