Passenger vessel "Otway", built in 1909 by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co - Glasgow. She took her maiden voyage on 9 July 1909 and thereafter operated the route between the Uk and Australia. In 1915 she was commandeered as an armed merchant cru

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Passenger vessel "Otway", built in 1909 by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co - Glasgow. She took her maiden voyage on 9 July 1909 and thereafter operated the route between the Uk and Australia. In 1915 she was commandeered as an armed merchant cruiser. In 1917 she was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Scotland. Propulsion: Twin Screw, Quadruple expansion steam engine Tonnage: 12 077 Dimensions: length 163m, breadth 19m Maximum Speed: 18 knots Passengers: 280 first class, 130 second class, 900 third class. Refer - "Home and Back" by Stuart Bremer

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Port Adelaide Nautical Museum

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OTWAY

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