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Unidentified vessel laid up in River Blackwater off Bradwell and thought to be the ORONTES - a passenger ship built for Orient Line in 1902 and eventually scrapped 1925. After working as a troop ship for the later part of WW1, she returned to the UK cJuly 1919, was refitted and put back into passenger service October 1919. After a failed conversion to exhibition ship BRITISH TRADE, she was ... Cat1 Blackwater-->Laid up ships Cat2 Ships and Boats-->Merchant -->Power Cat3 Places-->Bradwell

Unidentified vessel laid up in River Blackwater off Bradwell and thought to be the ORONTES - a passenger ship built for Orient Line in 1902 and eventually scrapped 1925. After working as a troop ship for the later part of WW1, she returned to the UK cJuly 1919, was refitted and put back into passenger service October 1919. After a failed conversion to exhibition ship BRITISH TRADE, she was eventually laid up in the Blackwater 20 August 1924 to 17 October 1925.

Part of Bradwell on Sea postcard 96373 IC09_299
Date: c1925      


Photo: Mersea Museum - Ian Clarke Collection
Image ID IA004881
Category 1 Blackwater-->Laid up ships
Category 2 Ships and Boats-->Merchant -->Power
Category 3 Places-->Bradwell


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This image is part of the Mersea Museum Collection.