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Name: ORISKANY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/02/1924
Completed: 03/1924
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1227
Dimensions: 1644grt, 839nrt, 254.9 x 35.6 x 21.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (20, 33 & 56 x 39ins), 305nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 148054
History:
03/1924 Ronde Steamship Co Ltd, Montreal
1927 Managers The Oriental Navigation Company
1931 Guaranty SS Co Ltd (Dawnic SS Co), Montreal
1934 Managers JH Winchester & Co
1935 Standard Fruit & SS Co Ltd, Ceiba
1941 Wallem & Co, Panama
1943 Ministry of War Transport (Lambert Bros Ltd|), London
24/02/1945 Sank
Comments: 24/02/1945: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U480, 4 miles S x E of Penzance,
in position 50.05N - 05.51W. On a voyage from Newport to London