Difference between revisions of "SS Otranto"
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− | | image = [[File:.jpg]] | + | | image = [[File:RMS Otranto.jpg]] |
− | | caption = | + | | caption = State Library of Victoria - SLV H91.108-2561 |
− | | image2 = [[File:.jpg]] | + | | image2 = [[File:RMS_Otranto_1.jpg]] |
− | | caption2 = | + | | caption2 = "Otranto" dry-docked at Southampton for repairss after hitting a rock 1926. SLV H99.220-1879 |
− | | shipname = | + | | shipname = SS Otranto |
− | | shipowner = | + | | shipowner = Orient Steam Navigation Company |
− | | shipbuilder = | + | | shipbuilder = Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness |
| shipyardnumber = | | shipyardnumber = | ||
− | | shiplaunched = | + | | shiplaunched = 9 Jun 1925 |
− | | shipcompleted = | + | | shipcompleted = December 1925 |
− | | shipinservice = | + | | shipinservice = 1926 |
− | | shipoutofservice = | + | | shipoutofservice = 1957 |
| shipinservice2 = | | shipinservice2 = | ||
| shipoutofservice2 = | | shipoutofservice2 = | ||
| shipreclassified = | | shipreclassified = | ||
− | | shipID = | + | | shipID = GFKV |
− | | shipfate = | + | | shipfate =sold for scrap |
− | | shiptype = | + | | shiptype = Ocen liner |
− | | shiptonnage = | + | | shiptonnage = 20, 032 tons |
− | | shiplength = | + | | shiplength =192.6m |
− | | shipbeam = | + | | shipbeam = 22.9m |
− | | shipdepth = | + | | shipdepth = 11.43 m draught |
− | | shippropulsion = | + | | shippropulsion = Twin screw |
− | | shipspeed = | + | | shipspeed = 20 knots (37 km/h) |
− | | shipcapacity = | + | | shipcapacity = 1,412 passengers (1948) |
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==Remarks== | ==Remarks== | ||
+ | Soon after entering service, in 1926 Otranto was damaged when she struck a rock at Cape Grosso, Greece during a heavy rainstorm. In August 1928 Otranto collided with the Japanese steamer Kitano Maru, heavily damaging her. On 4 Aug 1932 she collided with the Thames barge ''Why Not'' in the Thames Estuary at Thameshaven, Essex, England; ''Why Not'' sank. | ||
+ | When World War II broke out in 1939 the Admiralty requisitioned Otranto and had her converted into a troop ship. She was modified in 1942 to carry landing craft as a (LSI) Landing ship, infantry, taking part in the invasion of French North Africa in late 1942, and the landings in Sicily and Salerno in 1943. She was subsequently reconverted back into a troop transport and served as such until released from government service in 1948. | ||
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+ | Otranto then resumed her pre-war role as a passenger liner, now refitted to carry 1,412 tourist-class passengers. In February 1957 she made her final voyage, from the UK to Australia. She was sold for scrap in June. | ||
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===Sydney to Fremantle 24 - 29 January 1945 | ===Sydney to Fremantle 24 - 29 January 1945 | ||
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[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] |
Revision as of 00:49, 6 January 2023
Remarks
Soon after entering service, in 1926 Otranto was damaged when she struck a rock at Cape Grosso, Greece during a heavy rainstorm. In August 1928 Otranto collided with the Japanese steamer Kitano Maru, heavily damaging her. On 4 Aug 1932 she collided with the Thames barge Why Not in the Thames Estuary at Thameshaven, Essex, England; Why Not sank.
When World War II broke out in 1939 the Admiralty requisitioned Otranto and had her converted into a troop ship. She was modified in 1942 to carry landing craft as a (LSI) Landing ship, infantry, taking part in the invasion of French North Africa in late 1942, and the landings in Sicily and Salerno in 1943. She was subsequently reconverted back into a troop transport and served as such until released from government service in 1948.
Otranto then resumed her pre-war role as a passenger liner, now refitted to carry 1,412 tourist-class passengers. In February 1957 she made her final voyage, from the UK to Australia. She was sold for scrap in June.
Soldiers carried
===Sydney to Fremantle 24 - 29 January 1945