R M S P Oruba Passenger List Sailing from Bermuda 1912 Royal Mail Steam Packet
An R M S P Oruba Passenger List from a Sailing from Bermuda on MAy 7, 1912.. A Ship of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company . Has Bell Time on Board Ship, List of Officers, Passenger List, a List of Offices and Agencies and more.
From The Ships LIst
ORUBA / ORION 1889 The ORUBA was built in 1889 by Barrow Shipbuilding Co, Barrow-in-Furness for Pacific Steam Navigation Co's UK - Valparaiso service. She was a 5,852 gross ton ship, length 430ft x beam 49.2ft (131,06m x 15,01m), two funnels, four masts, single screw and a speed of 14 knots. There was accommodation for 126-1st, 120-2nd and 400-3rd class passengers. In 1890 she was transferred to the Orient Line service and sailed from London on 4th July 1890 for Melbourne and Sydney via Suez. In Feb.1906 she was transferred to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co and continued on the Australia service until Oct 16th 1908 when she commenced her last sailing to Australia. She was then placed on RMSP's service to Buenos Aires. Purchased by the British Admiralty in 1914 and rebuilt to represent the battleship, HMS ORION, she was scuttled at Mudros Harbour, Lemnos Island, Greece as a breakwater in 1915. [North Star to Southern Cross by John M. Maber] [Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws, vol.1, P&O, Orient and Blue Anchor Lines; vol.5, Royal Mail & Nelson Lines; vol.8, Pacific Steam Nav.Co.]
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