High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The SS Orontes was a passenger ship owned by Orient Line. The ship was built in 1929 by Vickers Armstrong LTD. at Barrow-in-Furness, England. Its sister ships were Orama, Orford, Oronsay, and Otranto. The Orontes' maiden voyage was a Mediterranean Cruise in June 1929. From 1929 to 1940, it served on the England to Australia route. Famous passengers included the England cricket team on the way to the Bodyline tour in 1932.