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Information on the RSS Orama?

See correction: "RMS ORAMA 1 or ORAMA II? Correction"

February 08, 2010

 I am trying to find a picture and/or information on the Orama which I believe was an Orient liner. In February (13th/14th) 1913 she sailed from London to Sydney with 1,202 passengers on board - one of which was my Great Grandfather! The master was A.J. Coad. Please can you help or point me in the right direction.

Many thanks
Linzi

Linzi,

Look at this URL:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/shipping/mig-qld5.htm for passenger arrivals at Brisbane.

Here is a picture of RMS Orama:

RMS Orama

Regards,

Mac.

 

RMS Orama built 1911, sunk 1917.

She was a P and O ship ( Peninsula and Orient ) The Orama was built in Great Britain and launched
6/28/1911--12,927gt---569x64.2---triple screw-18knots--240 1st class passengers, 210 2nd and 630 3rd class. Owned by the Orient Line from Britain her maiden voyage was on 11/10/1911 London to Brisbane. In 1914 she became a auxiliary cruiser in the Royal Navy and was torpedoed and sunk by the German sub U-62 on 10/19/1917 south of Ireland while escorting a convoy. Builders were John Brown and Company, Clydebank

 U- 62

      Type U 57
      Shipyard A.G. Weser, Bremen  (Werk 217)
      Ordered 6 Oct 1914  Laid down 22 Jun 1915 
      Launched 2 Aug 1916  Commissioned 30 Dec 1916 
      Commanders 30 Dec 1916 - 24 Dec 1917   Ernst Hashagen
            25 Dec 1917 - 9 Mar 1918   Otto Wiebalck
            10 Mar 1918 - 11 Nov 1918   Ernst Hashagen
    
      Career 9 patrols
      15 Feb 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 II Flotilla
      
      Successes 47 ships sunk for a total of 123,294 tons.
      5 ships damaged for a total of 16,483 tons.
      1 warship sunk for a total of 9,517 tons. 
      Fate 22 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up at Bo'ness in 1919-20.  

Ships hit during
WWI

Orama
      Name Orama
      Type Armed merchant cruiser
    
      GRT 12,927 tons (one of the largest ships hit)
      Country   British
      Built 1911
    
      Builder John Brown & Co., Ltd., Clydebank, Glasgow
    
      Operator Royal Navy
    
      History Peace-time operator: Orient Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., Glasgow
    

U-boat attacks on Armed merchant cruiser Orama

     1 19 Oct 1917 U 62 (Ernst Hashagen)     Sunk        Western Approaches 48.00N, 09.20W
   

Mac


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