SS Orsova (1909)

SS "Orsova" was an ocean liner owned by the Orient Steam Navigation Company. She was built by John Brown & Company at Clydebank, Scotland in 1909 to operate a passenger service between London and Australia (via Suez Canal). Tonnage: 12,026 tons. Length: 163 metres. Breadth: 19 metres. Maximum speed: 18 knots. Passengers: 1310 (consisting of 280 first class, 130 second class, 900 third class). Maiden voyage: 25 June 1909. Commandeered as a troopship in 1915. On 14 March 1917 she was torpedoed and beached in Cornwall, but was repaired in Devonport and resumed the passenger service on the UK to Australia route in 1919. Her last voyage was on 20 June 1936 and she was broken up at Bo'ness, Scotland.

References

* Miller, William H. Jr, "Pictorial Encyclopedia of Ocean Liners", 1860-1994, Dover Publications, New York, 1995.
* Bremer, Stuart, "Home and Back: Australia's Golden era of Passenger Ships", Dreamweaver Books, Sydney, 1984

External links

* [http://www.ssmaritime.com/orientline.htm Orient Line History at SS Maritime]
* [http://www.pnc.com.au/~byceme/orsova1/ORSOVA.htm Pictures of the first SS "Orsova"]
* [http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=2273 Details of the first SS "Orsova"]