Britain's New ?4,000,000 Liner Sails Tomorrow: Majestically cleaving the water is the new ?4,000,000 Orient liner Oronsay (28,200 gross tons), which tomorrow (Wednesday) sails from Tilbury on her maiden voyage to Sydney, Australia. The new liner, which takes her name from one of the Western Isles of Scotland, is 708Sft. 8ins, long and 90ft. 6ins, in breadth. She accommodates 668 first-class and 833 Tourist 'B' Class passengers, and has a speed of 22? knots. May 15, 1951. (Photo by Reuterphoto).