- SS Omrah
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The SS Omrah (HMT Omrah)Career (UK) 
Name: SS Omrah Owner: Orient Steam Navigation Co Ltd Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Clydebank, Scotland Launched: 3 September 1898 Completed: January 1899 Fate: Sunk by u-boat near Sardinia General characteristics Type: Steamship Tonnage: 8,291 tons (8,291 tonnes) displacement Length: 139.6 m (458 ft) Beam: 17.3 m (57 ft) Propulsion: Twin propellers SS Omrah was an ocean liner for the Orient Steam Navigation Company built in 1899 for passenger service between the United Kingdom and Australia. During World War I, the ship was taken over for use as a troopship. On 12 May 1918, while headed from Marseilles to Alexandria, Omrah was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine Sardinia. One person aboard Omrah died in the attack.
References
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: Omrah". U-Boat War in World War I. Uboat.net. http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/4554.html. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
- "Omrah". Miramar Ship Index. R.B.Haworth. http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/list?search_op=OR&IDNo=1108782. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
Categories:- Clyde-built ships
- Steamships
- Ocean liners
- Passenger ships of the United Kingdom
- Passenger ships of Australia
- Troop ships of Australia
- Ships sunk by German submarines
- 1898 ships
- Individual ship or boat stubs
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