Difference between revisions of "SS Oriana"
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==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
| − | ==Alexandria to Marseilles 21 - 27 March 1916== | + | ===Alexandria to Marseilles 21 - 27 March 1916=== |
| − | *[[John Richard Lewis]] | + | * [[John Richard Lewis]] |
| − | *[[William Mathews]] | + | * [[William Mathews]] |
| − | *[[Albert Edward John Walls]] | + | * [[Albert Edward John Walls]] |
| − | *[[Ernest Wells]] | + | * [[Ernest Wells]] |
| − | *[[Claude Algernon Wright]] | + | * [[Claude Algernon Wright]] |
| − | ==Alexandria to Marseilles 6 - 13 June 1916== | + | ===Alexandria to Marseilles 6 - 13 June 1916=== |
| − | *[[Ronald Adolphous Julian Batt]] | + | * [[Ronald Adolphous Julian Batt]] |
| − | *[[Frederick Thornton Lindley]] | + | * [[Frederick Thornton Lindley]] |
| − | *[[Roderick McCaskill]] | + | * [[Roderick McCaskill]] |
| − | *[[John Hugh Jones]] | + | * [[John Hugh Jones]] |
| − | *[[Sydney Chadwick McDonald]] | + | * [[Sydney Chadwick McDonald]] |
| − | *[[Henry Herman Powell]] | + | * [[Henry Herman Powell]] |
| − | *[[William Robert Rigby]] | + | * [[William Robert Rigby]] |
[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] | ||
Revision as of 00:33, 20 March 2021
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| History | |
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| Name |
SS Oriana |
| Builder/Built | 1906 |
| Type | SS Troopship |
| Displacement | 8,099 tons |
| Speed | unknown |
Contents
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