SS Oriana
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
SS Oriana |
| Builder/Built | 1906 |
| Type | SS Troopship |
| Displacement | 8,099 tons |
| Speed | unknown |
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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.
Scrapped in 1926
Soldiers carried
Alexandria to Marseilles 21 - 27 March 1916
- † Leonard Butcher
- † Herbert Goodman
- † John Richard Lewis
- William Mathews
- † Luke Siford
- † Albert Edward John Walls
- Ernest Wells
- † Claude Algernon Wright