With ORIANA having a little over 6 months left in P&O service in this small series we take the time to look at a selection of images of her over the years from shipyard up to the present day.
Today we take a brief look at her time under construction at the Meyer Werft shipyard and her sea trials
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| 11 March 1993 - The first photo of ORIANA as her Keel is laid to much celebration |
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| With a metal framework suporrting her ORIANA reaches 10 decks in hight. |
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| 30th June 1994 ORIANA floats for the first time |
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| Complete at last ORIANA takes her leave of the Meyer Werft yard |
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| Waiting for high tide, ORIANA at Leer on her journy down the River Ems on route to the North Sea |
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| ORIANA cuts a fine image in the North Sea on her trials. All Photo Copyrights P&O |
