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
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during
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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
