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Name
Official number
Flag
IMO
ORONSAY
147948
GBR
Year built
Date launched
Date completed
1925
14/08/1924
01/1925
Vessel type
Vessel description
Passenger Liner
Steel Steam Turbine
Builder
Yard
Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Clydebank
500
Tonnage
Length
Breadth
Depth
Draft
20043 grt / 1287 nrt /
633.6 ft
75.2 ft
33.0 ft
Engine builder
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Engine detail
2 - Screw. Six steam turbines SR geared to two screw shafts 215lb. 8811NHP,
First owner
First port of register
Registration date
Orient Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Glasgow
Glasgow
Other names
Subsequent owner and registration history
Troopship WW2
Vessel history
1836 passengers
Remarks
End year
Fate / Status
1942
Torpedoed 09/10/1942
Disposal Detail
Torpedoed by Italian submarine ARCHIMEDE in 04.29N - 20.52W on passage Cape Town for Freetown with passengers, copper and oranges.
Oronsay - Green Collection – State of Victoria L
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Oronsay - Green Collection – State of Victoria L
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