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| shipname = SS Oriana
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| shipowner = Pacific Steam Navigation Company, Liverpool
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| shipbuilder = Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Glasgow
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| shipyardnumber = 460
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| shiplaunched = 26 Apr 1906
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| shipoutofservice = 1926
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| shipfate = broken up 29 Dec 1926
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| shiptype = Passenger / Cargo 
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| shiptonnage = 8,099 tons
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| shiplength = 465.7 ft (141.95m)
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| shipbeam = 56.2 ft (1.13m)
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| shipdepth = 35.8 ft (10.91m)
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| shippropulsion = twin screw
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| shipspeed = 15.5 knots (28.71 km/h)
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Originally built for the Pacific Steam and Navigation Co to operate on their UK to South America route.
  
==Remarks==
 
 
Originally built for the Pacific Steam and Navigation Co. During WW1 operated in the Mediterranean carrying Australian troops from Alexandria to Marseilles.
 
  
On 8 May 1918 along with the liners Aeneas and Manora, and escorting destroyers Martial and Nicator they all went ashore on Rathlin Island which is at the northeen most tip of Northern Ireland.
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During WW1 she operated in the Mediterranean , including carrying Australian troops from Alexandria to Marseilles. On 8 May 1918 along with the liners Aeneas and Manora, and escorting destroyers Martial and Nicator they all went ashore on Rathlin Island which is at the northeen most tip of Northern Ireland, and all were refloated over the following two weeks.
  
Scrapped in 1926
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She was crapped in 1926 at P & W MacLean Ltd at Bo'ness.
  
 
==Soldiers carried==
 
==Soldiers carried==
  
==Alexandria to Marseilles 21 - 27 March 1916==
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===Alexandria to Marseilles 21 - 27 March 1916===
*[[John Richard Lewis]]
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* † [[Leonard Butcher]]
*[[William Mathews]]
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* † [[Herbert Goodman]]
*[[Albert Edward John Walls]]
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* [[John Richard Lewis]]
*[[Ernest Wells]]
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* [[William Mathews]]
*[[Claude Algernon Wright]]
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* † [[Luke Siford]]
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* † [[Albert Edward John Walls]]
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* [[Ernest Wells]]
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* [[Claude Algernon Wright]]
  
==Alexandria to Marseilles 6 - 13 June 1916==
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===Alexandria to Marseilles 6 - 13 June 1916===
*[[Ronald Adolphous Julian Batt]]
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* [[Ronald Adolphous Julian Batt]]
*[[Frederick Thornton Lindley]]
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* [[Frederick Thornton Lindley]]
*[[Roderick McCaskill]]
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* [[Roderick McCaskill]]
*[[John Hugh Jones]]
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* [[John Hugh Jones]]
*[[Sydney Chadwick McDonald]]
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* [[Sydney Chadwick McDonald]]
*[[Henry Herman Powell]]
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* [[Henry Herman Powell]]
*[[William Robert Rigby]]
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* [[William Robert Rigby]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 21:47, 26 September 2023

SS Oriana
SS Oriana.jpg
SS Oriana 24 Apr 1906.jpg
History
Name SS Oriana
Owner Pacific Steam Navigation Company, Liverpool
Builder Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Glasgow
Yard number 460
Launched 26 Apr 1906
Completed 1906
In service 1906
Out of service 1926
Fate broken up 29 Dec 1926
General characteristics
Type Passenger / Cargo
Tonnage 8,099 tons
Length 465.7 ft (141.95m)
Beam 56.2 ft (1.13m)
Depth 35.8 ft (10.91m)
Propulsion twin screw
Speed 15.5 knots (28.71 km/h)



Remarks

Originally built for the Pacific Steam and Navigation Co to operate on their UK to South America route.


During WW1 she operated in the Mediterranean , including carrying Australian troops from Alexandria to Marseilles. On 8 May 1918 along with the liners Aeneas and Manora, and escorting destroyers Martial and Nicator they all went ashore on Rathlin Island which is at the northeen most tip of Northern Ireland, and all were refloated over the following two weeks.

She was crapped in 1926 at P & W MacLean Ltd at Bo'ness.

Soldiers carried

Alexandria to Marseilles 21 - 27 March 1916

Alexandria to Marseilles 6 - 13 June 1916