Otranto (ship, 1926)

Otranto

Ship data flag  United Kingdom Ship type Passenger ship home port London Shipping company Orient Steam Navigation Company Shipyard Vickers-Armstrong Ltd. , Barrow-in-Furness Build number 619 Launch June 9, 1925 takeover December 1925 Commissioning January 9, 1926 Whereabouts 1957 demolished in Scotland

Ship dimensions and crew length 192.63 m ( Lüa ) width 22.91 m measurement 20,026 GRT

Machine system machine Steam turbine Top speed 18 kn (33 km / h) propeller 2

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers I. class: 572 III. Class: 1114

Others Registration numbers 146025

The Otranto (II) was a 1926 commissioned passenger ship of the British shipping company Orient Steam Navigation Company , which was used in passenger and mail traffic from Great Britain to Australia .

The ship

The 20,026 GRT steam turbine ship Otranto was built at the Vickers-Armstrong Ltd. built in Barrow-in-Furness . She was one of five sister ships that the shipping company ordered in 1922, all of which measured more than 20,000 GRT. The others were the Orama (II) (1924), the Oronsay (I) (1925), the Orford (1928) and the Orontes (II) (1929). The five ships were primarily used for passenger and mail traffic to Australia, but also made cruises to Scandinavia and the Mediterranean in the summer months .

The 192.3 meter long and 22.91 meter wide passenger and mail ship Otranto had two funnels, two masts and two propellers and could reach a speed of 18 knots. The Otranto was launched on June 9, 1925, was completed in December 1925 and left Tilbury on January 9, 1926 on her maiden voyage to Brisbane . In August 1928 she collided with the Japanese steamship Kitano Maru , which was badly damaged. After the outbreak of war in 1939 it was used as a troop transport and in 1942 it was converted into a landing ship. As such, took Otranto on Africa Campaign and the Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy participate.

In 1948 and 1949, the ship was completely overhauled and provided with seats for 1412 passengers in the tourist class. On July 14, 1949, she resumed passenger traffic from London to Sydney and stayed on this route until she left for her last journey on February 13, 1957. On June 14, 1957, she arrived in Faslane-on-Clyde , where she was scrapped.

Web links

Commons : Otranto  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Summary ship data in The Ships List (almost at the bottom)
• The Otranto (I) and the Otranto (II)
• Orient Line photo gallery