Orcades can refer to: Orcades (islands), the ancient name of the Orkney Islands Orcades (Roman province), an apocryphal Roman province over Orkney SS Orcades (1921)...
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SS Orcades was an ocean liner serving primarily the UK – Australia – New Zealand route. She started service as a British Royal Mail Ship (RMS) carrying...
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SS Orcades can refer to: SS Orcades (1921) SS Orcades (1936) SS Orcades (1947) This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If...
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Orkney (redirect from Orcades (islands))
islands Orcades (Ancient Greek: Όρκάδες), as did Tacitus in AD 98, claiming that his father-in-law Agricola had "discovered and subjugated the Orcades hitherto...
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RMS Orcades was a British passenger ship that Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd of Barrow-in-Furness built as an ocean liner in 1937. Her owner was Orient Line,...
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SS Orcades was built in Germany from 1903 and launched as Prinz Ludwig. She served on routes to South America until laid up in Germany during the 1914-1918...
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History of Orkney (redirect from Orcades (Roman province))
the Orkney Islands, which they called "Orcades", thought to be a Brythonic Celtic name. A "king of the Orcades" was one of the 11 rulers said to have...
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Ruler 26 Apr: USS Wasp April (unknown date): Esso Appalachee 7 May: SS Orcades 8 May: HMS Tenacious 21 May: ROKS Apnok, USS Mount Baker,Nathaniel B. Palmer...
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Carter Rose 9 Oct: Pennington Court, U-171 10 Oct: Komintern, Camden, HMT Orcades 11 Oct: Fubuki, Furutaka, L-16 12 Oct: USS Duncan, Murakumo, Natsugumo...
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Rufus listed six provinces, including the highly dubious "province of Orcades" (Orkney Islands). Some scholars[who?] argue that the initial reforms established...
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