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| caption2      = Orsova making her last trip from Brisbane, Queensland
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| shipname = SS Orsova
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| shipowner = Orient Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Glasgow
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| shipbuilder = John Brown & Company, Clydebank
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| shipyardnumber = 383
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| shiplaunched = 7 Nov 1908
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| shipcompleted = 1909
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| shipinservice = 25 Jun 1909
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| shipoutofservice = 1936
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| shipfate = broken up for scrap
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| shiptype = Ocean Liner
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| shiptonnage = 12,026 tons
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| shiplength = 536.2 ft (163.43m)
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| shipbeam = 63.3 ft (19.29m)
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| shipdepth = 34.3 ft (10.46m)
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| shippropulsion = twin screw
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| shipspeed = 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
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==Remarks==
 
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Owned by the Orient Steam Navigation Company, the ''Orsova'' provided a passenger service to Australia via the Suez Canal. She was fitted out to carry 1310 passengers (consisting of 280 first class, 130 second class and 900 third class).
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==Remarks==
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Commandered as a troopship in 1915. On 14 March 1917, she was damaged by a mine laid by the German submarine ''UC-68'' and was beached at Cawsand Bay in Cornwall. Six casualties resulted. She was later refloated and towed to Devonport for repairs. In 1919 she was used to return troops to Australia.
Owned by the Orient Steam Navigation Company, providing a passenger service to Australia via the Suez Canal.  Passengers: 1310 (consisting of 280 first class, 130 second class, 900 third class).
 
  
Commandeered as a troopship in 1915. On 14 March 1917, she was damaged by a mine laid by German submarine UC-68 and beached in Cornwall, but was repaired in Devonport.
 
  
She was able to resume the passenger service on the UK to Australia route in 1919. Her last voyage was on 20 June 1936, and she was broken up in Scotland.
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She was able to resume the passenger service on the UK to Australia route in 1919 before being refitted as a one class ship in 1933. Her last voyage was on 20 June 1936, before being broken up at Bo'ness in Scotland later that year.
  
 
==Soldiers carried==
 
==Soldiers carried==
  
==England to Fremantle 8 January - 19 February 1919==
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===England to Fremantle 8 January - 19 February 1919===
*[[Robert Hastings Joyce]]
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* [[Robert Hastings Joyce]]
*[[Thomas Herbert Ludlow]]
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* [[Thomas Herbert Ludlow]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 23:13, 27 September 2023

SS Orsova
SS Orsova.jpg
SS Orsova 1.jpg
Orsova making her last trip from Brisbane, Queensland
History
Name SS Orsova
Owner Orient Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Glasgow
Builder John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Yard number 383
Launched 7 Nov 1908
Completed 1909
In service 25 Jun 1909
Out of service 1936
Fate broken up for scrap
General characteristics
Type Ocean Liner
Tonnage 12,026 tons
Length 536.2 ft (163.43m)
Beam 63.3 ft (19.29m)
Depth 34.3 ft (10.46m)
Propulsion twin screw
Speed 18 knots (33.34 km/h)



Remarks

Owned by the Orient Steam Navigation Company, the Orsova provided a passenger service to Australia via the Suez Canal. She was fitted out to carry 1310 passengers (consisting of 280 first class, 130 second class and 900 third class).


Commandered as a troopship in 1915. On 14 March 1917, she was damaged by a mine laid by the German submarine UC-68 and was beached at Cawsand Bay in Cornwall. Six casualties resulted. She was later refloated and towed to Devonport for repairs. In 1919 she was used to return troops to Australia.


She was able to resume the passenger service on the UK to Australia route in 1919 before being refitted as a one class ship in 1933. Her last voyage was on 20 June 1936, before being broken up at Bo'ness in Scotland later that year.

Soldiers carried

England to Fremantle 8 January - 19 February 1919