SS Oronsay (1924)
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SS Oronsay in April 1940. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | SS Oronsay |
| Owner | Orient Steam Navigation Company |
| Port of registry | United Kingdom |
| Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
| Launched | 14 August 1924 |
| Maiden voyage | 7 February 1925 |
| Fate | Torpedoed by the Italian submarine Archimede and sank off Liberia, 9 October 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 20,043 gross |
| Length | 659 ft (201 m) |
| Beam | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Installed power | Steam turbine engine |
| Propulsion | 2 screws |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Capacity | 1,836 passengers |
SS Oronsay was a British ocean liner and World War II troopship. She was sunk by an Italian submarine in 1942.