RMS Orsova (1909-1936) Glass Ink Well

Price: NZ$70.11

Code: BH164

This elegant little glass ink well has a picture of RMS Orsova in its lid and is in excellent condition. 2 3/4” 70 mm square and 1 3/4” 45 mm tall see all the images.

The liner RMS Orsova, built for the Orient Steam Navigation Co at John Brown & Co’s Clydebank Shipyard, in 1909.

In addition to accommodation for 1076 passengers, the 12,000-ton liner had 100,000 cubic feet of refrigerated cargo space. Coming at a time of depression in the shipbuilding industry, the order for the Orsova was most welcome at the Clydebank yard, as it was the largest of only three ships laid down during 1908.

Orsova made the first of what would be seventy voyages to Australia in 1909. During the First World War she was used as a troopship, carrying Australian soldiers to various theatres of war. She survived being torpedoed in the English Channel in 1917, and resumed commercial service to Australia for the Orient Line in 1919. In 1933, Orsova was converted to a tourist class ship and finally served briefly as a cruise ship before being scrapped in 1936.