The Orbita (15,486 grt, 569 ft. long) was completed for the Pacific Steam Navigation Co. in 1915.
She was used as an auxiliary cruiser and troop transport during WW1 before she could sail on her maiden voyage to Chile in 1919.
Between 1921 and 1927 she sailed for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. She was sold back to the PSNC in 1927.
A troop transport again in 1941, this work lasted until 1950 when she was broken up.

The Orca (16,063 grt, 574 ft. long) was launched for the Pacific Steam Navigation Co. in 1918 and completed as a cargo ship.
After war service she was eventually refitted as a passenger liner in 1922, sold to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. and sailed
on her maiden voyage from Hamburg to New York in 1923. She was sold four years later to the White Star Line and renamed Calgaric.
The slump caused her early scrapping in 1934.

The Orduña (15,499 grt, 569 ft. long) had a long and chequered career, beginning with her launching in 1913.
The year after she sailed on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Valparaiso for the Pacific Steam Navigation Co.
During WW1 she was chartered to the Cunard Line. After a short spell on the original route she was transferred
(like her sister the Orbita) to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. in 1921 for this line's new route from Hamburg to New York.
In 1927 she was returned to the PSNC for another 14 years on the route to the Pacific coast of South America.
Like her sister she was used as a troop transport between 1941 and 1950. She was broken up in 1951.

From an undated (c. early/mid-1920s) Royal Mail booklet (below). See also this page for interior views.

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This page last updated December 18, 2005.