Original 1911 Orient Line Royal Mail Steamers sailing schedule of service between Australia and England, with color lithographed chart showing track, wind, and current.

• The map and schedule are printed back-to-back on a single sheet which measures 25 x 35.5 cm [9¾" x 14"].



• The schedule gives the departure dates and stops for each of the liners then in service for the Orient Steam Navigation Company:

  • RMS Omrah
  • RMS Osterley
  • RMS Ophir
  • RMS Orontes
  • RMS Orsova
  • RMS Otranto
  • RMS Otway
  • RMS Orvieto



• Condition:  This original Orient Line map schedule is in very good, lightly used condition, with minor wear, three vertical folds, and a couple of faint pencil updates from a previous owner on sailings from Brisbane. Please see the scans and feel free to ask any questions.



• Three years after this schedule was printed, with the advent of the First World War, all of the Orient Line's ships were requisitioned for war service, with several losses:

  • The Otway was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat SM UC-49 off the Hebrides.
  
  
  • The Omrah was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UB-52 40 nautical miles from Sardinia.
  
  
  • The Otranto, serving as a troop ship off the Isle of Islay in late 1918, accidentally collided with another troop ship, HMS Kashmir and was forced ashore by the storm, killing 470 passengers, mainly American soldiers, and crewmen.
  
  
  • The Orsova was damaged by a mine laid by German submarine UC-68 and beached in Cornwall, but was repaired in Devonport and resumed the passenger service to Australia route in 1919. (The scan below shows a 1911 Orient Line advertisement with a photo of the Orsova. Her last voyage was on June 20, 1936.)
  
  

  
  
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