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ORIENT WAS A VESSEL OF 2,720 TONS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE IN 1859 AND MADE A VOYAGE TO AUSTRALIA

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ORIENT A WOODEN VESSEL OF 1,033 / 1,183 TONS.SHE HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1853 BY BILBE ROTHERHITHE OF LONDON AND REGISTERED IN LONDON.

SHE WAS OWNED BY ANDERSON ANDERSON & CO

SHE WAS USED ON THE AUSTRALIAN ROUTE AND SOLD IN 1879 AND BECAME A COAL HULK AT GIBRALTAR

SHE SAILED FROM PLYMOUTH 5TH JULY 1856 FOR ADELAIDE

SHE CAUGHT FIRE IN 1862 CARRYING A CARGO OF WOOL, BUT REACHED HER DESTINATION OF LONDON AND WAS REPAIRED.

FOR REFERENCE ONLY - NO WHITE STAR CONNECTION BUT IN SERVICE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE WHITE STAR CHARTERED VESSEL

ORIENT

ORIENT WAS A STEEL VESSEL OF 1,663 TONS ( MAYBE AROUND IN 1900 )

FOR REFERENCE ONLY - NO WHITE STAR CONNECTION