Notable Captains
- Commodore Sir Charles Matheson DSO RD RNR – Commodore, Orient Line
Orient Line brand was sold to Gerry Herrod so he could start Orient Lines.
- Captain Frederick George Sherburne . Captured in first year of second world war and spent the war in a prisoner of war camp in Germany. One of the 4 ships lost during action.
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