Orissa (ship, 1895)

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Orissa p1
Ship data
flag United KingdomUnited Kingdom (trade flag) United Kingdom
Ship type Passenger ship
home port Liverpool
Shipping company Pacific Steam Navigation Company
Shipyard Harland & Wolff , Belfast
Build number 286
Launch December 15, 1894
Commissioning April 11, 1895
Whereabouts Sunk June 25, 1918
Ship dimensions and crew
length
128.3 m ( Lüa )
width 14.9 m
Draft Max. 10.1 m
measurement 5,358 GRT
Machine system
machine Triple expansion steam engine
Machine
performance 		586 hp (431 kW)
Top
speed 		14 kn (26 km / h)
propeller 2
Transport capacities
Permitted number of passengers I. class: 70
II. Class: 104
III. Class: 456
Others
Registration
numbers 		1102200

The RMS Orissa (I) was a passenger ship put into service in 1895 by the British shipping company Pacific Steam Navigation Company , which was used in passenger traffic from Great Britain to South America . On June 25, 1918, the ship was sunk in the North Atlantic off the Scottish coast by a German submarine, and six people died.

history

The 5,358 GRT steamship was built at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast , Northern Ireland , and was launched on December 15, 1894. The 128.3 meter long and 14.9 meter wide passenger and mail ship was the first of the shipping company to be christened Orissa . She was the sister ship of the Oropesa (I) and the Oravia (I). The Orissa was able to take 70 first class passengers, 104 second class and 456 third class on board.

The Orissa had a funnel, two masts and two propellers and was powered by triple expansion steam engines that developed 586 nominal horsepower and could accelerate the ship up to 14 knots. On April 11, 1895, the Orissa ran on her maiden voyage to Valparaíso and from. Between 1899 and 1904 she served as Troop Carrier No. 18 in the Second Boer War and at the end of the war brought Lord Kitchener , Sir John French and Sir Ian Hamilton back home from Cape Town .

During a strong earthquake in Valparaíso in August 1906 with thousands of deaths, it was anchored there and was then used as accommodation for the earthquake victims.

On June 25, 1918, the Orissa was on a westbound Atlantic crossing from Liverpool to Philadelphia when she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB 73 (Kapitänleutnant Karl Neureuther) 21 nautical miles southwest of the rocky island of Skerryvore on the west coast of Scotland . The vessel dropped to the position of 56 ° 20 '  N , 7 ° 20'  W . Six people were killed.

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