Orient (Ship 1879)

The Steam ship ORIENT made numerous Voyages to the Australian colonies in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.

The First steamer designed for the Australian Service for mail, and was also the first to fulfill the Admiralty requirements for an auxilliary merchant cruiser in war. Built by John Elder & Co., Glasgow, for the Orient Steam Navigation Company in 1879 and was listed as 5,386 ton.

Sources

• ORIENT from the Passengers in History website, an initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum. first accessed online on the 29th of February, 2020 at: http://passengersinhistory.sa.gov.au/node/933183 & http://passengersinhistory.sa.gov.au/node/933190

• Orient Steam Navigation Company from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, first accessed online on the 29th of February, 2020 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orient_Steam_Navigation_Company

• Item HT 26599 Passenger List - RMS Orient, Sydney, Melbourne & Adelaide to London, Mar 1891. from the Museums Victoria Collection. first accessed online on the 29th of February, 2020 at: https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/1705918

• BRITISH STEAMSHIP ORIENT VIEW OF SHIP & CABIN PLAN 1879 from the WORTH POINT website, first accessed online on the 29th of February, 2020 at: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/british-steamship-orient-view-ship-206600179

• THE ORIENT COMPANY'S NEW STEAMSHIP ORIENT. from the South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) of Tuesday 5 August 1879, Page 6. first accessed online on the 29th of February, 2020 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/43095890?

• Antique Print Of The New Steamship 'Orient' (1879) from the VINTERIOR website, first accessed online on the 29th of February, 2020 at: https://assets-vinterior-1.vinterior.co/uploads/listing_image/image/2530186/the-new-steam-ship-orient-london-news-1879_0.jpg