A short documentary about one of the most beautiful liners ever build.
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@kennethbobu39896 ай бұрын
We immigrated from the US to Australia in 1965, and moved there sailing on the SS Oriana. A majestic and beautiful ship if ever there was. Our route was San Francisco, Vancouver, Honolulu, Suva (Fiji), Auckland (New Zealand), Sydney.
@harmonstevens792111 ай бұрын
I had the joy of sailing on Oriana in August 1967..a 17 day cruise from Southhampton to Los Angeles as a 17 year old with 20 high school clasmates from Notre Dame High School. It was the most fun and carefree 17 days of my life.
@ssgooent2 жыл бұрын
I spent three weeks cruising on her in 1976. It was by far the greatest experience of my life. The British passengers and the friendliest crew ever, made this ship the best afloat.
@captnron35302 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed travelling on her from Sydney 12 December 1970 to San Francisco 24 December 1970 via Auckland, Suva and Honolulu it was magnificent especially just after an engine refit caused by fire. 179 staff and 32 passengers a it the ailerons in due to a cyclone we needed to get past asap. The waves came up over the bow and we rocked and rolled. Playing ping pong was hilarious the ball would divert all over the place. The food was exemplary never mind the Petit fores and drinks that flowed constantl The staff were superb, my mother was amazed at the silver service, etiquette and professionalism on board. It was definitely a different time with higher expectations. I'll never forget the Oriana.
@terrybrown44003 жыл бұрын
My family emigrated to Western Australia on the Oriana arriving at Fremantle on December 18 1963. What an adventure it was as an 8 year old travelling to a New World.
@ulrichsherry7092 Жыл бұрын
same same...1967
@helenmiller5197 Жыл бұрын
I arrived into Fremantle with my family from Scotland on the 'Oriana' on Anzac Day 1969 and I was aged 7 yrs turning 8 yrs in May .. it was the BIGGEST adventure and I remember watching Tommy Steele 🎬 'Half a Sixpence' numerous times in the cinema 😜
@terrybrown4400 Жыл бұрын
@@helenmiller5197 I recall watching 3 films on the Oriana in 1963. From Russia With Love, Bye Bye Birdie and The Running Man
@helenmiller5197 Жыл бұрын
@@terrybrown4400 .. it was wonderful, as they were FREE 🤩
@kennethbobu39896 ай бұрын
Same, except to New South Wales in 1965.
@TheVaughan54 жыл бұрын
From the days when the U.K. still built great liners, gone forever it would seem. I loved the old Oriana, she was a bit spartan in the public rooms but better than the kitsch you see today. Beautiful spacious decks, again something lacking now. Great times to travel on a ship glad I was able to experience them even at a very young age.
@vanessadillon34213 жыл бұрын
The ships of today look like high hotels on a prow shaped barge!
@mark2112579 ай бұрын
I was a ventilation officer on Oriana 1979-80 what a great ship forever in my ❤️ engineers aboard best guys I ve worked with memories no one can take ❤️❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@gilbydog73503 жыл бұрын
I went for a tour over the Oriana as a 9 year old, on Saturday 6 November 1983, while she was in Hobart. I was mightily impressed as a small child. We even had lunch on board, I believe the restaurant was called the Elizabethan restaurant. I remember the enclosed area forward, as well as a swimming pool on the very upper decks.
@puddlesjumper3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Lady. We Crossed from San Francisco to Auckland on a record breaking run when she was new. Awesome luxury. Crossed the pacific earlier on the SS Orsova and later on the SS Oronsay. Wonderful memories of great crews and service bar none. Sailed on the Canberra Auckland to Sydney but loved the Oriana best . .
@ulrichsherry7092 Жыл бұрын
I was on that lovely ship in 1967. Southampton-Australia. 1st Class don't you know....a wonderful experience for a 13 year old!
@barbarapearce97387 ай бұрын
So was I! 1967 migrating to Australia. Had an amazing pool party for my 21st birthday onboard, it was a blast!
@MIck-M3 жыл бұрын
I went on the Oriana's sister ship Arcadia around the same time this one was often in port here in Australia. Better days.
@davidbaber54453 жыл бұрын
Iberia,was the sister ship to Arcadia,there was no sister ship to Oriana,she was a stand alone ship.how do I know,I worked for P& O in the sixties.
@BrianCRPG3 жыл бұрын
Built to accommodate the £10 Poms along with the Canberra, Southern Cross and a few others!
@MIck-M3 жыл бұрын
@@davidbaber5445 It was spoken of that way at the time (I must remember wrong) so I assumed that was the case - I was maybe 6. All I have left now is a souvenir brass wall plaque.
@davidbaber54453 жыл бұрын
@@MIck-M No problem,I used to work on the Arcadia,the only difference between her and the Iberia was the Arcadia had a black top to her funnel,oh and the Arcadia was lucky to have me as part of her crew.lol...😬
@Cheeseatingjunglista3 жыл бұрын
Sailed from Hong Kong to Southampton thru Suez in 67 aged 11. Flying fish, porpoise at Port Said, storm in the Bay of Biscay - magical
@bobjackson47203 жыл бұрын
I sailed on this ship in the eighties a west Pacific cruise starting from Australia, I boarded in Honiara (Solomon Islands), and landed in Sydney. A pleasant experience.
@squirepraggerstope35913 жыл бұрын
Another famous ship built in my home town and one of the most beautiful.
@TheClive19493 жыл бұрын
Fabulous liner, I sailed on her just once.
@bar10ml444 жыл бұрын
Terrific. There is a quality here both in the ship and this programme something we have lost.
@johnmiller90242 жыл бұрын
She was the largest and fastest ship ever built in an English shipyard at 41,915 tons and 27 knots SS and 30.64 knots top
@tracya40873 жыл бұрын
my late great uncle was 1 st vent officer aboard her , he was with her from the begining at vickers in barrow
@maupinmaupin14724 жыл бұрын
I crossed the Pacific on the Oriana in 1962.
@puddlesjumper3 жыл бұрын
Me too I loved her and didn't want to get off in Auckland. Lol I remember flying fish and finding them on the decks in the mornings and porpoises. Fishing off the stern on crew deck catching Hammerhead sharks in Suva harbor Fiji. Great memories.
@bcfairlie14 жыл бұрын
I remember Oriana visiting New Zealand in her later years
@LocutorBritanico3 жыл бұрын
Visited her in Southampton in 1974 when we were on the radio officers' course so we could see a real radio room; the visit being conducted by one of our lecturers who was ex-P&O.
@maupinmaupin14723 жыл бұрын
that laticework of cutouts in the stern is what foundered her. I saw a picture of her listing badly in a Chinese port after being caught in a bad storm. They had painted the stack pink. She was sent to be salvaged after that.
@douglaswalker465611 ай бұрын
So much vibration, your drink would fall of table. All part of the fun of cruising on this great P&O ship. 😀
@dlanodsknib3 жыл бұрын
Travelled on this ship 1966-7 Melbourne to Honolulu and back. Great memories.
@bertiewooster33263 жыл бұрын
Watched these ships at Tilbury !! Iberia, Strahavon , etc !
@caryfrancis8030 Жыл бұрын
My family emigrated to Canada on this ship.
@obsessedwithcars2194 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the great content!
@steverutterford27163 жыл бұрын
We emigrated on her to New Zealand leaving the U.K. in February 1964 and arriving in Auckland the following month.
@bertiewooster33263 жыл бұрын
£10 ?
@steverutterford27163 жыл бұрын
NZ referred to it as "assisted passage"
@anthonywatts20334 жыл бұрын
Brilliant film of a ship I sailed in once, and very briefly, but for pure entertainment, read the subtitles! Laugh a minute ( racing through the Brucie...blue sea perhaps?, propellors churning out fur... foam perhaps? I havent yet worked out what the "brides seed" is!)
@spokewhilehecould11 ай бұрын
Awesome ship and memories. Sailed from San Fran to Sydney, stops in Auckland and Fiji. Then a cargo plane to Papua in 1965 for some yrs. A great adventure for a young kid. Went aboard in the 1970's when docked in Honolulu. Sail others since but that was the benchmark for me as opposed to the floating hotels -though I like them in their own way.
@lablackzed3 жыл бұрын
Saw her once at Gibraltar lovely ship.
@kiwis0uth2 ай бұрын
My grandparents were on the maiden voyage back to NZ after sailing to the UK on the Orsova
@flowerpot2501 Жыл бұрын
My dad worked on this ship he was a steward for years
@gregbell35595 ай бұрын
My dad was a senior officer I think. His name was Jack Scott. Maybe your dad knew him? I haven't seen him since I was 4 years old, he took my mom and I on it and he bought me an orange Fanta drink.
@andrewgray9963 жыл бұрын
At 13.55 the group sitting around the table discussing curtains, fabrics, colours etc., are all men. Definitely a different era.
@Kaidhicksii3 жыл бұрын
I'm going to say it, ok? I'm going to be honest. I'm not a huge fan of how liners such as the Oriana and Canberra were built. As a matter of fact I'd go as far as saying the cruise ship Oriana (now Piano Land) is better looking than the liner. She's not nearly as bulky as today's floating condos, and she's relatively streamlined, with some liner aspects still remaining. However this is still one of the most unique vessels I've ever seen, and ultimately I love myself a strong, fast ship, and she most definitely fit the bill. Shame she was scrapped (also why hasn't P&O made a new ship named Canberra yet?)
@robertoalexandre42503 жыл бұрын
I agree with your assessment: if you compare the Oriana to the 1960s Italian liners (Raffaello/Michelangelo/Leonardo da Vinci) or the SS France and the original QE2, the Oriana is not very attractive (but her bow is spectacular), nor even compared to the Canberra (whose profile is not bad looking at all). The new Oriana really does look better and more streamlined, despute her hints of boxiness.
@shuichiboy4 жыл бұрын
My god... That music. You'd think Godzilla was coming. XD
@brianmoore18204 жыл бұрын
Horrid the music was a very distasteful noise. It should be light background music that doesn't nearly drown out the commentary. I loved my one trip on her in '68!
@monsieurcommissaire16283 жыл бұрын
Haha! I was thinking of how to say basically the same thing but you put it very well! It seemed that the dramatic, stirring music would rise to a mighty crescendo every few seconds or so...
@Paisly173 жыл бұрын
Sailed on her on a pacific cruise in the early 80’s. Then she was decommissioned
@andrewthornhill7042 Жыл бұрын
@Paul Dallow Yeah, me too. 1984. Very dated by then, but still quite glamorous!
@stuarth433 жыл бұрын
she was a good ship, but rusting from the inside even before launch, these days all steel is preblasted and painted barring weld areas she had a wonderful entry, you never see bows as she had on cruise ships, cruise ships have to slow for heavy weather, not Oriana, she cut the water
@saxx0013 жыл бұрын
Codswallop, she was all aluminium, I was a chief engineer 68 to 72
@theCybershot1234 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video . Not your normal one
@karibakid3 жыл бұрын
i ha two trips ha rom Auckland New Zealand great crew and the end was near had some great times was by all
@antoniocostanza5703 жыл бұрын
Tempi interessante grandi transatlantici meravigliosi gioielli bellissimi. Oggi tempi moderni stupide scatole gabbie da crociera
@JeffreyOrnstein3 жыл бұрын
Very good, thanks.
@nickthomas84003 жыл бұрын
did the ship carry the ten pound poms ? I think my cousin and his family went off in 64 on one like this
@julianmoore3091 Жыл бұрын
Yes did 3 trips on her as an engineer in 1971 and 1972
@barbarapearce97387 ай бұрын
Yes, my family were £10 poms in 1967
@diggeraussie50421 сағат бұрын
I arrived in Sydney early 1964 from Chorley Lancs on Oriana I was 9yo I am still here best turn of luck I ever had, wonderful experience for a naive Village boy . I was so sad when she was scrapped however the memories have not dimmed with time so sunburnt from the med. Best wishes to all who sailed on her, by the way we were £10 poms and I can tell you Aus. was a different place to what you see today total freedom not many rules at all all gone now will finish up like New York So Sad.
@JohnKing-yg7sm Жыл бұрын
I was a chef in the silver grill grate days
@gregbell35595 ай бұрын
Did you know Jack Scott
@THETRUTH60513 жыл бұрын
Sailed as crew on her in 1979.
@rod52623 жыл бұрын
I liked the Stern Gallery right above the propellers. Used to vibrate quite a bit there
@andrewthornhill70423 жыл бұрын
@ROD The Stern Gallery disco!! 💃🕺
@rod52623 жыл бұрын
@@andrewthornhill7042 I cruised on Oriana Feb 1982 just after she had permanently been positioned in Sydney and again in September 83. Great times
@andrewthornhill70423 жыл бұрын
@@rod5262 Yeah, weren't they just?!
@gregbell35595 ай бұрын
Im curious if anyone knew a Jack Scott or John Scott that was an officer on this ship? If so do you know if hes alive
@graemehunter54033 жыл бұрын
would love to watch it but the sound is terrible
@bertiewooster33263 жыл бұрын
Old mate like you old worn out ,Done for, tired etc etc old
@gregbell35595 ай бұрын
Turn sound down its your volume button
@douglaswalker465611 ай бұрын
Don’t know if this will mention the serious propulsion vibration, and the severe superstructure failure (cracking), port side, aft 🤔
@tibchy1443 жыл бұрын
i can't she why she's supposed to be one of the most beautiful liners ever
@simontaylor23193 жыл бұрын
Narrator - Maurice Denham?
@andrewthornhill7042 Жыл бұрын
@Simon Taylor Yes, it's Maurice Denham.
@myassizitchy3 жыл бұрын
That sure is one ugly ship
@graceygal26643 жыл бұрын
Why do you think that
@robertoalexandre42503 жыл бұрын
Maybe weird-looking and messy would be better descriptions: barring her magnificent bow, her superstructure looks messy and jumbled, the stern with multiple openings is not very harmonius and those funnels just don't make a statement. Her overall design just makes her look more clunky than cool and streamlined. Compare her esthetics to the great Atlantic liners of Italy and France from the 60s or even the QE2 and you'll catch my drift.
@forestghost710 ай бұрын
@@graceygal2664 probably bc it dared to be different, and most people can't handle out of the box thinking 🙄. Oriana intrigued me as a kid; I still have the model of her I built 😋
@damonrobus-clarke5332 ай бұрын
Just dared to be different, makes a change, bit like cars these days, all look similar.