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Passengers for the Oronsay at Tilbury.
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| Passengers for the Oronsay at Tilbury. |
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| © National Maritime Museum, London |
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| Repro ID: H4779 |
| Description: Elaine Burton, social hostess, welcoming passengers aboard the Orient Line’s ‘Oronsay’ (1951, 28,136 GRT) at the new Tilbury Passenger Terminal in 1957. The Terminal offered new standards of comfort for travellers into and out of the port of London. The ‘Oronsay’ served the Australia route. She could carry 668 first-class and 833 tourist-class passengers. Transferred to the main P&O service in 1962, she was scrapped in 1975. |
| Creator: Unknown |
| Date: 1957 |
| Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London | |
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