Ship Details
Rig
Steel Triple Screw Steamer, 1970 nhp
Built
1911
Built In
Tonnage
12,927g 8,179n
Built By
Dimensions
551' x 64'2" x 39'
Demise
Orient Steam Navigation Co.Ltd. 1911 Nov.: Maiden voyage to Brisbane via Suez. 1914: Converted into an armed merchant cruiser. 1917 Oct.19: In company with eight US destroyers Orama was escorting a 17-vessel convoy when she was torpedoed by U-62. She took four hours to sink. The USS Conynham attempted unsuccessfully to ram the submarine.
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