MS Oranje

	The Oranje in her original Netherland Line livery
History
Name	Oranje (1939–1964); Angelina Lauro (1965–1979);
Owner	Netherland Line (1939–1964); Lauro Lines (1965–1979);
Operator	Netherlands Lines (1939–1941); Australian Government (WWII Service) (1941–1946); Netherlands Lines (1947–1964); Lauro Lines (1965–1977); Costa Lines (Chartered 1977–1979);
Port of registry	1939–1964: Amsterdam, Netherlands; 1964–1979: Naples, Italy;
Builder	Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Yard number	270
Laid down	2 July 1937
Launched	8 September 1938
Completed	15 July 1939
Maiden voyage	1939
In service	1939
Out of service	30 March 1979
Identification	Call sign: PGOF → IBHO; IMO number: 5264077;
Fate	Destroyed by fire on 30 March 1979, sank on 24 September 1979
General characteristics
Tonnage	24,377 GRT (after refit); 20,017 GRT(originally);
Length	672.4 ft (204.9 m) (after refit); 656 ft (200 m) (originally);
Beam	83.6 ft (25.5 m)
Decks	8
Installed power	3 × 12-cylinder Sulzer diesels 37,500 hp (28,000 kW) at 145 rpm
Propulsion	Triple screw
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) (service); 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) (maximum);
Capacity	740 passengers, original in 1939 ; 1,230 passengers, 1964 refit;

MS Oranje, later known as Angelina Lauro, was a Dutch passenger liner, a wartime hospital ship, and finally a cruise ship. The ship underwent 25 years' service as Oranje, and fifteen as Angelina Lauro. She was a cruise ship for the last seven years of her career. An extensive film of a cruise she made in 1954 exists in the London Cinema Museum archive.

In 1979, while the vessel was docked in a port at Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, a fire broke out in the crew area that spread to the passenger areas; and she was declared a total loss. She sank on her route to the scrapyard.

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