Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Saturday, October 10, 1942 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ORCADES (1937-1942 Passenger liner of Orient Line, London) Own Page

Orient Line's ORCADES torpedoed and sunk by a U-Boat off Cape Town
Ship's locationOff Cape Town, South AfricaPort of RegistryLondon (England, UK)

1957 :

   Captain S. S. Burnnand has been appointed Commodore of the Orient Line fleet, succeeding Captain A. C. G. Hawker.

   He has been with the company for more than 30 years and was staff commander in the ORCADES when she was torpedoed and sunk off Cape Town in 1942.   He was transferred to the ORONTES and was present at the Sicilian landings.