"RMS Orcades (1937\u201339)"@en . "194.859"^^ . . . "HMT Orcades (1939\u201342)"@en . "RMS Orcades was a British passenger ship that Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd of Barrow-in-Furness built as an ocean liner in 1937. Her owner was Orient Line, which operated her between Britain and Australia 1937\u201339, and also as a cruise ship. The Admiralty then requisitioned her and had her converted into a troopship.In 1942 the German submarine U-172 attacked her off South Africa."@en . "38.892"^^ . . . "25.0546"^^ . . "Sunk by torpedoes 10 October 1942 fired by" . . .