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| Name | HMAT A67 Orsova |
| Builder/Built | 1909 John Brown & Co, Clydebank |
| Type | Ocean Liner |
| Displacement | 12,026 tons |
| Speed | 18 knots |
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[hide]Remarks
Owned by Pacific & Oriental Steam Navigation Co Ltd, of London. Could carry 280 first class, 130 second class, and 900 third class passengers.
Leased by the Commonwealth from 1915 until 28 Feb 1917, and made at least five voyages from Australia.
ON 14 Mar 1917 she was damaged by a mine laid by the German submarine U-68. Beached in Cornwall, she was repaired in Devonport and in 1919 resumed her UK - Australia route.
Last voyage was in 1936 before she was broken up in Scotland.