Vessel Profile

Orizaba

Orizaba
Photo: Mike Clement collection

Story

This yacht, power-cruiser was built in 1930 by Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd., Glasgow UK.

Historical Notes

She helped rescue survivors from the SS Athenia, the first ship to be sunk by Nazi Germany in World War II.

In 1960 she was broken up.

Owners & Masters

In 1930-1932 she was owned by Lord Inchcape (then chairman of the P&O).

In 1933 she was owned by Howard Hughes, Hollywood CA USA.

In 1939 she was owned by Axel Wenner-Gren, Stockholm Sweden. Wenner-Gren visited Vancouver BC in 1940 in this yacht.

She was owned by the Mexican Navy.

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