Photo showing S.S. Oriana while still under construction. It was the largest built vessel in British shipyards since the war. The ship has more than 1,000 tons of aluminum in her structure, 900 of those tons were supplied by Alcan Industries Limited, the British counterpart of RioTinto Alcan in Canada.
Northern Sentinel - (A)Historical
(1)Transportation
(a) Ships and Boats
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Photo showing S.S. Oriana while still under construction. It was the largest built vessel in British shipyards since the war. The ship has more than 1,000 tons of aluminum in her structure, 900 of those tons were supplied by Alcan Industries Limited, the British counterpart of RioTinto Alcan in Canada.
